Just a quick note to share an excellent article by the always interesting Daniel Mendelsohn on three recent re-imaginings of Greek myths. One of the novels featured is Ransom by my great favourite David Malouf, which Mendelsohn calls subtle, extremely moving, rich and novel, all of which I’d wholeheartedly agree with.
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That’s a great article – thank you for sharing!
Thanks for this link – I am a great fan of David Malouf and so will follow up on this.
Thanks for the article. You’ve just reminded me to put David Malouf on my TBR list. Which of his would you recommend I start with?
Hi Pete, I’d say Remembering Babylon, The Great World or this one, I also think his short stories collected in the likes of Dream Stuff and Every Move You Make are very good.
Thanks for the link! I love myth retellings, and I’ve been meaning to read more Malouf since I loved Remembering Babylon.
Hi Eva, thanks for stopping by and good to see you blogging again. Ransom is certainly a mythic retelling to look out for.