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Siri Hustvedt

Start date: September 15, 2015

Finish date: October 1, 2015

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Mar 05, 2011 Mary Anne rated it it was amazing

There are so many layers to this book, it is hard to know where to begin a review. At first, one is reminded of Wallace Stegner’s Angle of Repose, a story about the lives of two couples and their children, who are so close that they vacation together. But that’s not altogether an accurate casting in this case, so the reader should not get smug in knowing what will happen, or even how Hustvedt will tell the story. Life, and misfortune, intervene. And through those divergences, the story unfolds.

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Dec 18, 2007 Ruth rated it really liked it

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Dec 22, 2012 Jane rated it it was amazing

I thought the book was amazing. It's not that I loved all of it equally; the long descriptions of Bill's art pieces were too detailed, pulled me out of the novel as though I were reading long stretches of non-fiction. But the cumulative effect of the novel, the relationships between these characters, the relationships between their work and obsessions, kept me reading for long stretches. I often think that the way I read a novel, either losing myself in it or, because of other responsibilities, ...more

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Dec 01, 2008 Jade17 rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

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I devoured this book in less than two days - her words are like chocolate, I just can't get enough of it. The only problem I had with this book is that it had to end! ...more

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