![]() ![]() Now, if you know your European history, the above description will have suggested to you the book’s framework, and you’d be right. It’s one of the fastest reads I’ve had in some time. It’s a carefully constructed book, one that benefits from close reading, which is not to say it’s hard reading, because it’s not. The novel is set mostly in 1980, and alternates between these two places, with occasional forays into other places and/or times to fill in some backstories. Melbourne-based Malá Liška or “Little Fox” lives with her grandparents Máňa and Bill, while Prague-based Luděk lives with his Babi (grandmother). The novel revolves around the lives of two Czech sisters, one who ends up in Melbourne with the other remaining in Prague, but their story is mainly seen through the eyes of their grandchildren. Just the sort of novel, really, that I tend to like. ![]() Favel Parrett’s third novel, There was still love, is one of those novels in which not a lot happens but has a lot going on. ![]()
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