I think it is always a shame when people don’t stand up for what it is that they really believe. And I do think the problem we face in New Zealand is that we are reluctant to express firm beliefs in anything. --Eleanor Catton Eleanor Catton, New Zealands author of Man-Booker prize- winning novel the Luminaries, has been at the Jaipur Literature Festival and gave an interview to Indian publication, Live Mint. It is a deep and thoughtful interview, such that we never see in this country, even in serious publications like the Listener. The only reflection of this in the media here (as if to confirm and underline her every word about the NZ cultural and political environment) has been to hone in on her criticism of New Zealand. ***Eleanor Catton doesnt have respect - John Key*** What could be more natural from the head of a government that rules on behalf of anti-intellectual philistines? I have little doubt that Eleanor Catton will now become an object of hate of mainstream New Zealanders in a world where there is a chasm between truth and lies, between common sense and propaganda in service of the Empire. Why not read what is not available to New Zealanders, (unless they make the effort to look) - what Eleanor Catton ACTUALLY said, unreported in the New Zealand media ****Eleanor Catton: In the last year, I’ve struggled with my identity as a New Zealand writer**** Catton speaks about her suspicions of writers who go back and forth between different forms and her attempts to shield from fame
Posted on: Tue, 27 Jan 2015 22:00:42 +0000
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