tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18864142.post7590297324413022183..comments2024-01-01T22:11:46.192+10:30Comments on Australian Literature Diary: New books: Cate Kennedy's The World BeneathKerryn Goldsworthyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11270814460793882309noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18864142.post-13179273685259683342019-03-29T18:39:50.180+10:302019-03-29T18:39:50.180+10:30That's was very nice post and very good pictur...That's was very nice post and very good pictures to show how beautiful is Australia. Thanks author for sharing the post.<br /><a href="https://www.pikbee.biz/" title="instagram search" rel="nofollow">instagram search</a>Rosiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18132662755209189551noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18864142.post-51649601709349207012009-09-03T11:26:56.880+09:302009-09-03T11:26:56.880+09:30er...not that I've actually ever done anything...er...not that I've actually ever done anything more daring than jump off one of those high tower thingies.<br />But, you know, I've dreamt about it...<br /><br />wjAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18864142.post-80266850388593455922009-09-03T11:24:37.029+09:302009-09-03T11:24:37.029+09:30Her analogy made me think, too, of the how the for...Her analogy made me think, too, of the how the forms feel very different to write. A short-story really does feel like a high dive : there's tremendous exhilaration, not a little fear, and then the dive itself - pikes, twists, somersaults - for a moment you're almost defeating gravity - and then - (hopefully) a smooth entry. A novel on the other hand, is more like swimming laps: arm over arm over arm...& at the end (if you manage to stay afloat)your goggles are usually full of water...<br /><br />Looking forward to reading the novel -- it sounds wonderful - and I love her stories.<br /><br />wendy jamesAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18864142.post-2573930807894672702009-09-02T16:11:13.064+09:302009-09-02T16:11:13.064+09:30I loved her quote in that interview with Susan, to...I loved her quote in that interview with Susan, too. I do think the transition from novels to short stories is immensely interesting, but not because it's going from a lesser to a greater form - because it's so different.<br /><br />Really interesting to hear your thoughts on this book, Kerryn, as you're one of the critics whose opinions I very much respect - and I don't disagree with any of the points you make on the book. <br /><br />I didn't so much kind of like the book as love it for some reasons, but have reservations for others. (Which perhaps averages out to read as 'kind of like'.) It wasn't the superstructure of the book that (sometimes) obstructed my being carried away - by the story and characters, it was my awareness of the construction, in terms of microstructure. In places, I found myself admiring the sentences rather than inhabiting them, which distanced me as a reader.<br /><br />I'm a huge fan of Cate's writing (and her as a person) and I hope that she gets lots of rave reviews. I do honestly think it's an impressive first novel with lots of interesting things to say about the way we live now in contemporary Australia and three very well drawn and empathetic characters.<br /><br />I have to say that I was painfully aware of being an objective critic on this one and calling it exactly as I saw it, as I do like Cate so much, but didn't want my writing to be dictated by that in any way. An interesting dilemma for me as a still-fledgling critic.<br /><br />Apologies for the long comment ...Jo Casenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18864142.post-53689503012150915132009-09-02T11:14:25.903+09:302009-09-02T11:14:25.903+09:30Thanks for the tip off about the review - off to t...Thanks for the tip off about the review - off to teh newsagent's.<br /><br />*unalat*genevievehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02895689949182365454noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18864142.post-30892440976232026122009-09-02T00:26:25.163+09:302009-09-02T00:26:25.163+09:30Absolutely, on both counts.
I think you would thi...Absolutely, on both counts.<br /><br />I think you would think <i>Beautiful Kate</i> is wonderful. Never mind, there's always the DVD.Kerryn Goldsworthyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11270814460793882309noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18864142.post-82802490588623830842009-09-01T22:55:59.716+09:302009-09-01T22:55:59.716+09:30By which I mean to say not that it's ridiculou...By which I mean to say not that it's ridiculous to talk about the differences in technique and method and thought and so on that different forms require of writers and of readers, only that it's ridiculous to see it as some kind of 'graduation'.ThirdCathttp://adelaidefromadelaide.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18864142.post-17951102858506630292009-09-01T22:39:11.777+09:302009-09-01T22:39:11.777+09:30"less sex"
Well, that wouldn't be ha..."less sex"<br />Well, that wouldn't be hard, would it?<br /><br />Also, that thing of getting asked about short story writing and novel writing as if it is some kind of graduation...children's writers who start writing for adults get asked this all the time too. Which is an equally bloody ridiculous question. <br /><br />Loved that last post too, btw and made me rather homesick. Can't imagine it will be making it to the Abu Dhabi cinemas.ThirdCathttp://adelaidefromadelaide.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.com