Comments on: Cloudstreet comments http://gorey.com.au/archives/1147 Random thoughts and observations from Mount Gambier Tue, 06 Jan 2009 10:27:11 +0000 hourly 1 By: Phil http://gorey.com.au/archives/1147/comment-page-1#comment-37906 Phil Wed, 04 Jun 2008 05:10:50 +0000 http://gorey.com.au/archives/1147#comment-37906 I came to Cloudstreet via Breath - sort of back to front as it were. The reason I sought more after Breath was that I didn't understand what was behind it. Perhaps nothing. I've been in Oz now 45 yrs (and am now 73). I am a migrant whoes youth was that of war time England, so anything about Australian families of the same era has interested me. My Brother Jack I took to be the typical family life; a story I much admire. Cloudstreet is confusing as the style of living and existance seemed contrived to me. Certainly not as easy to read as Breath. As to the way the two families combine is nothing out of the ordinary, most people under stress lean to one another. As to the author, his writing is fluid and readable but not so easy to understand. I came to Cloudstreet via Breath - sort of back to front as it were. The reason I sought more after Breath was that I didn’t understand what was behind it. Perhaps nothing. I’ve been in Oz now 45 yrs (and am now 73). I am a migrant whoes youth was that of war time England, so anything about Australian families of the same era has interested me. My Brother Jack I took to be the typical family life; a story I much admire.

Cloudstreet is confusing as the style of living and existance seemed contrived to me. Certainly not as easy to read as Breath. As to the way the two families combine is nothing out of the ordinary, most people under stress lean to one another.

As to the author, his writing is fluid and readable but not so easy to understand.

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