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The Vivisector By Patrick White (Vintage)

Last update: 18:09 | 15.12.13 | © Metro Éireann

Patrick White nowadays forms an integral part of the Australian literary landscape, but that was not so when he first began to write. Initially he was ignored in his homeland, while he garnered increasing appreciation in the US and UK. The main reason for Australia

Book Review by Jeanette Rehnstrom

Last update: 15:21 | 01.09.13 | © Metro Éireann

Albertine Sarrazin was more or less forgotten not long after her surprising death from complications with kidney surgery in 1967, aged only 29 and at the height of her fame.

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The Childhood of Jesus By JM Coetzee (Harvill Secker)

Last update: 10:57 | 15.06.13 | © Metro Éireann

It’s that magical time of life again: JM Coetzee has published a new book! And not only that: as a bonus the same publisher has also released Here and Now, a book of letters that Coetzee exchanged with friend Paul Auster between 2008 and 2011, which

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Home By Toni Morrison (Chatto & Windus)

Last update: 11:04 | 15.05.13 | © Metro Éireann

Home is a lovely complex little book by an author for whom no introduction is needed. In the poor town of Lotus in Georgia, Frank has had a troubled upbringing through which he has steered himself and his little sister Cee as best he can. But trouble continues

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