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i am a sucker for the epic stories ~ books that make your purse bulge and tend to dominate your life for a month or two ~ gone with the wind...anna karenina...the fountain head...~ and this book, for me, ranks right up there with those listed. i actually want to sit down and ask mr. peter carey (who lectures at hunter college in nyc), what the significance is with the the prince rupert's drops? and how he could let the film version get away with such a drastic change in the way the book ended. but this book, for me, explores how people control the direction their lives may take, and the influences and ironies of the control they do have (as well as giving you a great mental image of australia in during its earliest days of colonization).

2023-01-18 22:43