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I loved the characters that inhabit this novel. Their fairly ordinary stories of day-to-day life and their struggles with loneliness were beautiful and involving. For me, the tale of a sad divorced gentleman, his daughter, grandchild and the prospect of a new romance was magical enough. I really didn't need the 'Crane Wife' plot and the author's attempts to tie modern day reality to the folk tale didn't work for me.
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I loved the characters that inhabit this novel. Their fairly ordinary stories of day-to-day life and their struggles with loneliness were beautiful and involving. For me, the tale of a sad divorced gentleman, his daughter, grandchild and the prospect of a new romance was magical enough. I really didn't need the 'Crane Wife' plot and the author's attempts to tie modern day reality to the folk tale didn't work for me.
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May 15, 2016
Margaret
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George is awakened one night by a keening, and going outside discovers a crane that's been shot by an arrow. He helps free the arrow from the crane's wing and watches it fly away. The next day, while cutting out shapes from old books in his graphic design shop, a woman, Kumiko, walks in and asks for help on her own art--feather cuttings. As her life and his entwine, his life is changed, as is his daughter's--Amanda, who's raising her four-year-old son after a divorce while still in love with her
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An excellent adaptation and magical realism novel. Two of my favorite things to read - fairy tale adaptations and magical realism. I thoroughly enjoyed this novel. The prose style, that was reminiscent of Asian Fairy Tales. The characters, George, Amanada, and everyone, who were nuanced, full developed, yet still remained archetypes for contemporary fiction. I also enjoyed the themes. A tale of forgiveness and acceptance and love at its deepest meaning. I think the themes were explored excellent
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Beautiful, magical, heartbreaking but hopeful too, I loved it.
Apr 15, 2013
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