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Fiction

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

Fiction

Konkretion by Marion May Campbell

by •
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.’

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Patrick Allington

Patrick Allington was the recipient of the inaugural ABR Patrons’ Fellowship, worth $5000. His novel, Figurehead (Black Inc. 2009), was longlisted for the Miles Franklin Literary Award. His short fiction and book criticism appears in Australian newspapers, magazines, and journals, including regularly in ABR.

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