Stephen Dau's The Book of Jonas is a marvelous, lyrical debut that examines the effects of war on everyone involved. Dau weaves together the stories...
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Daniel Raphael, April 17, 2006 (view all comments by Daniel Raphael)
Many of the books I buy are of photographs, most often black-and-white, and frequently the subject matter is nudes. This book is superb; it is the largest and heaviest of the type that I own, and its treatment of both female and male studies is equally outstanding. Text is sparse and unobtrusive, as it should be; photography of this quality needs no literary accompaniment, neither from defensiveness nor on account of any other perceived deficit.
If I could give more stars by way of rating this collection, I would do so.
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