John Harris (21)
Autore di One Blood: 200 Years of Aboriginal Encounter with Christianity (An Albatross book)
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- Opere
- 3
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- 81
- Popolarità
- #222,754
- Voto
- 3.3
- Recensioni
- 1
- ISBN
- 602
- Lingue
- 9
With that in mind we have to admit that Harris tale is a story of woe. Only in the final stanza does hope break through. That has been the story of the Australian Indigenous encounter with Christianity, and Harris pulls no punches. It is what it is.
Five stars. The book is marred by lazy editing: many repetitions of facts and accounts should have been spotted by the publishers but were not. These appear throughout the book - an example amongst many is the affirmation of Giese that "I only want to help you and all the other Aboriginal people in the Northern Territory" (842, repeated 848) Yet Harris' tale is so powerful and his authorial integrity so great that in the end it is his work, not the errors of his publishers, that has the final word. Still: Albatross should have done better for such a fine piece of work.… (altro)