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 The Long Silence of Mario Salviati - Etienne van Heerden
Description: ISBN 0060530146 / Author: Etienne van Heerden / Genre: Fiction / Publisher: Sceptre Newest Review: ... journey, but that isn't going to happen. This is no journey of personal growth and self discovery and we don't really learn ... more  ... much about her at all. Her role is as a kind of avatar for the reader, as the mysteries of the town's history are revealed to her so they are revealed to us. She also acts as a catalyst for the townsfolk themselves, helping them to face up to the dark, troubled history of the town. A history that includes boom and bust, death and rebirth, slavery and racial exclusion. When I tell you that Yearsonend is in the remote South African Karoo, and the author is a Professor of Literature at the University of Cape Town you mig...more |
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The Long Silence of Mario Salviati - Etienne van Heerden: The Long Silence of Mario Salviati - Van Heerden (1039 words)
by count_zero - written on 25/02/08 (Very useful, 65 readings)
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The Long Silence of Mario Salviati by Etienne Van Heerden tells the story of Ingi Friedlander, a curator at the National Gallery at Cape Town, and her journey to the impossibly remote village of Yearsonend. She is under orders to purchase the magnificent sculpture of the Staggering Merman which has magically appeared in the studio of local artist, Jonty Jack. After initially being rejected by the sculptor Ingi takes lodging in the village and settles down for a long drawn out courtship with Jack in the hope that by getting to know him and the town better, he will in turn be more receptive to her and allow her to return to Cape Town with the ...
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