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Title: SALT DANCERS by Ursula Hegi ISBN: 0-684-84482-6 Publisher: Touchstone Books Pub. Date: 01 March, 1997 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $13.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.78 (18 reviews)
Rating: 4
Summary: Its In The Writing!
Comment: Exquisitely written. Salt Dancers explores the life of a family separated, physically and emotionally, by secretes and lies. The story is told through the voice of the daughter, who returns home after many years of absence to uncover the "whys" behind the physical abuse from her father and the truth behind the disappearance of her mother. Sounds pretty formula, but the beauty of the novel is in the writing. Hegi's prose is crisp, fluid, and expressive. She simplifies in writing some of most complex emotions and thought processes existent in the human experience. I agree with other reviews in that this is no Stones From The River or Intrusions, but a worthy read for those who can appreciate the intricacies of fine writing.
Rating: 2
Summary: Salt Dancers was a Disappointment
Comment: Salt Dancers was a great disappointment after Stones from the River. The story itself had pontential but I found the writing flat, lacking the depth and color of Stones.
There was a certain lack of maturity in the writing, which led me to wonder if the book had been written well before Hegi's best seller. Was Salt Dancers, perhaps at the urging of agent or publisher, retrieved from the back corner of a closet to take advantage of the hype attached to Stones from the River? If so, it was a great disservice to Hegi, a truly fine writer.
Rating: 2
Summary: Boring, disappointing book
Comment: I can hardly believe this is the same writer of Stones from the River and Floating in my Mother's Palm.
The story is boring (standard story about a disfunctional family survivor - what every other contemporary American book is about), and not particularly well written either.
After reading a wonderfully written, profound book like Stones from the River, so deep and thought provoking, the self-absorbed navel-gazing main character of Salt Dancers is unbearable.
What a let down...
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Title: FLOATING IN MY MOTHER'S PALM by Ursula Hegi ISBN: 0684854759 Publisher: Touchstone Books Pub. Date: 03 July, 1998 List Price(USD): $12.00 |
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Title: INTRUSIONS by Ursula Hegi ISBN: 0684844818 Publisher: Touchstone Books Pub. Date: 01 March, 1997 List Price(USD): $12.00 |
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Title: The Vision of Emma Blau : A Novel by Ursula Hegi ISBN: 0684872730 Publisher: Touchstone Books Pub. Date: 16 January, 2001 List Price(USD): $14.00 |
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Title: Hotel of the Saints by Ursula Hegi ISBN: 0743227166 Publisher: Touchstone Books Pub. Date: 22 October, 2002 List Price(USD): $12.00 |
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Title: Tearing the Silence : On Being German in America by Ursula Hegi ISBN: 068484611X Publisher: Touchstone Books Pub. Date: 03 July, 1998 List Price(USD): $13.00 |
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