The Smell of Apples
by Mark Behr
Taste attributes: dramahistoricalfresh & originalunsavouryheavylinearemotive & stirringsocial commentaryinjustice/tragedy/vengeancetroubled leads
Boxlist takeAn original, morally murky novel: moving and serious. Best if you like surprises over comfort.
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Pace: balanced · Originality: fresh · Tone: dark · Weight: heavy · Realism: balanced · Story: balanced · Structure: linear · Look: balanced · Scale: balanced · Emotional punch: stirringHow we score
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3.7 / 5
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About This Book
The smell of apples is a time bomb of a novel. Set in the bitter twilight of apartheid in South Africa in the 1970s, it is a haunting story narrated by an eleven-year-old child, Marnus Erasmus, who simply and devastatingly records the social turmoil and racial oppression that are destroying his own land.
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- Author
- Mark Behr
- Published
- 1995
- Pages
- 200
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- Open Library
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