A review by katcic
A View of the Harbour by Elizabeth Taylor

5.0

This was a wonderful read - I couldn't put it down. It is deceptive - you feel like you are skimming the surface of these people's lives at first, but then you realise that you are being shown their intimate thoughts and actions. I couldn't help thinking firstly of Under Milk Wood, because there is a rhythmical quality to the way Taylor weaves in and out of these lives and it is also deeply poetic. There is constant repetition, like the constant sound of the waves in the harbour, but each wave builds on the last. I also thought of Ulysses, but without the waffle - there are no extraneous words here.