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I love this book and McGahans style of writing.
I won't recap the story as you can read that in the synopsis ( not other peoples interpretation of it as it is an individual journey and subjective to what stands out for each)
This book opens your mind and view of the world, our judgements on what is real and not and what each of our inner worlds are to us. What is normal? What are the things that shape and influence the way we decipher and experience 'being'? What is God? Is there a spiritual prese ...more
I won't recap the story as you can read that in the synopsis ( not other peoples interpretation of it as it is an individual journey and subjective to what stands out for each)
This book opens your mind and view of the world, our judgements on what is real and not and what each of our inner worlds are to us. What is normal? What are the things that shape and influence the way we decipher and experience 'being'? What is God? Is there a spiritual prese ...more
I loved this book. The plot was bizarre and totally fantastical and if it wasn't so beautifully written I would not have been the least bit interested. The writing just swept me along and I found myself picking it up to read a few lines at every chance I got.
It left me wondering about perceptions people have of themselves and their own sanity. Andrew McGahan made these characters come to life without giving them a name, one of which is comatose and the other a "retarded" orphan who does not com ...more
It left me wondering about perceptions people have of themselves and their own sanity. Andrew McGahan made these characters come to life without giving them a name, one of which is comatose and the other a "retarded" orphan who does not com ...more
McGahan needs to be congratulated on what he has tried to achieve with this story. There is only word of dialogue spoken in the whole book. The girl doesn't speak and cannot understand words, the foreigner is comatose. The girl 'lives' in a mental institution and her normal mundane and empty world is thrown into chaos when a man (the foreigner) is brought into the asylum. What transpires is how these two 'connect'. As I said McGahan does deserve praise but there is a lot within the pages that re
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One of those books that kept me thinking for days after finishing it. It was the book for one of my book clubs, so I read it. I wouldn't have read it otherwise after reading the blurb on the back. And I'm glad I did.
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Dec 10, 2009
Lauren
marked it as tbr-longlist
Feb 15, 2010
Shannon Lewis
marked it as to-read
Dec 29, 2011
Eloise
marked it as to-read
Dec 12, 2015
Brooner
is currently reading it
May 15, 2021
Gaynor
marked it as to-read
Nov 09, 2021
Venessa Johnstone
marked it as to-read
