Books by Gail Jones
language
English
review 1: I wasn't expecting to like this, as I had not been able to finish "Sorry", but I did. Five Bells is a poetic, almost dream-like book that is dense yet light at the same time. I enjoyed the writing but not the characters, apart from Pei Xing who I felt had the most interesting s...
language
English
review 1: I must say that I bought this in Texas to quell some slight home-sickness (the front cover had a gorgeous photo of the SOH), and was pretty unconvinced by the first 50 pages or so. It did grab me more as the characters' back-stories were fleshed out, but, ultimately, quite a let-...