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Some of many things I liked: small number of distinct, interesting and memorable characters; wonderful setting(s), changeable but similar; drama with minimum foreshadowing; wonderful dialogue and "thought descriptions" when unspoken; vocabulary; and weather-vivid, raw, beautiful.
Some words: a trumbil way; salient; a dun cliff; declension of a slope - for a very few examples.
The writing style is amazing not only for its depth of a northwestern description, but for an almost mathematical style. I had to re-read several pages (OK, sleepy at times) but usually to grasp the meaning embedded in unusual prose.
The ending left me limp. Loved this work of art.
Jim George, Austin, TX
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