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Evening
 

Evening

by Susan Minot

As Ann Lord lies on her deathbed, her daughter delivers a balsam pillow from the attic. At first the ailing woman is confused, but suddenly the scent reminds her of the "wild tumult" she experienced 40 years earlier: Something stole into her as she walked in the dark, a dream she'd had long ago. The air was so black she was unable to see her arms, it was a warm summer night. Above her... (read more)

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atleast
  • Rated 4 stars

“This book is beautiful and moving, but a bit hard to take at times. The prolonged death of the main character is frank and graphic and thus somewhat startling. It's a very cerebral book, and much like "The Unbearable Lightness of Being" I don't see how it could be made into a film without losing a lot of what's best about it.”

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Tekoni Lajana
  • Rated 2 stars

“I'm sure that many people would find this book to be wonderful, but it's not my style. The story is depressing to me and often I found it too jumpy and hard to follow. It doesn't help that I didn't really like any of the characters, either. The one quality it has that kept me reading is its insider's view of dying, which is very thought-provoking.”

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  • Rated 3.340909 stars
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  • Rated 4 stars
  

Newest Comments

  • Kat D

    kat d said:

    “I recentley watched the movie and loved it. I was wondering how different the book is.”

    posted Wednesday, July 9 2008
  • opuslibris

    opuslibris said:

    “Disturbing, hard to follow but do not give up. Don't be discouraged by the changes in times and the chopped style, It takes you to deep incontrollable feelings. There is a dichotomy between Ann dying and Ann remembering other -- and better -- times. Was it love, was it infatuation, was it encountering a soul mate? ''He'' is not sure, himself, about what draws him to Ann. Fascinating book.”

    posted Sunday, September 2 2007
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