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  <default_description>In this visionary fable, John Turner&amp;#8217;s death in the 18th century leaves an emotional charge for Ian and Sal in the 20th, which deeply affects their relationship, challenging the perceptions they have of themselves and of each other.</default_description>
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  <read_at>Mon Jul 27 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[I have to admit I found the Jack portions of the book (especially at first) very difficult to follow--so many strange idioms and spellings that I found myself rereading a lot (maybe if I were English it would have been easier).  I was a bit disappointed, overall with the book.  I picked it up after ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/58863239">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Mon Sep 22 00:00:00 -0700 2008</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[<em>Borrowed</em>.<br/><br/>Halfway through reading this book, I began to fear it would turn out to be a paen to euthanasia.  And so it proved.  Clearly, the twenty-first century's mantra is going to be &quot;Kill the sick&quot;.  Or, better, convince the sick to kill themselves.  So neat and tidy.  And ch...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/33498271">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Sun Jul 05 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[I must admit that this book needed a fair bit of attention to get through with its flipping through past and present and the language used, which required a bit of thinking to understand. I think however, that all of that contributed to the general feel of the book, where you had to look deeply to u...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/62211773">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Horribly tempted to give this a fifth star on the strength of the dialogue alone.  How the author elicits more and more realism from written dialogue with every book he writes astounds me. Nor have ‘parallel plots across time’ diminished in his hands.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Garner remains the master of nuanced dialogue and of profound rootedness in landscape.  Contemporary fiction doesn't get any better than this.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Classic Garner with a grown up edge.  Love the atmosphere and the scenery and the mystery.  But I often felt I needed to be able to visualize the valley better.  I can feel it but I just can't see it.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[How does a 3.5 cubic metre rock only weight 0.7 tonne?]]></body>
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