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335
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368
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date pub edition Oct 01, 2000
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480
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date pub Oct 29, 2009
date pub edition Mar 09, 2010
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304
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avg rating 4.33
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date pub Jan 01, 2012
date pub edition Jul 10, 2012
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170
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avg rating 4.24
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date pub Mar 13, 2012
date pub edition Apr 03, 2012
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356
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num ratings 481,406
date pub Sep 11, 2001
date pub edition Aug 29, 2006
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num pages
125
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avg rating 3.58
num ratings 5,699
date pub Aug 15, 2011
date pub edition Aug 30, 2011
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336
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avg rating 3.88
num ratings 471
date pub Aug 04, 2008
date pub edition Aug 04, 2008
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307
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avg rating 3.96
num ratings 8,129
date pub Oct 30, 2003
date pub edition 2005
Ru's rating my rating review Maybe it was because I was reading Milan Kundera's IDENTITY and George Saunders' PASTORALIA at the same time as I was reading this - how much more div...more
Maybe it was because I was reading Milan Kundera's IDENTITY and George Saunders' PASTORALIA at the same time as I was reading this - how much more divergent can one get, after all, than those three? - but something about PURPLE HIBISCUS rubbed me the wrong way. It's descriptions overwhelm the story and, in a country of much complexity, it seems that people are reduced to a metaphorical black and white. The daughter, Kambili, is used to highlight the "good" that the brutal, abusive father does in the community but there is no real sympathy there, only words. Life over at her aunt's house is almost comically cliched with its laughter and freedom and happily surmounted miseries; poverty is never quite as joyful as it is made to seem in this book. (less)
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168
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avg rating 3.64
num ratings 7,435
date pub Jan 01, 1996
date pub edition Apr 21, 1999
Ru's rating my rating review I ended up reading Identity because I bought it as a gift for a friend. It was a pre-gift read. Identity is like reading a movie aloud. The pictures a...more
I ended up reading Identity because I bought it as a gift for a friend. It was a pre-gift read. Identity is like reading a movie aloud. The pictures are there, the characters move and dream and shape-shift, and startlingly painful realizations flood the mind and the pain is eased by equally startling tenderness. (less)
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176
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avg rating 4.20
num ratings 148
date pub 1995
date pub edition May 17, 1997
Ru's rating my rating review That a white Jewish man can write poetry that resonates with a brown Sri Lankan woman; this is a beautiful thing. It affirms, for me, the transforming...more
That a white Jewish man can write poetry that resonates with a brown Sri Lankan woman; this is a beautiful thing. It affirms, for me, the transforming power of words.(less)
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isbn13 9781416543763
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272
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avg rating 2.80
num ratings 892
date pub 2007
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272
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avg rating 3.38
num ratings 1,709
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336
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date pub Jan 23, 1996
date pub edition Feb 01, 1997
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isbn13 9781401323257
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num pages
206
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avg rating 4.21
num ratings 117,729
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date pub edition Apr 08, 2008
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291
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date pub Jan 12, 1970
date pub edition Nov 1993
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isbn13 9780751529814
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191
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isbn13 9780316143479
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num pages
323
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avg rating 3.98
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isbn13 9781921351433
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453
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date pub edition 2004
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isbn13 9780375714573
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num pages
160
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avg rating 4.19
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date pub edition Jun 01, 2004
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num pages
272
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avg rating 4.03
num ratings 117,043
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isbn13 9780812971064
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356
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avg rating 3.50
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283
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avg rating 4.04
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date pub Jan 01, 1947
date pub edition Jun 01, 1993
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num pages
496
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avg rating 3.63
num ratings 100,106
date pub Jan 01, 2000
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isbn13 9780312422271
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num pages
320
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avg rating 3.60
num ratings 172,570
date pub Jul 10, 2002
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isbn13 9780349113913
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272
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avg rating 3.91
num ratings 346,619
date pub Jun 01, 2000
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isbn13 9780374500016
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120
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isbn13 9781587298165
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num pages
184
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avg rating 4.26
num ratings 78
date pub Sep 01, 2009
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isbn13 9780451528612
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942
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avg rating 3.98
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date pub 1877
date pub edition Nov 05, 2002
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isbn13 9780618874477
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num pages
340
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avg rating 3.65
num ratings 721
date pub 2008
date pub edition May 15, 2008
Ru's rating my rating review I have read so much fiction from this particular part of the world though none, I confess, from Malaysia. This book caps them all. The language is per...more
I have read so much fiction from this particular part of the world though none, I confess, from Malaysia. This book caps them all. The language is perfect line by line and as it serves the story. The characters believable and the author's empathy complete and unconditional. I wish it had won the Orange Prize. It deserved it. (less)
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