Friday, July 31, 2009

"The country he had broken out of was all unknown to them"



"The country he had broken out of was all unknown to them" - Remembering Babylon by David Malouf

8 comments:

Sean said...

Martina... I am boycotting comments until the grafitti stops...

Sean said...

Boycott over :)

Martina said...

Sean, if I had more time I would start another blog dedicated to street art, :-D

yann said...

lol trop cool celui la jadore le reliefe

Joan Elizabeth said...

Martina ... I've been away for a short holiday and found time to read "Remembering Babylon" so it was a thrill to come back and find that it's your current feature book.

This grafitti country sure is unknown to me.

Martina said...

Joan Elizabeth, I am at p60 ... overwhelmed by metaphors, similes, images ... struggling ... but nevertheless liking it ...

Joan Elizabeth said...

I was wondering how you would get on with it. It is very Australian in its setting and thought but in a time far distant from the Australia of today ... but I feel that perhaps knowing the Australia of today would help in comprehension.

I found it easier to read than I expected.

Martina said...

Joan Elizabeth, at the moment I am mostly wondering if he gets his facts right - the things about language, spirits, culture. And I am thinking about things like "how is it nowadays, are the whites still afraid of the unknown dark blackness?" etc. etc. etc. etc. etc. :-)

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