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Title: Evidence of Things Unseen : A Novel by Marianne Wiggins ISBN: 0-684-86969-1 Publisher: Simon & Schuster Pub. Date: 11 June, 2003 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $25.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.67 (3 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Has anyone noticed?
Comment: I will include this book in a program I'm giving for a local women's club. Has anyone else noticed the play on words?
The main character is Fos.
"Phos" is the Greek word for light.
Rating: 5
Summary: Glory
Comment: I must have read a review of this book in a newspaper as I reserved it from the library. And I'm so glad I didn't miss that week's review.
There are so few books that are truly brilliant. And this is one. The writing is poetic. Ms. Wiggins' use of language is wonderful. And her storyline is unforgettable.
This is a remarkable book. One that I will now purchase to share with friends. My only regret is the ending. Whenever I find a book such as this I never want it to end. And when it does the ending is a let down. In this case not because the ending is unrealistic, or seemingly cut short. In this case, because I just wanted more and more and more.
And I would ask you not to read the cover, not to read to much about this book. It's better to let the author unfold word by word, page by page.
Rating: 4
Summary: deep look back at twentieth century
Comment: A veteran of the worst atrocities of World War I including poison gas, Ray "Fos" Foster travels the American countryside carrying the scientific marvel, X-ray equipment. Fos claims to be an expert "Phenomenologist". Visiting the Carolina's Outer Banks for a meteor show, Fos meets and falls in love with Opal.
The duo marries as they share more than attraction. Both love everything scientific. Opal accompanies Fos on his circuit where he displays his X-ray machine at county fairs. He demonstrates the capabilities of x-rays to penetrate the skin by irradiating Opal's foot. Fos' scientific knowledge reputation grows until the Feds hire him to work for the Tennessee Valley Authority and ultimately during World War II at Site X in Oak Ridge. However, his idyllic life hits a major detour when Opal falls mysteriously ill. Science fails to help Fos, as he and the doctors know not why or what she suffers from.
The lead couple and a lad that they adopt are strong characters but the link to science seems farfetched, even with the character names loosely connected to science. The story line vividly describes the years between the great wars especially achievements that come across as homage to scientific accomplishment yet also carries a warning of beware what you create. It is this dual sword inside a deep look back at twentieth century that makes this epic worth reading.
Harriet Klausner
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Title: The Great Fire: A Novel by Shirley Hazzard ISBN: 0374166447 Publisher: Farrar Straus & Giroux Pub. Date: 14 October, 2003 List Price(USD): $24.00 |
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Title: The Known World (Today Show Book Club # 17) by Edward P. Jones ISBN: 0060557540 Publisher: Amistad Press Pub. Date: 14 August, 2003 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
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Title: Reunion : A Novel by Alan Lightman ISBN: 037542167X Publisher: Pantheon Books Pub. Date: 22 July, 2003 List Price(USD): $22.00 |
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Title: Drop City by T. Coraghessan Boyle, Boyle T C. ISBN: 0670031720 Publisher: Viking Press Pub. Date: 24 February, 2003 List Price(USD): $25.95 |
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Title: Liars and Saints by Maile Meloy ISBN: 0743244354 Publisher: Scribner Pub. Date: June, 2003 List Price(USD): $24.00 |
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