The relationship between the human and the non-human in this novel is what Arnott does so well. Nature, the forest, the river and the animals are non-human characters, in both their benign beauty and their terror and their revenge. There is magic in the lyrical writing and in the inner voices of the characters. It is realistic, perhaps a coming-of-age novel, but so much more. I loved both these amazing novels – although they are far from what I usually read, I absolutely believed in them.
Also, a departure from the prize-winning The Rain Heron where a bird made of rain may save a dystopian world. Some readers may have been disappointed as Limberlost seems to be a departure from the previous highly imaginative, magic realism novel Flames, where people burst into flame. This is the third novel from the Tasmanian Wunderkind, Robbie Arnott.
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