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Absolutely Revolting
Fiction

Veiled epiphanies

Gerald Murnane's new novel

A Million Windows by Gerald Murnane

by Shannon Burns •
August 2014, no. 363

A Million Windows by Gerald Murnane

Giramondo, $26.95 pb, 192 pp

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Since the publication of Tamarisk Row (1974), Gerald Murnane has continued to shape his own peculiar literary landscape. With The Plains (1982), he perfected the novelistic expression of his style; since then Murnane has concentrated on hybrid forms better suited to his purposes. Landscape with Landscape (1985), Velvet Waters (1990), and A History of Books (2012) are high points of this phase, but his newest fiction, A Million Windows, is in every part their equal.

 


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A Million Windows by Gerald Murnane

Giramondo, $26.95 pb, 192 pp

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

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Ivor Indyk
Friday, 01 August 2014 10:33
Excellent review!

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