Wild Cat Falling
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Edition: 1st ed.,
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Wear and tear
Pages: Good
Markings: No markings
A landmark of Australian literature, Wild Cat Falling chronicles the restless, directionless life of a young half-caste Aboriginal man newly released from prison in 1960s Perth, Western Australia. Written with raw, unflinching honesty, the novel presents its unnamed protagonist drifting through a world that offers him no clear identity — caught between white Australian society, which rejects him, and an Aboriginal culture from which he feels increasingly disconnected. Influenced by the Beat Generation and existentialist thought, the narrative captures a voice that is simultaneously defiant and deeply melancholic, illustrating the psychological toll of colonial dispossession on a personal, intimate scale. As the first novel published by an Aboriginal Australian author, it stands as a groundbreaking work that uncovers the systemic racism and social alienation embedded in mid-twentieth-century Australia with searing clarity.
Author: Colin Johnson
Format: Hardback
Published: 1965, Angus and Robertson
Edition: 1st ed.,
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Wear and tear
Pages: Good
Markings: No markings
A landmark of Australian literature, Wild Cat Falling chronicles the restless, directionless life of a young half-caste Aboriginal man newly released from prison in 1960s Perth, Western Australia. Written with raw, unflinching honesty, the novel presents its unnamed protagonist drifting through a world that offers him no clear identity — caught between white Australian society, which rejects him, and an Aboriginal culture from which he feels increasingly disconnected. Influenced by the Beat Generation and existentialist thought, the narrative captures a voice that is simultaneously defiant and deeply melancholic, illustrating the psychological toll of colonial dispossession on a personal, intimate scale. As the first novel published by an Aboriginal Australian author, it stands as a groundbreaking work that uncovers the systemic racism and social alienation embedded in mid-twentieth-century Australia with searing clarity.