On David Malouf
Nam Le · 2019
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About the book
'Here was a very-much-alive half-Lebanese writer (from provincial Brisbane, no less) producing English-language writing of the very first order. The poetry was in the prose; it stayed and sprung its rhythms, chorded its ideas, concentrated its images. Every other novel claims to be written in "poetic prose"; the real thing, when you come across it, is actually shocking.' Nam Le takes the reader on a thrilling intellectual ride in this sharp, bold essay. Encompassing identity politics, metaphysics, the relationship between life and art, and the 'Australianness' of Malouf's work, it is unlike anything else written about one of Australia's most acclaimed writers. In the Writers on Writers series, leading writers reflect on another Australian writer who has inspired and fascinated them. Provocative and crisp, these books start a fresh conversation between past and present, shed new light on the craft of writing, and introduce some intriguing and talented authors and their work. Also in the Writers on Writers series Alice Pung on John Marsden Erik Jensen on Kate Jennings Christos Tsiolkas on Patrick White Ceridwen Dovey on J.M. Coetzee Michelle de Kretser on Shirley Hazzard (forthcoming)
Book details
- Year
- 2019
- Language
- English
- Publisher
- Schwartz Publishing Pty, Limited
- Editions
- 1
- Pages
- 112
- ISBN
- 9781760640392
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