Alexis Wright

The Swan Book

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ISBN 13:: 9781472120571
author:: Alexis Wright
format:: Paperback
publisher:: Constable
language:: English
Publication Year:: 2016
Pages:: 352
Dimensions:: 20 x 2.4 x 14.3 cm
Genre:: , Alexis Wright,The Swan Book,Constable,1472120574,General & Literary Fiction,Fiction / General,Modern & contemporary fiction,Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
Condition:: New
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The Swan Book is a inventive and multilayered novel about an Aboriginal girl living in a future world turned upside down. In this Australian Literature Society Gold Medal-winning novel, Alexis Wright toys with the edges of reality to offer an intimate portrait of the realities facing Aboriginal people.

Set against the backdrop of a polluted dry swamp that has become a detention camp for Indigenous Australians, Oblivia Ethelyne's life is filled with ancient myths and present-day realities. Through symbolism and dazzling linguistic dexterity, Wright beautifully demonstrates how the power of the human imagination can set us free.

This novel blends words and phrases from high and low culture, English, Aboriginal languages, French, and Latin to create a unique and captivating world. With its cast of characters drawn from myth and legend, The Swan Book is a thought-provoking exploration of identity, culture, and the human condition.

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