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Sto caricando le informazioni... Edenglassie (edizione 2023)di Melissa Lucashenko
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Iscriviti per consentire a LibraryThing di scoprire se ti piacerà questo libro. Attualmente non vi sono conversazioni su questo libro. This was an interesting perspective on both modern Australia and the early colonisation of that country. I can respect the research that went into the historical section. I enjoyed the relationship's crafted between Mulanyin and his adoptive tribe and their mode of living, which I found informative. However, I struggled to like Winona of contemporary times, her aggressive stance and language. As much as I can understand her anger on behalf of her forbears, she lacked the dignity of the true star, her grandmother, Eddie. Possibly Lucashenko at her literary best. There is strong plotting, intensely effective characterisations of people you can live and empathise with despite your own cultural blind spots (which get some enlightenment along the way). The story moves along at thriller pace, yet there is emotional depth that can leave your heart beating and your eyes moist. nessuna recensione | aggiungi una recensione
Two extraordinary Indigenous stories set five generations apart. When Mulanyin meets the beautiful Nita in Edenglassie, their saltwater people still outnumber the British. As colonial unrest peaks, Mulanyin dreams of taking his bride home to Yugambeh Country, but his plans for independence collide with white justice. Two centuries later, fiery activist Winona meets Dr Johnny. Together they care for obstinate centenarian Grannie Eddie, and sparks fly, but not always in the right direction. What nobody knows is how far the legacies of the past will reach into their modern lives. In this brilliant epic, Melissa Lucashenko torches Queensland's colonial myths, while reimagining an Australian future. Non sono state trovate descrizioni di biblioteche |
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Google Books — Sto caricando le informazioni... GeneriSistema Decimale Melvil (DDC)823.4Literature English English fiction Post-Elizabethan 1625-1702VotoMedia:
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This flips between present day Brisbane and its early years, when the colony and as importantly the First nations Peoples of the area and its surrounds were still working out how 9and whether) they were to live together.
The contrast between colonists and First Nations Peoples was cleverly mimicked by present day interactions between different peoples occupying modern Brisbane.
There is no fairy story resolution, either then or in the present, but the wisdom of (indigenous) Granny Eddie is one of the more uplifting (but not sugar coated) views of a way forward.
Highly recommended.
I will now have to go back to Too Much Lip!
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