Owen Marshall
August 21st 2011 07:47
Though Owen Marshall is one of New Zealand's most celebrated short story writers, I
haven't read many of his books...as with many NZ writers there's a tendency to the morose running through his work, a kind of gloom that overshadows the stories. After a while this makes reading rather drear. It must be something in the NZ psyche, I think, though occasionally we produce literature that's actually funny.
Anyway, here are a couple of quotes from his book, The Master of Big Jingles. The first quote comes from the title story:
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Anyway, here are a couple of quotes from his book, The Master of Big Jingles. The first quote comes from the title story:
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