An unlikely love-story intertwines with a hymn to the zoological facts of death in natural surroundings. Yes, it's odd; but, written with a kind of precise and delicate affection, it ends up as an unexpectedly optimistic account of redemption and reconciliation between humans and with nature. And you want to know what happens next. The squeamish should resist the temptation to skip - overcoming revulsion is part of the point.
(Annabel Bedini - bwl 5 October 2000 ) |
