Books
by Alexis Wright
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Carpentaria |
A many layered, absorbing tale set in N. Australia's Gulf Country where multi-national mining interests disturb both the indigenous and white settlers' relationship with the land and the sea. The narrative uses the local vernacular which is gradually refined as the subjects become more complicated, culminating in some of the most beautiful and evocative writing I have ever read, reminiscent of Marquez's One Hundred Years of Solitude (bwl 41) or his Love in the Time of Cholera (bwl 20).
(Margaret Teh - bwl 45 April 2008) |
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