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charming vignettes of Caribbean village life are woven together into a lazily sinuous narrative (MAIL ON SUNDAY)
a lovingly drawn miniature of Jamaica's culture from the 1950s onwards... Miller's narrative and emotional range is exceptional (SCOTLAND ON SUNDAY)
a stinging portrait of Jamaican religion and law... The Same Earth is marked out by an interesting, animating intelligence. (SUNDAY HERALD)
¿a humorous, bittersweet fiction, combines the fantastical realism of Marquez with the domestic comedy of Andrea Levy... Miller is a name to watch.¿ (INDEPENDENT)
this punchy, enjoyable novel¿ [is] told with the rousing handclap of a spiritual and the crisp drum-beat of a folk song. (INDEPENDENT ON SUNDAY)
Miller writes with a gentle humour that justifies the comparisons to Alexander McCall Smith (CITY LIFE)
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A Jamaican Alexander McCall Smith meets Small Island by Andrea Levy
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- EditoreW&N
- Data di pubblicazione2008
- ISBN 10 0297844792
- ISBN 13 9780297844792
- RilegaturaCopertina rigida
- Numero di pagine240
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