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Sat 07 Jul 2009Grasping the dark fears of the imagination
FICTION:Book of CloudsBy Chloe Aridjis Chatto, 209pp, £11.99 - AND NOW for something completely different: Chloe Aridjis brings a bit of realism, a bit of wonder, a hint of darkness and true originality to this sharp, lyric and beguilingly strange tale of a life in flux.
Perhaps it is autobiographical? Maybe it’s not? It doesn’t matter; Book of Cloudssoars and shimmers through its assured writing, whimsical observations and its sheer ease. It is a story about thinking concerned with questioning life and drifting through it; it’s about knowing that sometimes even trying to take control is a waste of time.
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