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Book Review of The Fall of Light

The Fall of Light
The Fall of Light
Author: Niall Williams
Genre: Literature & Fiction
Book Type: Hardcover


Beautiful writing, it flows like an endless slow-moving river. Hard to describe it, but well worth the read. It's the Irish potato-famine story in a completely new (and yes, somewhat mystical) way. It follows the members of the Foley family in a storytelling way. The title 'The Fall of Light' seems to be what you want to make of it. I made of it the fall of light over the land that drew them all.