Robert M. (shotokanchef) reviewed on 1/19/2012 + 813 more book reviews

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The narrative is often choppy and abstract. In many ways, the authors style and structure remind me of that of Alan Paton. Crisp, sentences. Often merely phrases. No quotation marks. Who is speaking? Is someone speaking? Often up to a page of narrative expires before, by assumption, the reader becomes aware of which character it concerns. A South African trait, or style? Prose imitating poetry! July is a native servant who rescues his white family from the riots and hides them in his native village. Gradually, their roles reverse. A sort of cliff-hanger ending that leaves far too much to the reader to fill in.

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