The Transit of Venus, (Paperback)

from rmckeown

Back in my high school days, I wanted to read a novel by Australian author, Shirley Hazzard titled The Transit of Venus. I was in a period of reading a great deal about astronomy, and this seemed l...

from infosleuth

The first time I read this book, shortly after it was published, I found it so dense that when I finished it I forgot everything I had read -- or so I thought. After reading The Great Fire, which I...

from dallenbaugh

Dense language, often beautiful, often difficult to read, "Paul got up and dressed. From the bed Caro watched, languid as a patient emerging from ether, in pain and swirled by slow impressions that...

from ffortsa

It can be hard to have a good book group discussion when everyone agrees that the book is terrific, multi-layered, superbly written, and subtly subversive of the reading experience. All true. Two o...

from d.homsher

A complex novel about sisters, more dense than any of D. H. Lawrence's girls, with each setting (Australia, England, NY) entirely grounded. Hazzard is a craftswoman. She can catch a character in a ...