It was in his will that someone read and evaluate his work with the possibility of publishing it, and Erica is sent by the university to do just that. The same is very much true of The Pages, a simple, short novel about two women, psychologists from Sydney, who travel seven hours to a sheep station in rural New South Wales to read a possible philosophic work written by a farmer's son, Wesley Antill, now dead. It's a mix of Bail's distinctive writing style and the story itself: it either works for you or it doesn't. It resonates so strongly with me that I'm always disappointed when other readers don't like it like I do - even though I can understand it, especially if they're not Australian and have never been there. Murray Bail's 1998 book, Eucalyptus, is one of my most beloved books.
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