N'Goola And Other Stories
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.
Edition: First Edition
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damage
Pages: Some moisture damage
Markings: Fair - Bumping on spine and corners. Rubbed edges.
Condition remarks: moisture damage on top right corner - pages otherwise fine and clean. Previous owner
A landmark collection of Australian short fiction, N'Goola and Other Stories presents a vivid and unflinching portrait of life on the margins of Australian society, drawn from the rich literary imagination of one of the country's most celebrated and politically engaged writers. The stories chronicle the lives of Aboriginal Australians, rural workers, and the dispossessed, illuminating the deep social inequalities and racial injustices that defined much of twentieth-century Australia. Written with both lyrical sensitivity and moral urgency, Prichard's prose illustrates the humanity of those whom mainstream society had long overlooked or actively oppressed. The collection stands as a powerful testament to her lifelong commitment to social justice, rendered not through polemic but through intimate, character-driven storytelling that resonates with compassion and quiet fury.
Author: Katharine Susannah Prichard
Format: Hardback
Published: 1959, Australasian Book Society
Genre: Anthology
Edition: First Edition
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damage
Pages: Some moisture damage
Markings: Fair - Bumping on spine and corners. Rubbed edges.
Condition remarks: moisture damage on top right corner - pages otherwise fine and clean. Previous owner
A landmark collection of Australian short fiction, N'Goola and Other Stories presents a vivid and unflinching portrait of life on the margins of Australian society, drawn from the rich literary imagination of one of the country's most celebrated and politically engaged writers. The stories chronicle the lives of Aboriginal Australians, rural workers, and the dispossessed, illuminating the deep social inequalities and racial injustices that defined much of twentieth-century Australia. Written with both lyrical sensitivity and moral urgency, Prichard's prose illustrates the humanity of those whom mainstream society had long overlooked or actively oppressed. The collection stands as a powerful testament to her lifelong commitment to social justice, rendered not through polemic but through intimate, character-driven storytelling that resonates with compassion and quiet fury.