This essay demonstrates the relevant connection between the main characters in David Malouf’s The Conversations at Curlow Creek and Carol Pearson’s twelve archetypes of questing hero/ine. The story thus reveals its intrinsic aspiration toward a different form of sacredness, more in tune with a ‘feminine’ divinity, open to sensual pleasure, joy and ecstasy. Malouf’s style also enhances this partnership configuration that “pushes [him] toward the archetypal” as he states in an interview.
