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"A splendid ripe momentum."
-- "Toronto Star"
"A deliciously woven tale."
-- "Ottawa Citizen"
"A densely suggestive world. . . . There are tenderly passionate scenes, absurd farce, directly realistic detail in landscape and a general exhilaration in the novel's view of the enigmas of human personality."
-- "Windsor Star"
"Van Herk's sense of the West is palpable. And her language is muscular."
-- "Quill & Quire"
"Arachne Manteia is a truly wonderful character."
-- "Border Crossings"
"A picaresque adventure on one level, and a searching investigation of Canadianness, especially on the Prairies."
-- "Globe and Mail"
"A splendid ripe momentum."
-- "Toronto Star"
"A deliciously woven tale."
-- "Ottawa Citizen"
"A densely suggestive world. . . . There are tenderly passionate scenes, absurd farce, directly realistic detail in landscape and a general exhilaration in the novel's view of the enigmas of human personality."
-- "Windsor Star"
"Van Herk's sense of the West is palpable. And her language is muscular."
-- "Quill & Quire"
"Arachne Manteia is a truly wonderful character."
-- "Border Crossings"
"A picaresque adventure on one level, and a searching investigation of Canadianness, especially on the Prairies."
"A splendid ripe momentum."
-- Toronto Star"A deliciously woven tale."
-- Ottawa Citizen"A densely suggestive world. . . . There are tenderly passionate scenes, absurd farce, directly realistic detail in landscape and a general exhilaration in the novel's view of the enigmas of human personality."
-- Windsor Star"Van Herk's sense of the West is palpable. And her language is muscular."
-- Quill & Quire"Arachne Manteia is a truly wonderful character."
-- Border Crossings"About this title" may belong to another edition of this title.
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