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Reviewed on April 1, 2002
Set in Anchorage in 1915, Harrison's fifth novel follows a newly arrived scientist named Bigelow who has been sent to build a weather observatory. Harsh conditions and a small population of women affect Bigelow profoundly, so much so that he becomes obsessed with an unattainable female who doesn't speak or show any emotion toward him and is known simply as "the Aleut...Log In or Sign Up to Read More