Epigraph: Questo di fu solenne: or da' trastulli prendi riposo. Giacomo Leopardi | La sera del dì di festa The Evening of the Holiday (1820) | Giacomo Leopardi (29 June 1798 – 14 June 1837) - full poem here. According to a variety of online poetry sites, Leopardi's idyll expresses his unhappiness thanks to an indifferent, distant woman plus a … Continue reading The Evening of the Holiday | Shirley Hazzard #AUSnovella
Even with months of planning and anticipation, Bill @The Australian Legend's Gen 4 Reading Week has still caught me by surprise! Bill describes Gen 4 as Australian "women who began writing in the 1960s, 70s and 80s." Postmodernism and Magic Realism were some of their tools of trade, but for Bill, this generation is defined … Continue reading Collected Stories | Shirley Hazzard #AWWshortstories
In December 2016 an email came to tell me that Shirley Hazzard had died. When I was planning my 20 Books of Summer Winter reading list, I decided to add my Shirley Hazzard short story collection to the list. Somehow, I have got to my early fifties without ever having read any of her books. … Continue reading On Shirley Hazzard | Michelle de Kretser #AWWliterarycompanion
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