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country too far : writings on asylum seekers / edited by Rosie Scott and Thomas Keneally.
Contributors: Rodney Hall, Geraldine Brooks, John Tranter, Elliot Perlman, Debra Adelaide, Sue Woolfe, Dorothy Hewett, Robin de Crespigny, Christos Tsiolkas, Denise Leith, Raimond Gaita, Gail Jones, Les Murray, Arnold Zable, Stephanie Johnson, Kim Scott, Judith Wright, Rosie Scott, Bella Vendramini, Kathryn Heyman, Ouyang Yu, Alex Miller, Fiona McGregor, Judith Rodriguez, Anna Funder, Eva Hornung, and Tom Keneally. Reviewed by Mark Goudkamp in Education Volume 94 Number 12 December 9 2012, page 28. Access review online at URL below. "One of the central moral issues of our time is the question of asylum seekers, arguably the most controversial subject in Australia today. In this landmark anthology, twenty-seven of Australia's finest writers have focused their intelligence and creativity on the theme of the dispossessed, bringing a whole new perspective of depth and truthfulness to what has become a fraught, distorted war of words. This anthology confirms that the experience of seeking asylum - the journeys of escape from death, starvation, poverty or terror to an imagined paradise - is part of the Australian mindset and deeply embedded in our culture and personal histories. 'A country too far' is a tour de force of stunning fiction, memoir, poetry and essays." - Back cover. "One of the central moral issues of our time is the question of asylum seekers, arguably the most controversial subject in Australia today. In this landmark anthology, twenty-seven of Australia's finest writers have focused their intelligence and creativity on the theme of the dispossessed, bringing a whole new perspective of depth and truthfulness to what has become a fraught, distorted war of words. This anthology confirms that the experience of seeking asylum - the journeys of escape from death, starvation, poverty or terror to an imagined paradise - is part of the Australian mindset and deeply embedded in our culture and personal histories. 'A country too far' is a tour de force of stunning fiction, memoir, poetry and essays." - Back cover.