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  <title><![CDATA[The Heather Blazing]]></title>
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  <original_publication_year type="integer">1992</original_publication_year>
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      <name><![CDATA[Colm Tóibín]]></name>
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  <date_added>Wed Aug 20 00:30:05 -0700 2008</date_added>
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    <body><![CDATA[The Heather Blazing by Colm Toibin is a deeply emotional, deeply moving book. It’s the story of Eamon Redmond, a complex man, grown on tender roots, influential friends, a keen intellect and a tangible distance between himself and those whom he loves.<br/><br/>The book is set in three parts, eac...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/30626854">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="28543817">
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  <read_at>Tue Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008</read_at>
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  <date_updated>Thu Jul 31 11:19:31 -0700 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[Picked this one up at the library along with “The Master’ to complete the Colm Toibin works on the 1001 to read list, and in a lot of ways I enjoyed it much more.  Someone described this novel well by calling it quiet and understated, it is that in spades.<br/><br/>The novel concerns Eamon Red...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/28543817">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2004</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[      Note the 2004 date of this reading, or should I amend that to say  &quot;first&quot; reading. As I fell under the seduction of characters, poetic imagery and elegiac tone of this novel recently , it became more and more obvious that the seducer  was no stranger. Many years ago I began listing ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/16517539">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="60787904">
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  <read_at>Wed Jul 01 09:36:32 -0700 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[Not as good as other books I have read by Toibin, although he certainly can set a story in a place and time--I felt like I was there in the cottage with Eamon and his wife.  ]]></body>
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    <review id="14535377">
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  <date_added>Mon Feb 04 11:18:38 -0800 2008</date_added>
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    <body><![CDATA[irish author read in new zealand in the mornings when God likes to punish me for drinking too much the previous night by making me wake up at 630am an ungodly hour even when you don't drink till 3am. anyways a lovely slightly depressing book about life in ol' eire .. hopefully ill understand the iri...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/14535377">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Sat Sep 20 00:00:00 -0700 2008</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[It is one of those books that leave you in a thoughtful frame of mind.  Due to the vivid prose, I lived Eamon's life with him, felt his sorrow and his loneliness and his emerging joy when, at the end of the novel, he starts to relate to his grandson.  A wonderful read when you are in a reflective mo...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/33338562">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="27728227">
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  <date_added>Sat Jul 19 15:10:14 -0700 2008</date_added>
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    <body><![CDATA[Written in a spare and simple style that at first seems low-key and unengaging, this perfectly reflects the withdrawn and uncommunicative nature of the central character and you find yourself drawn in to the poignant tragedy of his inability to truly connect with those closest to him.]]></body>
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    <review id="62534441">
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  <read_at>Fri Oct 09 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[I feel like if I knew anything at all about Ireland's political history, this would have been more enjoyable. It's very melancholy, and kind of boring. Reminded me of Cider With Rosie, except a little more happens. But just a little.]]></body>
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    <review id="42019973">
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  <read_at>Fri Jun 12 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[Man goes to the seaside with his wife, man remembers his youth, man meets up with his adult children. <br/>It may be the case that many Irish books are the same, but that's okay with me.]]></body>
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    <review id="11554922">
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    <body><![CDATA[i read a new yorker short story of his months ago and the imagery still haunts me. it seems like a good transition during my exile from the magical world of bel canto. we'll see....]]></body>
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    <review id="21528870">
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  <read_at>Wed May 07 00:00:00 -0700 2008</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[This is a beautiful, quiet book and I will definitely search out more novels by Toibin.]]></body>
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    <review id="7199080">
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  <read_at>Mon Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[Wonderfully, quietly written.  I'm reading some more of his novels immediately.]]></body>
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