I came late on to Gerald Murnane’s books which I’m greatly sorry for as I think they contain some of the most extraordinary writing I have read for a long time. I only heard of him because I received a copy of a volume of his essays ‘Invisible Yet Enduring Lilies’ as part of a subscription to the terrific ‘And Other Stories’ publishing house.
Murnane’s work seems entirely appropriate to the peculiar circumstances of a locked down world. Murnane has not only never left Australia but has remained firmly rooted in the state of Victoria. Yet in his fiction and non-fiction he unlocks the world in complex meditations drawn from the very deepest and detailed observations.
Extraordinary.
The Solitary Reader 