A big sunny shack : Cosmo Cosmolino by Helen Garner

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Abstract

I’m conscious that Cosmo Cosmolino itself has influenced my writing of this essay. It isn’t the shape I intended it to be. I wanted a shorter, more tightly argued piece of writing, Tim Winton’s perfectly built cottage rather than the shack with all its windows open. But instead I have surrendered to the shape and shapelessness of this great, strange book. I want to finish by telling you that it is a book whose doors and windows will be forever open to the breeze. Wander in it at will.
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationReading Like An Australian Writer
EditorsBelinda Castles
Place of PublicationRandwick, N.S.W.
PublisherNewSouth Publishing
Pages26-41
Number of pages16
ISBN (Print)9781742236704
Publication statusPublished - 2021

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