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A review by e_austin
The Wake by Paul Kingsnorth
5.0
Last night I finished my journey through this novel. It contains a story of brutality and overwhelming sadness, conveyed in a shadow tongue quite removed from modern English.
Within this context, Kingsnorth perceptively examines humanity through lenses of history, religion, language, and relationships. The prose, in its starkness, brings a world removed from us by a millennium into sometimes beautiful, sometimes painful focus. I have seldom felt so united with the past, even as differences became acutely visible.
While it is a challenging book in several ways, The Wake is also very rewarding.
Within this context, Kingsnorth perceptively examines humanity through lenses of history, religion, language, and relationships. The prose, in its starkness, brings a world removed from us by a millennium into sometimes beautiful, sometimes painful focus. I have seldom felt so united with the past, even as differences became acutely visible.
While it is a challenging book in several ways, The Wake is also very rewarding.