Alien Son
Condition: SECONDHAND
This is a secondhand book. The jacket image is a photograph of the exact copy we have in stock. This image shows the condition of this book. Further condition remarks are below.
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Worn/faded, no tears
Pages: Some moisture damage
Markings: No markings
Condition remarks: Tide marks on top pages, otherwise flat and clean..
A landmark work of Australian immigrant fiction, Alien Son chronicles the coming-of-age of a young Jewish boy navigating the tensions between his Eastern European heritage and the unfamiliar rhythms of early twentieth-century Australian life. Through a series of interconnected vignettes, Judah Waten illustrates the profound displacement felt by immigrant families striving to belong in a new land while holding fast to the customs and memories of the old world. The prose carries a warmly reflective yet quietly melancholic tone, capturing the generational friction between parents anchored in tradition and children eager to assimilate. Waten presents the immigrant experience not as a triumphant narrative of reinvention, but as a nuanced, often painful negotiation of identity, loyalty, and belonging. First published in 1952, the work remains a foundational text in Australian multicultural literature, celebrated for its honesty, compassion, and enduring relevance.
Author: Judah Waten
Format: Hardback
Published: 1974, Lloyd O'Neil
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Worn/faded, no tears
Pages: Some moisture damage
Markings: No markings
Condition remarks: Tide marks on top pages, otherwise flat and clean..
A landmark work of Australian immigrant fiction, Alien Son chronicles the coming-of-age of a young Jewish boy navigating the tensions between his Eastern European heritage and the unfamiliar rhythms of early twentieth-century Australian life. Through a series of interconnected vignettes, Judah Waten illustrates the profound displacement felt by immigrant families striving to belong in a new land while holding fast to the customs and memories of the old world. The prose carries a warmly reflective yet quietly melancholic tone, capturing the generational friction between parents anchored in tradition and children eager to assimilate. Waten presents the immigrant experience not as a triumphant narrative of reinvention, but as a nuanced, often painful negotiation of identity, loyalty, and belonging. First published in 1952, the work remains a foundational text in Australian multicultural literature, celebrated for its honesty, compassion, and enduring relevance.