Kelly answers “I loved loved Still Life but felt the bit...”

Emily Blodgett asked this question about Still Life:

I loved loved Still Life but felt the bit about Evelyn's first trip to Italy as a 21 year old was tacked on at the end. It absolutely belonged in the book, but ...there? If the author had bopped us back and forth from the past to the present that would be one thing, but it was quite linear.

Kelly I listened to it in audiobook form, at the same time I was listening to A Passage To India/ EM Forster.
That last bit is, I think, both a nod to Forste…moreI listened to it in audiobook form, at the same time I was listening to A Passage To India/ EM Forster.
That last bit is, I think, both a nod to Forster, and a clue as to what Still Life means. Still Life has two meanings, and Forster captures both of them.As does Winman.
At least that’s my understanding.
A Year of Marvellous Ways is perhaps even more deeply like A Passage to India, if that makes sense.
There is an interesting view of the depth of APTI on YouTube, where the case is made David Lean’s adaptation of APTI caught the essence of what Forster was writing about. It was missed by previous attempts to explain its themes. Maybe Winman’s Marvellous was misunderstood in the same way, so she wrote a lighter, more straightforward attempt with Still Life?
I would be interested to hear Winman opine on this attempt to look behind the curtain, as I might be completely wrong, lol.(less)

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