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The Ten Thousand Things by John Spurling

krobart's review

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3.0

See my review here:

https://whatmeread.wordpress.com/2015/08/20/day-758-the-ten-thousand-things/

_tourist's review

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4.0

a book i found valuable, insightful, yet that didn't drag me in.
contemplations on the nature of life, and an individual's relationship to power, and forces outside of their control, framed through the highly fictionalised life of a Master of Chinese painting.
a project that fills me with fondness, yet the style seems lacking, not lingering enough on imagery for my liking (it is about an painter, after all).
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peggyluwho's review

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3.0

It was pretty good. It took me many weeks to read, though, as it didn't grab me enough to make me want to fly through it. Of course, reading it slowly made some of the back and forth in time (it's not told chronologically) kind of confusing.

lizzysiddal's review

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4.0

3.5 rounded up to 4

brynhammond's review

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3.0

3.5
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