Skrzynecki Essay from the Griffith Review
I feel like I’ve hit the jackpot today with this essay from the Griffith Review written by Peter Skrzynecki. The 6th issue of the Griffith Review also contains a brilliant introduction discussing global village and belonging.
“Of course, I am an Australian citizen and there is a piece of paper, a citizenship certificate, to prove that, as well as a passport. I feel an affinity to Australia like to no other country and would not live anywhere else. And yet, and yet, at the strangest times, a feeling stirs in the bones, in the blood, and memories of Europe emerge, memories that exist irrespective of time or where I am at the moment, and I know that I was born somewhere else and that place will always exist for me as a source of inspiration.”
Skrzynecki, P. Two wives in Krakow and a house in Treptow. GriffithREVIEW Issue 6: Our Global Place
Download a pdf of the essay here.
