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conversations.value: What is a description for a book titled The Surfacing about Rose, Tremain, Reading with the genre: Literature & Fiction, Action & Adventure?
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conversations.value: 'the author's writing is very assured, with a harsh poetic edge. His evocations of barren landscape, sea weather, pack ice, frozen skies are terrific. He takes the reader there.' Rose Tremain 'An extraordinary novel, combining a powerful narrative with a considered and poetic use of language in a way that is not often seen these days. Reading the book, I recalled the dramatic natural landscape of Jack London and the wild untamed seas of William Golding. the author' writing is ambitious enough to be compared with either.' John Boyne, author of The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas 'The great topic of the author' THE SURFACING is the reach of human possibility. The prose is calm, vivid, hypnotic and acutely piercing. the author is attuned to the psychological moment: this is a book about fatherhood and all its attendant terrors. the author recognises the surfacing of love in the face of solitude. It's a remarkable achievement, a stylish novel, full of music and quiet control. This is a writer that I'd like to see hurry - I'm looking forward already to the next book.' Colum McCann
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conversations.value: Swap the first and the last sentence.
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conversations.value: ' Colum McCann. His evocations of barren landscape, sea weather, pack ice, frozen skies are terrific. He takes the reader there.' Rose Tremain 'An extraordinary novel, combining a powerful narrative with a considered and poetic use of language in a way that is not often seen these days. Reading the book, I recalled the dramatic natural landscape of Jack London and the wild untamed seas of William Golding. the author' writing is ambitious enough to be compared with either.' John Boyne, author of The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas 'The great topic of the author' THE SURFACING is the reach of human possibility. The prose is calm, vivid, hypnotic and acutely piercing. the author is attuned to the psychological moment: this is a book about fatherhood and all its attendant terrors. the author recognises the surfacing of love in the face of solitude. It's a remarkable achievement, a stylish novel, full of music and quiet control. This is a writer that I'd like to see hurry - I'm looking forward already to the next book.'the author's writing is very assured, with a harsh poetic edge.