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Recent Reads: The Luminaries by Eleanor Catton
What does one do when they are laid up from a recent knee
surgery other than find a very thick book and be appreciative of the
opportunity to read for hours without excuse.
I did just the thing after my ACL reconstructive surgery and savored
every moment of The Luminaries by Eleanor
Catton.
The Luminaries is
the recipient of the2013 Man Booker Prize, and an excellent story that follows
the lives and the interconnectedness of several characters in the 1860’s New
Zealand Gold Rush. Scandal and theft run
the line of the plot, as one might expect with the prospect of gold, but there
is also love, or the convenience of, and the untidy mess that love between two
people might bring. Only the moon knows how these people and their
relationships might be connected through the turn of events, and, eventually,
the reader does, too.
Catton captures the timeframe and place of the story remarkably,
as well as the tone of each individual character’s expression through action
and language.
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