From The Millions (A Blog About Books), this review of Jane Alison's new book:
May 1, 2005
Fans of historical fiction set in far flung lands will likely enjoy Jane Alison's new book Natives and Exotics. It's a multigenerational tale set in South America and Australia that spans the twentieth century. The publisher notes liken the book to W.G. Sebald's The Emigrants, which is a lot to live up to. PW describes the book thusly: "More impressionistic than narrative, Alison's third novel is a lush evocation of the way people love and alter (and are altered by) the environments they inhabit."
Read the PW review at Amazon.
I haven't seen the novel yet, but her first two were superb, so I expect no less from this one.
Jane has another book already? I agree with you about the first two. I may have to break my book-buying moratorium and get this one.
ReplyDeleteI haven't heard of her. Thanks for the tip, Carol!
ReplyDeleteTell you what. I'll buy it and you can both borrow it. Although I DO encourage you to buy Jane's work.
ReplyDeleteKat, you'll really like work. Besides being a really cool person, she's an amazing writer.
ReplyDeleteYeah, thanks for pointing her out, Carol!
ReplyDeleteP.S. I changed my blog address: it's http://katiexkatie.blogspot.com/ now.