The Chant Of Jimmie Blacksmith
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Worn/faded, no tears
Pages: Tanning and foxing
Set against the turbulent backdrop of Australia's Federation era at the dawn of the twentieth century, The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith chronicles the tragic and explosive story of a young half-Aboriginal man torn between two irreconcilable worlds — the traditional Indigenous heritage of his people and the brutal, indifferent machinery of white colonial society. Raised by a Methodist minister with hopes of assimilation, Jimmie Blacksmith works the frontier farms and stations of New South Wales, only to be met at every turn by exploitation, racism, and broken promises, until the injustices stack so high that he erupts in an act of shocking, irreversible violence. Thomas Keneally, one of Australia's most celebrated and decorated novelists, constructs a searing moral narrative that refuses easy condemnation or simple sympathy, forcing the reader to confront the systemic brutality that shaped — and continues to haunt — the Australian national character. Drawing on the real-life story of Jimmy Governor, Keneally's prose is spare yet devastatingly precise, investing each scene with an almost documentary tension. A landmark of Australian literature, The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith remains as urgent and unsettling today as when it was first published, raising questions about race, identity, and justice that have never been fully answered.
Author: Thomas Keneally
Format: Hardback
Genre: Australian history
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Worn/faded, no tears
Pages: Tanning and foxing
Set against the turbulent backdrop of Australia's Federation era at the dawn of the twentieth century, The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith chronicles the tragic and explosive story of a young half-Aboriginal man torn between two irreconcilable worlds — the traditional Indigenous heritage of his people and the brutal, indifferent machinery of white colonial society. Raised by a Methodist minister with hopes of assimilation, Jimmie Blacksmith works the frontier farms and stations of New South Wales, only to be met at every turn by exploitation, racism, and broken promises, until the injustices stack so high that he erupts in an act of shocking, irreversible violence. Thomas Keneally, one of Australia's most celebrated and decorated novelists, constructs a searing moral narrative that refuses easy condemnation or simple sympathy, forcing the reader to confront the systemic brutality that shaped — and continues to haunt — the Australian national character. Drawing on the real-life story of Jimmy Governor, Keneally's prose is spare yet devastatingly precise, investing each scene with an almost documentary tension. A landmark of Australian literature, The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith remains as urgent and unsettling today as when it was first published, raising questions about race, identity, and justice that have never been fully answered.