The Land Of Spices
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The Land Of Spices

by Kate O’Brien

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Paperback / ISBN-13: 9781844083169

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ON SALE: 6th July 2006

Genre: Classic Fiction (pre C 1945) / Historical Fiction / Modern & Contemporary Fiction (post C 1945) / Religious & Spiritual Fiction

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Reviews

This subtle and beautifully constructed novel deals with the conflict between human and divine love
Sunday Times
O'Brien exquisitely evokes the harem atmosphere of convent life, the beauty and the silence, the bickering and the cruelties . . . If novels can be music, this is a novel with perfect pitch
Clare Boylan
A fuller appreciation of modern literature and a greater understanding of twentieth century Ireland
Irish Times
A wonderful book, a land to be revisited
Irish Times
If novels can be music, this is a novel with perfect pitch
Clare Boylan
This subtle and beautifully constructed novel deals with the conflict between human and divine love
Sunday Times

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