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Aug 29, 2015
Ritika Gupta
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It's an easy read and a compelling one. I finished it in a span of few hours. The kind of book that leaves you unsatisfied, like an unfinished business, maybe I will pick it up after a few years and read again and then I may be done with this book. But not yet. That is the reason for the three stars.
You know Coetzee has done his work when you niether love nor hate Lurie by the end. I have something against Lucy though. Or is it Africa that I fail to understand. There is a looming sadness around ...more
You know Coetzee has done his work when you niether love nor hate Lurie by the end. I have something against Lucy though. Or is it Africa that I fail to understand. There is a looming sadness around ...more

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