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To the Last City
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To the Last CityTo the Last City

Colin Thubron seems to be a writer undaunted by immensity, either of place or plot. He has written, memorably, about China (Behind the Wall) and contemporary Russia (Among the Russians). Here, in his latest book, which happens to be a novel, he cheerfully takes on Joseph Conrad and magic realism, transplanting a Heart of Darkness narrative to the jungles of Peru, and does so with a precision and a brevity whose effects linger in the imagination.


 
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Tags: magic, realism, transplanting, Conrad, Joseph