Vincent Chen
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Hello everyone,
I came across a sentence when reading Gerald Murnane's "The Plains":
"The same landowner began to describe other influences that he felt late at night in the more remote wings of his house. He sensed sometimes the lingering persistence of forces that had failed—of a history that had almost come into being. He found himself looking into corners for the favourite pieces of the unborn children of marriages that were never made."
How do we understand the last sentence? More specifically, what does "the favourite pieces" refer to? Whose favourite pieces? Pieces of what?
This is really confusing; or is it just me?
Please help me understand.
I came across a sentence when reading Gerald Murnane's "The Plains":
"The same landowner began to describe other influences that he felt late at night in the more remote wings of his house. He sensed sometimes the lingering persistence of forces that had failed—of a history that had almost come into being. He found himself looking into corners for the favourite pieces of the unborn children of marriages that were never made."
How do we understand the last sentence? More specifically, what does "the favourite pieces" refer to? Whose favourite pieces? Pieces of what?
This is really confusing; or is it just me?
Please help me understand.
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