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Fiction

The sacred and the profane

A grandly enigmatic novella

Little World by Josephine Rowe

by Maria Takolander
May 2025, no. 475

Little World by Josephine Rowe

Black Inc., $27.99 pb, 144 pp

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Josephine Rowe’s third novel, Little World, is a little novel, at least in terms of its length, which resembles that of a novella. Little World is also about a little person, specifically a child, or rather, the preserved corpse of a child, said to be a saint. There is nothing small, though, about the novel’s impact, which is grandly and enduringly enigmatic.

 


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Little World by Josephine Rowe

Black Inc., $27.99 pb, 144 pp

ABR receives a commission on items purchased through this link. All ABR reviews are fully independent.


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