Plains of Promise
eBook - ePub

Plains of Promise

  1. English
  2. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  3. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

Plains of Promise

About this book

In this brilliant debut novel, Alexis Wright evokes city and outback, deepening our understanding of human ambition and failure, and making the timeless heart and soul of this country pulsate on the page. Black and white cultures collide in a thousand ways as Aboriginal spirituality clashes with the complex brutality of colonisation at St Dominic's mission. With her political awareness raised by work with the city-based Aboriginal Coalition, Mary visits the old mission in the northern Gulf country, place of her mother's and grand-mother's suffering. Mary's return re-ignites community anxieties, and the Council of Elders again turn to their spirit world.

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Table of contents

  1. Author Biography
  2. Also by Alexis Wright
  3. Title Page
  4. Dedication
  5. Contents
  6. Introduction
  7. Part I: The Timekeeper’s Shadow
  8. Part II: Glimpses of Distant Hills
  9. Part III: Victory Lane
  10. Part IV: Plains of Papery Grass
  11. Acknowledgements
  12. Imprint Page