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BenangKim Scott

Benang

500 pagesFirst published 19991 edition
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"Harley, a man of Nyoongar ancestry, finds himself at a difficult point in the history of his country, family and self. As the apparently successful outcome of his white grandfather's enthusiastic attempts to isolate and breed the 'first whiteman born', he wants to be a failure. But would such failure mean his Nyoongar ancestors could label him a success? And how can the attempted genocide represented by his family history be told?" "Benang is a novel of celebration and lament, of beginning and return, of obliteration and recovery, of silencing and of powerful utterance. Both tentative and…

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1 in Spinefolk
FormatPublisherYearPagesISBN
EditionFremantle Arts Centre Press19995009781863682404
Racially mixed peopleNyunga (Australian people)FictionFiction, historical, generalAustralia, fiction