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The Kindness of Women (Empire of the Sun, #2)

J.G. Ballard

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Apr 04, 2008 Kent Winward rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

On my fourth read through I find that Ballard's work actually improves for me. This is one of those books that has managed to inform my own life in unexpected ways and is an illustration of the mystery that is literature. New areas of my life are illuminated. Old beliefs are polished with the nuance of experience. And again, I find myself in agreement with Ballard about the most glorious of gifts one can be given is the kindness of women.

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