Review of Distant Voices, Still Lives (1988) by Hal Hinson for Washington Post — 01 May 1995
Ultimately, Davies' choices have a powerful cumulative effect. In the latter section, he achieves a transporting poignancy of feeling. What he manages to convey are the debilitating contradictions that exist, side by side, within every family; the ways in which families nurture as they destroy, and love and despair act as equal partners.
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This review of Distant Voices, Still Lives (1988) was written by Hal Hinson and published by Washington Post on 01 May 1995.
Distant Voices, Still Lives has generally received very positive reviews.
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