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Title: Remembering Babylon : A Novel by David Malouf ISBN: 0-679-74951-9 Publisher: Vintage Pub. Date: 04 October, 1994 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $12.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.86 (14 reviews)
Rating: 3
Summary: Hans
Comment: The book "Remembering Babylon" written by David Malouf takes place in Australia and describes the life from Gemmy who is a man born as a white but grow up in the bush as an Aborigine and then finally lives in a settlement of whites.
I think this book is realy interesting because you get a view into a settlement and its problems. And especially the character of Gemmy and his relationship with the settlers are full of suspense because Gemmy and his relationship to the settlers creates a lot of problems.
In my opinion the book is partly difficult to understand because there are al lot of switches in the narrative perspective and this is sometimes confusing.
Rating: 4
Summary: Interesting read!
Comment: The novel "Remembering Babylon" by David Malouf deals with the cultural clash between 19th century white settlers in Australia and the native Australian world view. Praised by many critics, the book won the 1996 International Impac Dublin Literary Award and was short-listed for the 1993 Booker Prize.
In this novel, David Malouf, an Australian himself, describes the story of Gemmy Fairley, who was cast ashore in northern Australia as a boy and then raised by Aborigines. Sixteen years later, he steps out of the "absolute darkness" of the outback and makes himself known to a small community of white settlers. Trying to find his former self, Gemmy has to deal with not only the cruelty and racism of the villagers but also with the demons of his own past. In the course of his stay, he changes the settlers' view on the natives as well as their view on themselves.
I read this book for English class, and I must say that it is not easy to read for a non-native speaker if you really want to understand the book. It took some time to get absorbed into the story, but once I had gotten the hang of it, it was an interesting and enjoyable read. Malouf uses a very poetic language and many metaphors that help get an impression of the native culture. He is also great at describing nature and impressions of it to the reader, making it easy to imagine everything. One thing I did not particularly like about this book is the fact that the narrator reveals information about Gemmy's past only in small bits, so the readers keeps on guessing and wondering what is going on sometimes. On the other hand, this way of giving facts about Gemmy is certainly what makes the reader keep on reading.
All in all, I can only recommend this book to anybody who is interested in getting to know other cultures and in learning more about "cultural clashes". Even though the story takes place in 19th century Australia, the message of "Remembering Babylon" is universal and still important today, maybe more than ever.
Rating: 3
Summary: Review
Comment: Remembering Babylon, which is written by David Malouf and is the winner of the 1996 International Impac Dublin Literacy Award, is the story of a white british boy, called Gemmy Fairley, who lands someday on the Australian coast and then is raised by a group of Aborigines. The story takes place in the mid 1840's and contains many lyrical passages ,which make it difficult for the reader to understand the plot, especially a German school class. All in all it's a very poetic novel,which visualizes on the one hand the civilised world and on the other hand the primitive world impressively.
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