The Ruin of Magic Longing and Belonging in Strange Times【電子書籍】[ Kate Holden ]

＜h2＞＜strong＞A poetic, roaming work of creativity and intellect＜/strong＞＜/h2＞ ＜p＞＜em＞Is it possible to live wondrously by fluorescent light?＜/em＞＜/p＞ ＜p＞In ＜em＞The Ruin of Magic＜/em＞, award-winning writer Kate Holden joins Katherine May, Maggie Nelson and Andre Aciman in crafting essays of intimate personal experience and sharply informed rumination on life in strange times.＜/p＞ ＜p＞In gorgeous prose Holden meditates on her instinctive yearning for long-ago Europe versus the natural belonging she feels to the Australian landscape, and asks, What is a home? The strongest shelter or the most lethal trap, a museum of ourselves or a showcase of fashions? What, then, does it mean to make ourselves at home in an Australia still finding its way amidst old and avoided truths? Is nostalgia a reasonable mourning of timeless lore lost or a dangerous fantasy? And what has happened to magic and beauty in the glare of modern life?＜/p＞ ＜p＞Reading Rainer Maria Rilke, Patti Smith, Walter Benjamin and D.H．．．楽天市場のショップで商品詳細の続きを見る