The Savage Crows
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Edition: 1st ed.,
Condition remarks:
Book: Very good
Jacket: Worn/faded, no tears
Pages: Good
Markings: No markings
A darkly comic work of Australian literary fiction, The Savage Crows chronicles the parallel stories of Stephen Crisp, a troubled young man grappling with a personal crisis in contemporary Australia, and the harrowing historical fate of the Tasmanian Aborigines in the nineteenth century. Robert Drewe weaves these two narratives together with sharp, unsettling wit, drawing a provocative connection between modern alienation and the brutal legacy of colonial genocide. The novel presents Crisp's obsessive research into the extinction of the Tasmanian people as both a psychological escape and a mirror for his own unraveling sense of identity. Drewe's prose is incisive and sardonic, illustrating how the violence of history continues to haunt the Australian national consciousness. First published in 1976, it remains a bold and morally urgent debut that refuses to let its readers look away from the darker truths of the nation's past.
Author: Robert Drewe
Format: Hardback
Published: 1976, Collins
Genre: Modern fiction
Edition: 1st ed.,
Condition remarks:
Book: Very good
Jacket: Worn/faded, no tears
Pages: Good
Markings: No markings
A darkly comic work of Australian literary fiction, The Savage Crows chronicles the parallel stories of Stephen Crisp, a troubled young man grappling with a personal crisis in contemporary Australia, and the harrowing historical fate of the Tasmanian Aborigines in the nineteenth century. Robert Drewe weaves these two narratives together with sharp, unsettling wit, drawing a provocative connection between modern alienation and the brutal legacy of colonial genocide. The novel presents Crisp's obsessive research into the extinction of the Tasmanian people as both a psychological escape and a mirror for his own unraveling sense of identity. Drewe's prose is incisive and sardonic, illustrating how the violence of history continues to haunt the Australian national consciousness. First published in 1976, it remains a bold and morally urgent debut that refuses to let its readers look away from the darker truths of the nation's past.