Book Comments

The Wild Child

Friends of the Library Reading Group
Tuesday, November 13th, 7:30

Remembering Babylon by David Malouf - Suberb novel set in the colonial past of Australia (a library staff favorite).

"There are passages of aching beauty in Remembering Babylon, and passages of shocking degradation. Mr. Malouf has written a wonderfully wise and moving novel, a novel that turns the history and mythic past of Australia into a dazzling fable of human hope and imperfection."
--New York Times review

Actually the Times published two reviews: the other one.

And what have some students said about the book ?
     Post-Colonial Themes (short essay)
     Strangeness and Nature

The Book Lust entry on Australian fiction - check the comments for other ideas.