AustLit
Latest Issues
AbstractHistoryArchive Description
In "Market Day" a blind woman discovers accidentally that she is now grey and old, but this woman transcends her tragic past and self-interest to serve the cause of her niece's love. This little brown Aunt who has patiently endured physical and emotional suffering is almost deified because of her capacity to love a world she cannot see. She accommodates the loss of her own youth, and by the end of the story her hair is no longer the focus of her despair but, appropriately, has the appearance of a bronze crown. This narrative is also interesting in that Farmer recreates the particular textures and sounds of Elpida's environment as the reader shares the blind woman's dependence upon aural or mnemonic experience.
(Source: 'Against the Grain: Beverley Farmer's Writing')
Affiliation Notes
-
Writing Disability in Australia:
Type of disability Blindness. Type of character Primary. Point of view
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
-
cGreece,cWestern Europe, Europe,