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The Plains
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I am not sure what I have just read. This is a very strange little novel, plotless, but with writing that is astonishingly clever and at times very witty. Somewhere in Australia is a place called The Plains with descriptions written that gave this reader a sense of wide open spaces, the colours of sunlight and sprawling meticulously well-kept homesteads inhabited by wealthy patriarchal lovers of the arts who live for philanthropy.
Recommended to the esoteric and philosophically minded.
Recommended to the esoteric and philosophically minded.
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Reading Progress
October 13, 2017
– Shelved
October 13, 2017
– Shelved as:
wish-list-australia
December 25, 2017
– Shelved as:
wish-list-australia-fiction
November 9, 2018
– Shelved as:
to-read
November 9, 2018
– Shelved as:
australia
June 6, 2020
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Started Reading
June 13, 2020
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Finished Reading
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I thought I was going to whip through this slight book but it took every ounce of concentration I could muster and I still felt inadequate. The imagery is as vast as this (Australia) country.
Tundra wrote: "I thought I was going to whip through this slight book but it took every ounce of concentration I could muster and I still felt inadequate. The imagery is as vast as this (Australia) country."Well said. I read part 2 twice and I think I understood it. :-)
While I appreciated the quality of the writing, I was deeply sceptical about this book and its cultural politics. Unfortunately, there is nothing of the Triffids, let alone Dave Graney, in it.
Ian wrote: "While I appreciated the quality of the writing, I was deeply sceptical about this book and its cultural politics. Unfortunately, there is nothing of the Triffids, let alone Dave Graney, in it."Interesting you should mention The Triffids. I was listening to the radio yesterday afternoon on the usual radio station when a rather nice electro guitar cover of Raining Pleasure was played. I rather liked it. SaD is the Melbourne duo that caught my attention and it was from their debut release called Saturn Rules the Material World.
I was reminded that I have another version of Raining Pleasure by local Brisbane Country duo Texas Tea and thought it a good idea to play their newish release on Spotify this morning as I had yet to hear it. Lo and behold! I kid you not! I was after recommended The Triffids and with that played them all afternoon. It rained pleasure such is their majesty. Dave Graney never came into any of it sadly. What Murnane would make of this conversation I have no idea.
fourtriplezed wrote: "Ian wrote: "While I appreciated the quality of the writing, I was deeply sceptical about this book and its cultural politics. Unfortunately, there is nothing of the Triffids, let alone Dave Graney,..."SaD reminds me of early Simple Minds. This is the first I've heard of Texas Tea. Very nice.
Ian wrote: "SaD reminds me of early Simple Minds. This is the first I've heard of Texas Tea. Very nice."SaD guitar work reminds me of The Cure at times. Not au faux with early Simple Minds to be honest.
Texas Tea I caught live a few times at the likes of The Troubadour. Always good. Gee I miss that venue!
fourtriplezed wrote: "Ian wrote: "SaD reminds me of early Simple Minds. This is the first I've heard of Texas Tea. Very nice."SaD guitar work reminds me of The Cure at times. Not au faux with early Simple Minds to be ..."
I think I saw them (SM) at a joint effort.
Haha, sounds like one I need not add to my list then...