tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1500590946775347522.post77641612781590748..comments2024-02-13T02:30:15.796+11:00Comments on Minerva Reads: Michelle de Kretser's The lost dogSue Thttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11128625746717614768noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1500590946775347522.post-3333826688632580082009-05-07T09:49:00.000+10:002009-05-07T09:49:00.000+10:00Thanks Kate. You did it! Great points - I knew I h...Thanks Kate. You did it! Great points - I knew I hadn't got them all - there was so much to this novel. As you say the art thing was big (beyond the art vs literature that I mentioned in the post). Tom's getting to know Nelly through her art and her art being made of discarded debris as you say, and then also that issue of her later art being photographs of her art. You could spend all your time just discussing the art motif/theme in the novel couldn't you?<br /><br />And yes, you've made a good point about the mystery/crime aspect - and the parallel with the search for the missing dog. I think this mystery features, a bit more dominantly, in <EM>The Hamilton case</EM> doesn't it?Sue Thttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11128625746717614768noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1500590946775347522.post-28162490405599653652009-05-06T22:57:00.000+10:002009-05-06T22:57:00.000+10:00Sue
Beautifully summarised: what an interesting di...Sue<br />Beautifully summarised: what an interesting discussion we had! I was also intrigued by the role of art and the artist in the novel: Nelly's Nasties, and the fact that she makes art of the discarded debris of society. Tom does in fact get to understand Nelly through her art. <br />I also liked that it was a bit of a mystery, or crime novel, and kept one reading with clues about what happened to nelly's ex-husband in parallel to the search for the missing dog.<br />Lots of layers as you've said in this one, and worth the effort and some of the enigma to read.<br />Katekatehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06366736174044484040noreply@blogger.com