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Lädt ... Timepiecesvon Drusilla Modjeska
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'There used to be a tradition that when a cabinet-maker finished his apprenticeship, he'd make a miniature chest, or cabinet, as a gift for his master... Unlike cabinet-makers, writers rarely have a single teacher, and when they bow to those they've learned from, it'd be no tribute to make a perfect example of their work, even if it were possible.'The desire to write. The art of memoir. Finding a place to write. First love. The Englishness problem. A love of art. Fiction today...With her customary elegance and deftness, Drusilla Modjeska explores these issues and more in a liberating new collection of essays. Some have been previously published, most are new; but all offer a fresh and personal perspective on writing and life by one of Australia's most popular authors. Keine Bibliotheksbeschreibungen gefunden. |
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As with all timepieces, Modjeska's essays measure the passing of time: a life spent reading and writing, of trying to map the endless relations of family or of "literature". Activities like embroidery, writing and reading are ways of passing time as much as measuring it.
What Modjeska does here (if sometimes laboriously) is show how the passing of time, the telling of stories, is a way of coping with the sadness of the present. ( )