TY - JOUR
T1 - The Postgraduate Contemporary Women's Writing Blog
T2 - The Rain Tree - Mirabel Osler , review by Ishita Mandrekar
AU - Mandrekar, Ishita
PY - 2013
Y1 - 2013
N2 - The reader who approaches The Rain Tree expecting a traditional autobiography is in for a surprise – and Osler is full of surprises. With the dexterity of a seasoned storyteller, Osler weaves her tales with vivid details, so that as you follow her through war torn London, Thailand and Corfu, you see the ‘the shafts of searchlight catching glimpses of anchored barrage balloons – silver whales floating overhead’ (p. 26), taste the ‘tiny dried prawns, diced lime and peanuts ’ (p. 121) and feel the thick green skin of olives freshly picked from the grove.
AB - The reader who approaches The Rain Tree expecting a traditional autobiography is in for a surprise – and Osler is full of surprises. With the dexterity of a seasoned storyteller, Osler weaves her tales with vivid details, so that as you follow her through war torn London, Thailand and Corfu, you see the ‘the shafts of searchlight catching glimpses of anchored barrage balloons – silver whales floating overhead’ (p. 26), taste the ‘tiny dried prawns, diced lime and peanuts ’ (p. 121) and feel the thick green skin of olives freshly picked from the grove.
M3 - Book/Film/Article review
JO - Postgraduate Contemporary Women's Writing Blog
JF - Postgraduate Contemporary Women's Writing Blog
ER -