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  Carpentaria (Hardback) By (author) Alexis Wright

  

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  Short Description for CarpentariaAn internationally acclaimed and award-winning literary sensation ("The New York Times Book Review"), "Carpentaria" portrays an indigenous people's struggle for justice, independence, equality, and identity.
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  • Publisher: Atria Books
  • Published: 07 April 2009
  • Format: Hardback 517 pages
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  • Categories: Contemporary Fiction
  • ISBN 13: 9781416593102 ISBN 10: 1416593101
  • Sales rank: 501,949

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• Hailed as a "literary sensation" by "The New York Times Book Review," Carpentaria is the luminous award-winning novel by Australian Aboriginal writer and activist Alexis Wright. Alexis Wright employs mysticism, stark reality, and pointed imagination to re-create the land and the Aboriginal people of "Carpentaria." In the sparsely populated northern Queensland town of Desperance, loyalties run deep and battle lines have been drawn between the powerful Phantom family, leaders of the Westend Pricklebush people, and Joseph Midnight's renegade Eastend mob, and their disputes with the white officials of neighboring towns. Steeped in myth and magical realism, Wright's hypnotic storytelling exposes the heartbreaking realities of Aboriginal life. By turns operatic and everyday, surreal and sensational, the novel teems with extraordinary, larger-than-life characters. From the outcast savior Elias Smith, religious zealot Mossie Fishman, and murderous mayor Bruiser to activist Will Phantom and Normal Phantom, ruler of the family, these unforgettable characters transcend their circumstances and challenge assumptions about the downtrodden "other." Trapped between politics and principle, past and present, the indigenous tribes fight to protect their natural resources, sacred sites, and above all, their people. Already an international bestseller, "Carpentaria" has garnered praise from around the world.