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Konkretion by Marion May Campbell

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April 2013, no. 350

Konkretion by Marion May Campbell

UWA Publishing, $24.95 pb, 148 pp, 9781742584911

Konkretion by Marion May Campbell

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April 2013, no. 350

Whereas many twenty-first-century novels seem way too long, konkretion is a distilled, complex gem. It is a novella full of questions and questing, most of which riff from this observation made in the context of Germany’s militant Red Army Faction: ‘what triggers the conversion from resistance to terror, flick-knife or otherwise, the jump into illegality? – oh the primacy of praxis, that romance of struggle masking murder.’

Patrick Allington reviews 'Konkretion' by Marion May Campbell

Konkretion

by Marion May Campbell

UWA Publishing, $24.95 pb, 148 pp, 9781742584911

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Comments (3)

  • Moya, can you suggest other great Australian women experimentalists for a keen reader to explore?
    Posted by Lisa Hill
    03 April 2013
  • Good on you, Patrick. This is a novel(la) of international significance from one of the great Australian (women) experimentalists.
    Posted by Moya Costello
    29 March 2013
  • Wonderful review - you have a lovely mind sir. Now I wish to read the novel.
    Posted by Liz Gibbs
    29 March 2013

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