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Ondaatjes Novel About Love And Confusion Set At The End Of The Second World War Follows A Small Group Of Shell-shocked Characters. In Descriptive Prose Of Spectacular Beauty, He Invents A Desert World Which Is Both Physical And Imaginative. This Is One Of The Few Truly Great Post-war Novels Eileen Battersby, Irish TimesMagnificent... All The Allure Of Early 20th Centur Ondaatjes Novel About Love And Confusion Set At The End Of The Second World War Follows A Small Group Of Shell-shocked Characters. In Descriptive Prose Of Spectacular Beauty, He Invents A Desert World Which Is Both Physical And Imaginative. This Is One Of The Few Truly Great Post-war Novels Eileen Battersby, Irish TimesMagnificent... All The Allure Of Early 20th Century Desert Exploration Is Contained In Ondaatjes Beautiful, Spare Narrative... A Wise And Graceful Book About History Itself, Both The Events That Are Its Raw Material And The Human Values That Shape It Sunday TimesProfound, Beautiful And Heart-quickening Toni MorrisonOndaatje Has Written A Popular Novel, A War Story And Spy Story, Tingling With Mystery And Sexual Tension, Which Is Also A Grave And True Image Of Life Peter Craven, The Age, MelbourneA Magic Carpet Of A Novel That Soars Across Worlds And Times... As Rare And Spellbinding A Net Of Dreams As Any That Has Emerged In Recent Years Pico Iyer, TimeThe Best Piece Of Fiction In English Ive Read Inseveral YearsEdmund White, Independent On Sunday
Ondaatjes Novel About Love And Confusion Set At The End Of The Second World War Follows A Small Group Of Shell-shocked Characters. In Descriptive Prose Of Spectacular Beauty, He Invents A Desert World Which Is Both Physical And Imaginative. This Is One Of The Few Truly Great Post-war Novels Eileen Battersby, Irish TimesMagnificent... All The Allure Of Early 20th Centur Ondaatjes Novel About Love And Confusion Set At The End Of The Second World War Follows A Small Group Of Shell-shocked Characters. In Descriptive Prose Of Spectacular Beauty, He Invents A Desert World Which Is Both Physical And Imaginative. This... Read More