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Absolutely Revolting
Fiction

Konkretion by Marion May Campbell

by Patrick Allington •
April 2013, no. 350

Konkretion by Marion May Campbell

UWA Publishing, $24.95 pb, 148 pp, 9781742584911

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Whereas many twenty-first-century novels seem way too long, konkretion is a distilled, complex gem. It is a novella full of questions and questing, most of which riff from this observation made in the context of Germany’s militant Red Army Faction: ‘what triggers the conversion from resistance to terror, flick-knife or otherwise, the jump into illegality? – oh the primacy of praxis, that romance of struggle masking murder.’

 


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Konkretion by Marion May Campbell

UWA Publishing, $24.95 pb, 148 pp, 9781742584911

ABR receives a commission on items purchased through this link. All ABR reviews are fully independent.

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Comments

Lisa Hill
Wednesday, 03 April 2013 15:15
Moya, can you suggest other great Australian women experimentalists for a keen reader to explore?
Moya Costello
Friday, 29 March 2013 07:25
Good on you, Patrick. This is a novel(la) of international significance from one of the great Australian (women) experimentalists.
Liz Gibbs
Friday, 29 March 2013 03:54
Wonderful review - you have a lovely mind sir. Now I wish to read the novel.

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