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Review of Vortex, The Bookshelf ABC RN

  • cressidahall7
  • Sep 9, 2024
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Blair Horan
Blair Horan
2 days ago

One clear strength of the review is that it succinctly summarises the programme’s core themes and treatment of Vortex as a topic. From an analytical view the tone stays reflective rather than promotional Royal Reels https://financedistrict.co.nz/ In a broader cultural context this kind of content highlights how literary and audio discussions can deepen engagement with narrative form and ideas without oversimplification

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dilauro
Jan 19, 2025

I have just finished reading Vortex and read or listened to the reviews, none of which in my opinion adequately reflects the devastating issues that I believe Rodney is targeting in this work. (Reminding me of how devastating it was to read A Stolen Season.) The tawdry and dishonest attitudes towards foreigners and refugees at that time that still exist in human breasts – well, everywhere I suppose – but with a local flavour in the Brisbane of 1954. However the point is well made in the Bookshelf episode about the indifference of the British to the miseries in their former empire.

I enjoyed the quirkiness of the characters - reminding me of Patrick White's characters - that both disguises…

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