Abstract
Review of Michelle de Kretser's "Scary Monsters".
In this novel that prompts readers to make connections and to reflect on disjuncture, Michelle de Kretser returns to the haunting questions of travel that thread through previous work and explores tensions between direction and disorientation, mobility and displacement, as well as the act of claiming and disappearing. She also reminds us that monsters, in various shapes, are lurking in the dark.
In this novel that prompts readers to make connections and to reflect on disjuncture, Michelle de Kretser returns to the haunting questions of travel that thread through previous work and explores tensions between direction and disorientation, mobility and displacement, as well as the act of claiming and disappearing. She also reminds us that monsters, in various shapes, are lurking in the dark.
| Original language | English |
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| Specialist publication | Sydney Review of Books |
| Publication status | Published - 24 Jul 2022 |
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