Don Randalls comprehensive study situates Malouf within the field ofcontemporary international and postcolonial writing but without losing sightof the authors a... » 

Don Randalls comprehensive study situates Malouf within the field ofcontemporary international and postcolonial writing but without losing sightof the authors affiliation with Australian contexts. The book presents anoriginal reading of Malouf finding the unity of his work in the continuity ofhis ethical concerns for Malouf human lives find their value intransformations specifically in instances of selfovercoming that encounterswith difference or otherness provoke. However the book is fully aware of andinformed by the quite ample body of criticism on Malouf and thus providesreaders with a broadbased understanding of how Maloufs works have beenreceived and assessed. «