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3.5 stars. A complex and difficult story with beautiful big round words. At times I just could not understand what he was saying, the language was so dense with words I could not make out the story. The images of Australia are lovely and desperate too, but that is the contrast of our land and of Kate.
Kate has suffered by being married to her despicable husband Paul, she has lost her children and is stricken with grief and guilt. She flees Sydney, feeling that the very earth of it is corrupt so s ...more
Kate has suffered by being married to her despicable husband Paul, she has lost her children and is stricken with grief and guilt. She flees Sydney, feeling that the very earth of it is corrupt so s ...more
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