An exercise in elegant and measured prose, Abdu’s literary offering is an open invitation into the garden that is the lives of its inhabitants, permitting us to visit an ecosystem of human emotions in just 318 pages.
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The components of the novel — diaries and vignettes, woman and crocodile — are caught between coming together and falling apart: they dance with each other.
It is 2024, and the New York Times Book Review has published their list of 100 Best Books of the 21st Century. They compiled the list by asking famed writers to provide a list of their favourite books. But do the most-lauded writers pen the best books? And where is the literature from marginalised voices?
Sitting down with Honi Soit, Dunn spoke to the weight and joys of such firsts, her journey in writing, and what it means for me to be able to tell her own story, in a way, in Dirt Poor Islanders, and dispel the countless representations that seem to indicate that there is one way to look or be Tongan in Mount Druitt.
I couldn’t help but notice the undeniable creativity and joy in the very space we occupied. Pillars were lit with the soft glow of multi-colour, emulating the house on the cover of The House That Joy Built.
When pressed if he was going to write anything more after Question 7, Flanagan said “not books, no” and that since writing it, he had been overcome by a stillness.
Beeston’s memoir is doing the hard work so desperately needed in our society. Ultimately, it is heartbreakingly beautiful, offering valuable insights into how Australian mothers are struggling under a system that is failing them.
Throughout the novel, we track Lillian’s involvement in feminist causes along with her passion to reclaim the true story of Henry Lawson’s ‘The Drover’s Wife.’
Whether the Uhrs has a desire for bloodlust or just thought this was an important job in the colony does not change the murders but points to something more sinister, that you did not need to be evil to opt into a system of genocide, you just had to take a job.
“In London, there’s been profound changes to the law as a consequence of Prima Facie. Having been a lawyer, I never thought I’d have that effect from writing a play, but it’s been the other way around.”
