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Tien
Unfortunately this novel didn't really do it for me. There are some beautiful descriptions (despite the time setting of the novel - being post-ww2) and the undercurrents of feelings are absolutely amazing however I get really confused sometimes with the conversations, I don't know if it's me but sometimes I just can't tell who said what even when I re-read the passage again and again.

The pace itself is slow-ish but I didn't mind that so much as somehow it sort of relevant to the 'time'. I also l
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Kristin
Aug 30, 2007 rated it it was amazing
Michael Livingston
Dec 08, 2008 rated it it was ok
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May 20, 2010 rated it liked it
Shelves: australiana, fiction
Joanne
Sep 22, 2010 rated it really liked it
Robin Humphries
Dec 02, 2010 rated it liked it
Katherine
Apr 27, 2011 rated it really liked it
Penni Russon
Sep 05, 2011 marked it as to-read
Russell
Mar 26, 2013 marked it as to-read
Shelves: australians
Judy
Mar 29, 2013 rated it really liked it
Wombok
Oct 05, 2014 marked it as to-read
Caterina
Jan 18, 2016 rated it it was ok
Rebecca
Apr 24, 2020 marked it as to-read
Lynne Leonhardt
Nov 25, 2023 is currently reading it
Michele
Jan 24, 2024 marked it as to-read
Suzi
Mar 27, 2025 marked it as to-read