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Signs And Wonders (2012)

by Alix Ohlin(Favorite Author)

3.73 of 5 Votes: 4

ISBN

0307743799 (ISBN13: 9780307743794)

languge

English

genre

Fiction

publisher

Vintage

review 1: If a novel is like a movie, then these short stories were like photographs, interesting snap shots that absorb your gaze because of the depth of the characters. As the story progressed I saw different things and by the end was glad I had visited each photo, each story. I was surprised at how much empathy I felt for so many of the characters, how quickly I became absorbed in their story. I have never read a collection of short stories all by one author before, but I would certainly try it again. I am interested in seeing what else author Alix Ohlin has written. To me the common thread concerned connections between people, ones that are made and ones that are missed.
review 2: Hmm! I'm not so sure about this one. It's a collection of short stories on relatio... morenships - partners, parent-child, brother-sister, friend-to-friend. It's very typically Canadian in that it's depressing - a tragic look at life and relationships. It's very academically written - long, run-on sentences with hyphenated sidebars that distract from the meaning of the long run-on sentence. A disappointment at best. Reviewed by Emily-Jane Hills Orford, award-winning author of "The Whistling Bishop" and "F-Stop: A Life of Pictures". less

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