Infinite Splendours
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Infinite Splendours
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Narrated by:
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Matthew Backer
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By:
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Sofie Laguna
About this listen
From the winner of the Miles Franklin Award for The Eye of the Sheep.
Lawrence is a bright, caring, curious boy with a gift for painting. He lives at home with his mother and younger brother, and the future is laid out before him, full of promise. But when he is 10, an experience of betrayal takes it all away, and Lawrence is left to deal with the aftermath.
As he grows into a man, how will he make sense of what he has suffered? He cannot rewrite history, but must he be condemned to repeat it? Lawrence finds meaning in the best way he knows. By surrendering himself to art and nature, he creates beauty - beauty made all the more astonishing and soulful for the deprivation that gives rise to it.
Infinite Splendours is an extraordinary novel, incandescent with love and compassion, rich in colour and character. The power and virtuosity of Laguna’s writing make it impossible for us to look away; by being seen, Lawrence is redeemed.
And we, as listeners, have had our minds and hearts opened in ways we can’t forget.
©2020 Sofia Laguna (P)2020 W. F. HowesCritic reviews
"It is quite a feat to write characters with such nuance...in harnessing her storytelling facility to expose the flaws in the system with what is becoming trademark empathy, Laguna is an author proving the novel is a crucial document of the times." (Louise Swinn, The Australian)
In its delicate, pointillist way, the word picture has been painted. It reflected the landscape of many of our stories and the unacknowledged lives of so many people. How severe and potent are the judgments many brittle people make upon the outward appearances of another’s life. How little they grasp. But the author has made us look and see.
How vulnerable our children are. How much caring attention needs to be given by the village who is meant to help in the caring.
And Art. I think when Parker’s Art Supplies came to the “ rescue “ I nearly imploded.
If only more people read “hard” but beautiful books and made themselves open to Art.
Eviscerating but authentic and worthwhile.
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