Comments on: The land is a palimpsest http://www.kathrynkoromilas.com/the-land-is-a-palimpsest.html A writer neither here nor there Thu, 20 Nov 2008 13:50:55 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.2 by: kathryn http://www.kathrynkoromilas.com/the-land-is-a-palimpsest.html#comment-171 Mon, 01 May 2006 14:01:10 +0000 http://www.kathrynkoromilas.com/the-land-is-a-palimpsest.html#comment-171 Singing the world into existence! That's brilliant. Singing the world into existence! That’s brilliant.

]]> by: Steve Kane http://www.kathrynkoromilas.com/the-land-is-a-palimpsest.html#comment-170 Mon, 01 May 2006 11:17:46 +0000 http://www.kathrynkoromilas.com/the-land-is-a-palimpsest.html#comment-170 <i>The Songlines</i> is about Aboriginal Creation myths - how totemic beings travelled the land during the "Dreamtime" singing the names of every animal, plant and object they came across and so sang the world into existence, creating a labyrinth of invisible pathways all across the continent, the eponymous Songlines. Fascinating. The Songlines is about Aboriginal Creation myths - how totemic beings travelled the land during the “Dreamtime” singing the names of every animal, plant and object they came across and so sang the world into existence, creating a labyrinth of invisible pathways all across the continent, the eponymous Songlines.

Fascinating.

]]> by: kathryn http://www.kathrynkoromilas.com/the-land-is-a-palimpsest.html#comment-169 Mon, 01 May 2006 09:16:04 +0000 http://www.kathrynkoromilas.com/the-land-is-a-palimpsest.html#comment-169 I haven't read that much Carey - only <u>Oscar and Lucinda</u> - I think everyone in Australia has read that one, also done in schools - and <u>My Life as a Fake</u>. I've also read <u>30 Days in Sydney</u>, a sort of memoir on the city. Quite excellent, but would only make sense to Aussies and not all Aussies at that. Hadn't heard of the Chatwin book - adding to my list! I haven’t read that much Carey - only Oscar and Lucinda - I think everyone in Australia has read that one, also done in schools - and My Life as a Fake. I’ve also read 30 Days in Sydney, a sort of memoir on the city. Quite excellent, but would only make sense to Aussies and not all Aussies at that.

Hadn’t heard of the Chatwin book - adding to my list!

]]> by: Steve Kane http://www.kathrynkoromilas.com/the-land-is-a-palimpsest.html#comment-168 Sun, 30 Apr 2006 19:25:31 +0000 http://www.kathrynkoromilas.com/the-land-is-a-palimpsest.html#comment-168 Hmm, interesting. I'm no expert on Australian literature but I adore Peter Carey. Have you read any of his stuff. I also recently read <i>The Songlines</i> by Bruce Chatwin. That was a fascinating look Aboriginal attitudes towards their relationship to the land (although Chatwin was a Brit). Hmm, interesting. I’m no expert on Australian literature but I adore Peter Carey. Have you read any of his stuff.

I also recently read The Songlines by Bruce Chatwin. That was a fascinating look Aboriginal attitudes towards their relationship to the land (although Chatwin was a Brit).

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