Review: Small Bodies of Water

“Where is the place your body is anchored? Which body of water is yours? Is it that I’ve anchored myself in too many places at once, or nowhere at all?”

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Review: The Robber Bride

“Where are you staying?” Tony asks politely, meaning, when are you leaving. “Oh, you know,” says Zenia with a shrug. “Here and there. I live from hand to mouth – or from feast to famine. Just like the old days, remember, West? Remember our feasts?” She’s eating a Viennese chocolate, from a box West brought…

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Review: Klara and the Sun

I think it is unlikely I would have spontaneously picked up Klara and the Sun at this particular time of my life. I also don’t think I would have selected it on the basis of its blurb (see above), although I do very much like its cover (cleverly inside and out). But

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