Impossible Coincidences: Narrative Strategy in Brian Castro’s Birds of Passage
Abstract
Discusses the 'metarealistic' narrative strategy employed by Castro, 'the purpose of which is to unlock the gates of alienation'. Argues that the strategy 'essentially consists in evoking two worlds, that of Shan and of Seamus, which, taken separately, are incomplete, mutilated, alienated. Only when they are joined together and made to coincide does completeness appear—hinted at rather than fully realised, but still tantalisingly present.'
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Published 1 October 1990 in Volume 14 No. 4. Subjects: Narrative techniques, Brian Castro.
Cite as: Pons, Xavier. ‘Impossible Coincidences: Narrative Strategy in Brian Castro’s Birds of Passage.’ Australian Literary Studies, vol. 14, no. 4, 1990, doi: 10.20314/als.4be8df5918.