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Title: An delightful snaphot inside the human condition
Review: So different was my opinion of The Heart Sutra from that of the previous reviewer (Nov 20) that I wondered if we'd read the same book. It was a collection of gems - each one a carefully crafted and engrossing snapshot of the human condition, with characters so real that you might have met, travelled with, or perhaps even slept with one or two of them. Wilton evokes the real world in vivid colours, tastes and sounds, and manages with great effect to find the poignancy in everyday events. The characters are effected by events around them, but usually react philosophically and with subtlety, often as we ourselves do. Nowhere is the book stagy or overdone.Reading the Heart Sutra is a pleasure from start to finish. These stories should be savoured. Read them one at a time, letting each sink in for a while before starting the next. I eagerly await Wilton's next effort.
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