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“The power he had, as he more and more felt it, was a practical thing. His pictures were a reminder and inventory. They were also a first act of repossession, which made them charms of a sort and their creating an act of magic. The idea scared him a little but he was stubborn. He had chosen a course and would stick to it. For life - if that is what it came to.
As a boy, Frank Harland discovers a passion for drawing and tries to capture everything he can on scraps of paper and cardboard. ...more
“The power he had, as he more and more felt it, was a practical thing. His pictures were a reminder and inventory. They were also a first act of repossession, which made them charms of a sort and their creating an act of magic. The idea scared him a little but he was stubborn. He had chosen a course and would stick to it. For life - if that is what it came to.
As a boy, Frank Harland discovers a passion for drawing and tries to capture everything he can on scraps of paper and cardboard. ...more
This is my reading of David Malouf's work and it is so easy to see what all the fuss is about. Malouf is a writer of exceptional talent. It was all too easy to be swept into the novel and carried away into the lives of these two men.
I have to admit my favourite sections where Malouf captures through words the complexities and richness of the Australian bush.
Others have written far more eloquent reviews on Goodreads which do greater justice to the book than my gushing over this really engaging ...more
I have to admit my favourite sections where Malouf captures through words the complexities and richness of the Australian bush.
Others have written far more eloquent reviews on Goodreads which do greater justice to the book than my gushing over this really engaging ...more
May 07, 2009
Venessa Johnstone
marked it as to-read
