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Synopsis
This book is a daring and thought provoking work; a novel of witty voices from the past and the present. The story unfolds through the lively dialogue of its protagonists, some worldly, others more ethereal. It is a story of love, denial, hypocrisy, greed, and murder. There is also humor and warmth in the narrative, counterbalancing the sense of anger and sadness at the injustice, duplicity, mendacity and callous brutality being perpetrated in the name of Christianity, civilization and progress. And ultimately there is hope amidst despair, as old values richly reassert themselves against overwhelming odds. The setting is the Victorian countryside, west of Melbourne during the latter part of the 19th century. Decimation of the Indigenous population has occurred and proceeds, while the existence of "half-castes," variously treated depending on their degree of whiteness, creates issues of divided loyalties. The old cultures are breaking down under the weight of land-grabbing settlers, proBook Details
Published
May 30, 2001
Publisher
Magabala Books Aboriginal Corporation
Pages
245
Format
Paperback
ISBN
9781875641611