The Plains

Murnane的文字让人像在一把刺目的光线折射出的云层中游泳，从第一视角去观察平原壮美又梦幻的电影画面。对风物的白描令人想起Seven Mountains里广袤的草原和荒野，湍急的水流在土地中旋转流下。平原在地理上遥远而苍白，甚至有沙漠般的荒凉。平原人的身份建立在其历史本身与自然之爱之上，而非法律意义上的国界。外来者用任何哲学或概念去构建“平原精神”的尝试都注定是徒劳的，“each man’s history acquired the unity of a great work of art, so that when he recounted something from his past, he dwelt on the least details for the meaning they derived from the whole.” 一部美丽的澳洲内陆史诗风俗志。