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It is not surprising that David Malouf has earned a reputation as what one critic has called the "lyrical epicurean" of Australian literature. Coming to prominence in the 1970S as a poet, Malouf has become widely known as one of Australia's most acclaimed novelists, a distinction supported by various international and national literary awards. His prose is characterized by
a signature lyricism that blurs the boundaries between the novel form, poetry, and even music. (He is also the author of several libretti.) The broad appeal of his novels is perhaps partly owing to the fact that they all in one way or another deal with issues familiar to every culture: the question of how people map out an identifiable position in the world, particularly through language
and the narratives of myth, and the ways in which people interpret their histories in order to do so.
