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Ivy Carr
@ivy-carr · Toronto, Canada · Joined November 2024
Reads slowly and out loud. Hosts the poetry thread on Sunday evenings.
Reviews
The English Patient · 4 out of 5
A poet's novel, read it slowly
Ondaatje came to fiction from poetry and you can feel it in every paragraph. The plot arrives in fragments, so if you need forward momentum this will frustrate you. If you read for language, the desert chapters are extraordinary.
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Poetry
Sunday reading aloud — bring one poem you can't explain
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