Compassion
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: No dust jacket
Pages: Good
Condition remarks: Condition as shown in image
Set against the brutal colonial frontier of nineteenth-century Australia, Compassion is a visceral and deeply moving novel that chronicles the life of Mary James, a young Darug woman torn between two worlds — the ancient culture of her people and the violent, unforgiving society of the colonisers. Julie Janson's narrative unflinchingly confronts the dispossession, violence, and resilience that defined the lives of First Nations Australians, weaving a story of survival, identity, and the fierce bonds of family across a landscape scarred by invasion. Janson writes with extraordinary power and lyrical precision, drawing on her own Darug heritage to give voice to a community long silenced by history. Compassion is a landmark work of Australian literature — a winner of the ACT Literary Award and the Miles Franklin Literary Award recognition — that illuminates the enduring spiritual and cultural strength of Aboriginal women in the face of colonial brutality. This is a book that does not flinch from the truth, leaving the reader to ask: what does it truly cost a people to survive?
Author: Julie Janson
Format: Paperback
Genre: Historical fiction
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: No dust jacket
Pages: Good
Condition remarks: Condition as shown in image
Set against the brutal colonial frontier of nineteenth-century Australia, Compassion is a visceral and deeply moving novel that chronicles the life of Mary James, a young Darug woman torn between two worlds — the ancient culture of her people and the violent, unforgiving society of the colonisers. Julie Janson's narrative unflinchingly confronts the dispossession, violence, and resilience that defined the lives of First Nations Australians, weaving a story of survival, identity, and the fierce bonds of family across a landscape scarred by invasion. Janson writes with extraordinary power and lyrical precision, drawing on her own Darug heritage to give voice to a community long silenced by history. Compassion is a landmark work of Australian literature — a winner of the ACT Literary Award and the Miles Franklin Literary Award recognition — that illuminates the enduring spiritual and cultural strength of Aboriginal women in the face of colonial brutality. This is a book that does not flinch from the truth, leaving the reader to ask: what does it truly cost a people to survive?