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    <body><![CDATA[this book is atypical, a rare species (think life aquatic :P).  it's about a little girl having to live with her grandma who is very old and crotchety who has no affection for anyone anymore.  they live together in near silence.  i like this book so much because it's not the sort of thing people typ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/29697176">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I have to admit that the Desai daughter, Kiran desai touches me and makes me laugh a lot through her creativity and humour, and much more than her mother Anita. Fire on the mountain is about the lonliness and freedom of an aging grandmother who has abandoned all to be on her own and that of her wild...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/41384496">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[A wonderful book - very short - you could read it in a day (in fact, I did).  Nothing much happens and there are only a few characters, but they are wonderful characters, drawn against the backdrop of post-colonial India.  Wise and haunting with an underlying tension that leads to a shocking conclus...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/35546950">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I enjoyed the minimalist approach throughout the novel. I think this novel is one of the finest examples of the 'show and not tell' style of story telling. Its a simple portrayal of three women who have a found a way to live in content albeit in seclusion. The injustices and oppressions are for the ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/2307899">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[in the process of reading now, so far- it's good.]]></body>
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