Dianne (gardngal) reviewed on 6/13/2016 + 271 more book reviews

Much better writers than I have reviewed this book in detail, and I certainly agree with their views. But I have to add that even though the story itself is rather mundane, the prose is outstanding. Not difficult to see why it was awarded so many honors, including the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction. The author's descriptive phrases delighted and amazed me. I was nearly gasping at the beauty, wishing I could write them all down. Sentences like "Beyond the glass the sea lay pale as milk, pale the sky, SCRATCHED AND SCRIBBLED WITH CLOUD WELTS. The empty bay, far shore, creamed with fog." And: "The sky a net, it's mesh clogged with glowing stars." Wow! Reading a regular book after this one will seem dull, no matter how well written. LOVED IT! D.

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