True grit
Dear Editor,
Melinda Harvey’s piece on Michelle de Kretser’s Questions of Travel (October 2012) is precisely the kind of review that makes a reader like myself write to editors. As the last line makes clear, her review is positive, but her first and penultimate paragraphs betray how much academia must be jettisoned to arrive at enjoyment. The struggle to embrace an observational no ... (read more)