Review: The Silver Donkey by Sonya Hartnett | Review | Guardian Unlimited Books
Diane Samuels finds The Silver Donkey by Sonya Hartnett both exquisitely produced ("So delightful an artefact is the book itself") and exquisitely written:
Hartnett uses space as eloquently as she uses words. Her writing effortlessly touches on themes of great complexity without a hint of gravitas. Each character is vividly evoked with brushstrokes as light and clean as the illustrations. This is literature that bristles (sic) with images...
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