CHILDREN'S
Released: April 8, 2008
"Elegantly decorated with Lawrence's engravings and faux-realia, it is both understated and lovely. (foldout game) (Fantasy. 12+)"
In his characteristic compactly rewarding prose, Pullman offers another glimpse into the world of His Dark Materials, less heady than Lyra's Oxford (2003) but somberly satisfying.
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FICTION
Released: Oct. 15, 2002
"Simple, sobering riffs of whodunit stuff, with cumulative accents on the downbeat."
A dozen grim vignettes show the brutish side of Italian life, culled from newspaper crime reports and turned into the caseload of sharp-witted but gentle police commissioner Adele Sofia by award-winning feminist writer Maraini.
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FICTION
Released: Oct. 1, 2002
"Nevertheless, a powerfully lurid picture of Bombay's multiplicity, energy, and squalor is built up with masterly skill. And the characters of Nariman and the Gandhi-inspired Roxana (her father's Cordelia) are not easily forgotten."
A Dickensian sense of the interconnections of place, character, and fate and a powerful rendering of the experience and consequences of aging and bodily decay--such are the great strengths of this absorbing third novel from the Indian-born Canadian resident (
A Fine Balance, 1996, etc.).
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