Destiny
“Damien, you said that your Aboriginal relatives think your books exploit their
cultural heritage and beliefs. But you put the spirits in your stories not to make the
books sell more, but to honor the possibility that spirits exist. Right?
— Honestly, for me, writing is not such a deliberate, conscious process. A
first thing I had was Kalti, and I knew – I don't know how – that he was Aboriginal. So is
of course this character had a totem, and I think it was the sea eagle, because that's what
I know better.
The waitress returned with new drinks and he thanked her before continuing.
— I didn't even know if I could sell my book. I had already written two others before, and I received a
pile of
Sikat na Kabanata