The swan book
Wright, Alexis, 1950-2023
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The Swan Book is set in the future, with Aboriginal peoples still living under the Intervention in the north, in an environment fundamentally altered by climate change. It follows the life of a mute young woman called Oblivia, the victim of gang-rape by petrol-sniffing youths, from the displaced community where she lives in a hulk, in a swamp filled with rusting boats, and thousands of black swans, to her marriage to Warren Finch, the first Aboriginal president of Australia, and her elevation to the position of First Lady, confined to a tower in a flooded and lawless southern city. The Swan Book offers an intimate awareness of the realities facing Aboriginal people; the energy and humour in her writing, which draws freely on myth and legend, finds hope in the bleakest situations.
Main title:
The swan book / Alexis Wright.
Author:
Wright, Alexis, 1950-, author
Edition:
New edition.
Imprint:
Atarmon, NSW : Giramondo, 2023.©2023
Collation:
332 pages ; 21 cm
Notes:
First published 2013.Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN:
97819227254319781922725431
Dewey class:
A823.4
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
562206
More Information:
| Location | Collection | Call number | Status/Desc |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brighton Library | Adult Fiction - Sci-Fi | WRIG | Available |