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	• Too Late The Phalarope Alan Paton Scribner, 1996 - 288 pages average customer review:based on 14 reviews view larger image
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highly recommended

It really IS one of the greatest books of all time.

This story is told in the most beautiful language, and describes a world so much more restricted than ours that it seems some of us can no longer take it seriously (see other review). But, this is one of the most beautiful and tragic books I've ever read.

Fabulous!!!

You've got to read this book. Alan Paton is an excellent author, and this is one of his best books. Very moving.

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an unforgettable reading experience

In unusual and finely styled language we have sensitive portrayals of many characters and a variety of relationships with the main character Pieter, a larger-than-life hero (called a god by one of the townspeople) who is admired by many but nonetheless cannot ignore "the one misery of [his] life." Apartheid is the environment of this novel, not the focus. The most significant relationship is the one between Pieter and his father Jakob, but crucial to the story are the other father-surrogates: the Captain, Pieter's father-in-law, and most important, his friend Kappie. I have taught this novel to my classes every year for the past twenty-five years or so. I always have students who say to me that it is unlike any other book they have ever read. The book always moves some students to tears. It is truly an unforgettable reading experience.

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