Eucalyptus

Eucalyptus/Murray Bail/Harcourt

I can almost smell the scent of the eucalyptus leaves each time I turn the pages. I simply love the way the author brings me along the topography as flawlessly as if we were walking hand in hand over Holland's property. Also, I found myself being transported from one scene to another as if in a dream. It's only flaw, to me, is the way the stranger's stories are always ending abruptly, without a conclusion. Of course, the ending to his stories aren't the point of each chapter. To me, each story seems a progression of Ellen's and the stranger's relationship during their wanderings. Besides the page-turning storyline, the way each chapter relates to a speceis of eucalypt is also my favourite aspect of this book. All in all an interesting read.