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Free Verse And Charisma

Miranda France THE SAME SEA by Amos Oz, translated from the Hebrew by Nicholas de Lange in collaboration with the author Chatto, £15.99, pp. 201 T his is a novel written in free......

Running Out Of Steam In The Middle Of China

Jonathan Mirsky SOMETHING LIKE A HOUSE by Sid Smith Picador, ,f12.99, pp. 216 T his is a quirky but good little novel, marred halfway through by the author's violation of a......