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Author: Lydia Kwa
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May 1995
Brief Reviews - Poetry
by Colin Morton
Tom Marshall is most himself in "Fugue for Lonnie" -- the bemused lover, unable to assert himself too forcefully, constrained by a natural reticence, speaking quietly yet with deep conviction. Read more...
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 | The Walking Boy
by Lydia Kwa
Key Porter Books
308 pages $32.95 cloth
ISBN: 1552636933
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Ying and Yang of a Novel
by Barbara Julian
The Walking Boy attempts to ascend a Himalayan mount of ideas, history, and Eastern exotica, but in language too pedestrian to reach the heights it aims for. On the other hand, the novel manages to sustain tension and an atmosphere of danger, while exploring a theme of "two-in-oneness"-in the sense of androgyny, and in the philosophical sense of the "myriad wonders" in the yin-yang of all things. The pacing isn't smooth, but it covers a lot of ground. Read more...
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