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The Republic of Love (Paperback)

by Carol Shields (Author)
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  • Paperback: 384 pages
  • Publisher: Fourth Estate Ltd; New edition edition (7 Jun 2001)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 1841154679
  • ISBN-13: 978-1841154671
  • Product Dimensions: 19.2 x 12.8 x 2.6 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 222,726 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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'A novel that's so engrossing it makes you want to retire to a squashy sofa until you reach the end. Vividly fresh!glittering and spangled with fabulous surprises.' Sunday Times


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'A novel that's so engrossing it makes you want to retire to a squashy sofa until you reach the end. Vividly freshglittering and spangled with fabulous surprises.'
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Fantastic, 28 May 2007
Brilliantly written, amazingly insightful, sumptous prose that describes the little things so well. And somehow it remains very readable (much easier that the Stone Diaries - which I gave up upon). The story line is slow to start, but in retrospect, this is one the novel's achievements and it actually gives a suspense to the latter half.

And yes, it's a love story, but not a cheesy one (despite the book's title), but one that is grounded in reality which gives real power to the words.

If you havent read Carol Shields before, this is a great place to start.
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4.0 out of 5 stars love at first sight, 25 Jun 2009
"who ever loved that love not at first sight?"

Carol Shields makes both her two protagonists very human, we become really interested in their (very ordinary) lives - she convinces us ordinary lives are to be wondered at - and the love at first sight reads very naturally when it arises.

We normally expect there to be some reason why people get together. At least once upon a time 19th century novelists reflected on this. Carol Shields doesn't. The pleasure is in recognising emotion, not for example deep character analysis.

Do we believe in love at first sight? I've recently read a book by Sharon Moalem that claims that scent has a powerful and immediate role in the selection of mates; and in the distant past recollect reading suggestions in the writings of Robin Skynner that the selection of partners in stranger groups seems to reflect deep unconscious but highly effective non-verbal signalling. So who knows?

Either way, this novel makes for a quite unequivocally enjoyable reading experience.
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5.0 out of 5 stars One of the sweetest books I have ever read, 25 Feb 1999
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I have read this book about four times and each time it has made me cry. It is a sweet, lyrical, lovely book and I unreservedly recommend it.
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