FICTION Barry, Sebastian. On Canaan's Side. Viking. Sept. 2011.272p. ISBN 9780670022922. $24.95. Lilly Bere's complex life spans 20th-century America: owing to IRA death threats, she flees Ireland with her fiance, he's killed, she marries and survives the Depression, her husband disappears, she raises a son who's called up for Vietnam, then he disappears, leaving a young son behind. Summed up that way, this book sounds implausible, but the award-winning Barry (e.g., Costa Book of the Year) has the skill to make it work. With a six-city tour.
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机译:虚构的巴里,塞巴斯蒂安。在迦南边。维京人。 2011年9月272页。 ISBN 9780670022922.24.95美元。莉莉·贝雷(Lilly Bere)的复杂生活跨越了20世纪的美国:由于爱尔兰共和军的死亡威胁,她带着未婚夫逃离爱尔兰,被杀,嫁给了大萧条并幸存下来,丈夫失踪,她抚养了一个儿子,他被要求越南,然后他失踪,留下一个小儿子。总结起来,这本书听起来令人难以置信,但是屡获殊荣的巴里(例如,《哥斯达黎加年度》)具有使之行之有效的技巧。进行六座城市的游览。
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