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Dec 23, 2018
Britta Böhler
rated it
it was ok
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review of another edition
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2018,
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01women1001,
01women1001-read,
fiction-literay,
fiction-transl,
wit
I can see why so many readers loved this book but the uber-poetic language didnt work for me. I read a few passages in the French original and from that and the translator's note, I have to say that the English translation didn't convince me either.
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Getting into this book took a little bit of time. and looking at an atlas...but once I understood what was going on and who was who I started to understand it. ...very moving...
Oct 29, 2018
S N
marked it as to-read
Dec 17, 2018
Susan
is currently reading it
Jan 05, 2020
Nicole Kalinowska
marked it as to-read
Apr 24, 2020
Alice
marked it as aroundtheworld-bookclub
Aug 28, 2020
Mara
marked it as to-read
Jul 17, 2021
Kathryn Henderson
rated it
really liked it
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Shelves:
worldchallenge,
voyagesdepapier2021
