Nice to see that at the close of the year -- Patrick White's centenary -- there's another piece about him: at The Rumpus David Rice offers Flowers in the Desert: Patrick White at 100.
As longtime readers know (and as you can guess from my reviews of his books), I'm a big fan of White's work -- and so I'm also a bit disappointed that Rice too joins on this odd bandwagon that insists:
As longtime readers know (and as you can guess from my reviews of his books), I'm a big fan of White's work -- and so I'm also a bit disappointed that Rice too joins on this odd bandwagon that insists:
This body of work isn't just challenging; it's actively uninviting.I'll grant that the occasional misstep in how publishers market his work can make it truly uninviting, but as to the writing itself .....