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Benang
Paperback / softback
Main Details
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Benang
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| Authors and Contributors |
By (author) Kim Scott
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| Physical Properties |
| Format:Paperback / softback | | Pages:504 | | Dimensions(mm): Height 207,Width 139 |
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| Category/Genre | Modern and contemporary fiction (post c 1945) |
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| ISBN/Barcode |
9781863682404
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| Classifications | Dewey:823.914 |
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Publishing Details |
| Publisher |
Fremantle Press
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| Imprint |
Fremantle Arts Centre Press
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| Publication Date |
1 April 1999 |
| Publication Country |
United Kingdom
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Description
I tell you that this story of my own is part of a much older story...one of a perpetual billowing from the sea, with its rhythm of return, return, remain...I offer these words, especially to those of you I embarrass, and who turn away from the shame of seeing me...We are still here, Benang.
Author Biography
Authors Bio, not available
Reviews"Benang is brilliant. It is a mature, complex, sweeping historical novel which will remind people of Rushdie, Carey and Grenville at their best. This is an absolute page turner and in the end we are left with a sense of joy and gratitude that such stories are still possible that the silence has been broken." -- Sydney Morning Herald " Benang soars to the level of superb storytelling with an emotional punch to the guts, not unlike Toni Morrisons Beloved." -- Weekend Australian "Haunting and poignant, Benang pierces the heart even as it seeks to lance the savage bleeding of the wounds of white settlement in Australia." -- Canberra Times Kate Challis RAKA Award (Winner 2001). Miles Franklin Award (Winner 2000). Queensland Premiers Literary Award (Shortlisted 2000). Tasmania Pacific Literary Award (Shortlisted 2001). Dublin IMPAC Literary Award (Longlisted 2000). Western Australian Premiers Book Award Fiction Prize (Winner 1999)
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