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Aug 24, 2013 · I can’t help feeling that despite its technical perfection, The Luminaries is a book without a beating heart. Lest I seem unfair, here are some more of the novel’s strengths: Catton proves a dab hand at revealing characters through both minute physical description and acute psychological insight.
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For the television miniseries, see The Luminaries (miniseries). The Luminaries is a 2013 novel by Eleanor Catton. [ 2 ] Set in New Zealand 's South Island in 1866, the novel follows Walter Moody, a prospector who travels to the West Coast settlement of Hokitika to make his fortune on the goldfields.
Apr 5, 2014 · As the title implies, this post is intended for those who have read Eleanor Catton’s novel The Luminaries as it contains significant spoilers. If you haven’t read the novel, try this review : https://115journals.com/2014/03/27/the-luminaries-eleanor-cattons-booker-prize-winning-novel/
LUMINARIES by Susan Dennard is an entertaining, captivating story about how one girl shoulders and finally contends with the heavy yoke of family legacy, while also literally fighting for her place in a world full of monsters.
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Nov 7, 2022 · Only the Luminaries, a society of ancient guardians, stand between humanity and the nightmares of the forest that rise each night. Winnie Wednesday, an exile from the Luminaries, is determined to restore her family's good name by taking the deadly hunter trials on her sixteenth birthday.
Mar 6, 2023 · But “The Luminaries” does tell a real story—a story of fated lovers—that it reveals only by inches. This romance, which appears to transcend the limits of space, is so heartfelt as to be ...
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The 832 pages The Luminaries, the second novel of Catton that she completed at the age of 27, is a “magnificent novel: awesome in its structural complexity; addictive in its story-telling; and magical in its conjuring of a world of greed and gold," says Chair of judges Robert Macfarlane.