Sybille Smith, Mothertongue Anne Elvey

Anne Elvey

and is often exuberant in expression and passionate in its sympathy for the poor and the working class

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sounding out the ways in which a self possesses time and language

Sybille Smith, Mothertongue Anne ElveyFrom street dogs of Buenos Aires to street cars of Vienna, from Sydney in the1940s to the puzzles of return journeys and the enigmas of ageing, these precisely observed and finely crafted essays are by turns moving, funny and profound. More than a memoir, they are an investigation of the act of remembering and the intricate part language plays in retrieving the past: There is a sort of continuous band of surface memory, registering daily events and