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This line: "Against the cobalt sky, the river was a tumble of diamonds. It shone with an almost painful radiance, reflecting nothing, self-contained, cold-hearted and as unknowable as the new land itself." WOW x

Reading this for my English-Canadian Prose class. It’s really interesting so far. I love the juxtaposition between the imaginary tales Esther tells and her actually storyline; the style reminds me a bit of Frankenstein the way it goes from one tale to another within that tale and son on inward.