An Island Away
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Edition: First Edition
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damage
Pages: Good
Markings: Previous owner
Condition remarks: Small tear on front jacket fold.
A work of Australian fiction set against the stark and sun-scorched landscape of the outback, An Island Away by Nene Gare chronicles the life of a young Aboriginal woman navigating the collision of two vastly different worlds — the traditional culture of her people and the encroaching pressures of white Australian society. Gare, celebrated for her empathetic and unflinching portrayals of Indigenous Australian experience, presents a narrative rich with emotional honesty and social conscience. The novel illustrates the profound personal cost of cultural displacement, tracing its protagonist's search for identity, belonging, and dignity in a society that too often denies her all three. Written with quiet intensity and deep compassion, it stands as a significant and enduring work in the canon of Australian literature that confronts the human consequences of racial inequality.
Author: Nene Gare
Format: Hardback
Published: 1981, M
Genre: Modern fiction
Edition: First Edition
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damage
Pages: Good
Markings: Previous owner
Condition remarks: Small tear on front jacket fold.
A work of Australian fiction set against the stark and sun-scorched landscape of the outback, An Island Away by Nene Gare chronicles the life of a young Aboriginal woman navigating the collision of two vastly different worlds — the traditional culture of her people and the encroaching pressures of white Australian society. Gare, celebrated for her empathetic and unflinching portrayals of Indigenous Australian experience, presents a narrative rich with emotional honesty and social conscience. The novel illustrates the profound personal cost of cultural displacement, tracing its protagonist's search for identity, belonging, and dignity in a society that too often denies her all three. Written with quiet intensity and deep compassion, it stands as a significant and enduring work in the canon of Australian literature that confronts the human consequences of racial inequality.