From languages and animals to a modern-day fable set on a remote Norwegian island, our reviewers cast their eyes over new fiction and non-fiction releases.
. Dressed in festive garb, the elderly and colourful Mexican has an extroverted manner and a strange story to tell. She tells Bonita she was a friend of her mother’s, when Bonita’s mother was called Rosarita and lived and worked as a painter in Mexico, studying painting under the masters. Bonita has no memory of this.
From half-formed speculative fiction inspired by climate emergency to a funny but slight story about a pet owner sidelined by their Insta-famous dog, this volume is still important reading, alas, for Australian writers and publishers.In worldly terms James Rebanks’ life was a success, but he was unmoored by his life of striving. Years after meeting a woman on a remote Norwegian island who spent every spring tending to Eider ducks as her ancestors had done, he joined her for her final season.
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