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Jul 08, 2008
Sunflower
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Hard to put down. The writing style perfectly fits the subject; spare, trance-like, almost haiku-like. I hadn't realised until I read some of the other reviews that the chapters are laid out like a game of Go. Of course! Also liked the comment by Pygmy: "rocks fall, everyone dies". Sigh.
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Mar 12, 2007
Yi-Sheng
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Beautiful. Simple, evocative and heartfelt. Realist and romantic.
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