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Lark and Termite

Lark and Termite

Author(s): Jayne Anne Phillips

Location(s): South Korea, West Virginia

Genre(s): Fiction

Era(s): Mid 20th Century

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At the centre of this unforgettable novel are two children: Lark and her brother, Termite, who is unable to walk or talk but is deeply loved by his family. The two are raised by their aunt Nonie in place of Lola, their mother, and Termite’s father, Corporal Robert Leavitt, who is caught up in the chaos of the Korean War.

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Consistently inventive, evocative and uncompromising. Haunting is a word much overused, but Lark and Termite is exactly that: a novel whose elegant lingering images are hard to shake from the memory. This is a...

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