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| | TIME.com -- Andrew Arnold: Blood Work |
 | | But where "Flood!" took place exclusively in the dehumanizing world of a biblically punished New York, "Blood Song," moves from a pastoral to a modern metropolis, exploring the role of the individual in nature and society. |
 | | I made the mistake of reading "Blood Song" before noticing the sub-title, "A Silent Ballad." That is, I read it like a graphic novel, with a novel-reader's interest in character and story. |
 | | One way of reading it, for example, is a story about the transition from child to adult moving from careless tranquility through tempestuous seas to the world of responsibility and childbirth. |
| www.time.com /time/columnist/arnold/article/0,9565,390556,00.html (973 words) |
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