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Mister Pip

by Lloyd Jones

In a novel that is at once intense, beautiful, and fablelike, Lloyd Jones weaves a transcendent story that celebrates the resilience of the human spirit and the power of narrative to transform our lives.

On a copper-rich tropical island shattered by war, where the teachers have fled with most everyone else, only one white man chooses to stay behind: the eccentric Mr. Watts, object of... (more)

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“This I such a beautiful piece of literature in its own right, and its link to Great Expectations makes it even more so. The characters are vivid, easily seen and understood. They leap off the page into the room to live their story right here with us, and what a story it is. Full of conflict, terror, sadness, mental illness, great literature, war, vicious violence, hatred, enemies, and deep love. Such a little book, but each and every word counts. Each word is fully necessary to the story,...”

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pat k said:

“This book is one of the best I have read in a long time. It says so much about what it means to read and lose oneself in a story. The book works on many, many different levels. Very thought provoking and extremely well written.”

posted Friday, July 11 2008

tom a said:

“Should I read this book?”

posted Friday, April 4 2008 ( | view 2 replies )

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