| Record Number |
22409 |
| ISBN |
9781922725325 (Paperback) |
| Location |
F WRI |
| Author |
Wright, Alexis, 1950-, (author). |
| Title |
Praiseworthy / Alexis Wright. |
| Published |
Artarmon, NSW : Giramondo Publishing, 2023. |
| ©2023. |
| Collation |
727 pages ; 21 cm. |
| Content types |
text |
| Carrier type |
volume |
| General Note |
Shortlisted for the 2024 Stella Prize. |
| Summary Note |
"In a small town dominated by a haze cloud, which heralds both an ecological catastrophe and a gathering of the ancestors, a crazed visionary seeks out donkeys as the solution to the global climate crisis and the economic dependency of the Aboriginal people. His wife seeks solace from his madness in following the dance of butterflies and scouring the internet to find out how she can seek repatriation to China. One of their sons, called Aboriginal Sovereignty, is determined by despair to contemplate suicide. The other, Tommyhawk, wishes his brother dead so that he can pursue his dream of becoming white and powerful. When the town is overrun by donkeys, the residents and their strange religious sects react with anger, led by the Mayor, the albino Aboriginal named Ice Pick, and his outlandishly dressed Ice Queens. This is a novel which pushes allegory and language to its limits, a cry of outrage against oppression and disadvantage, and a fable for the end of days." - Book jacket. |
| Awards Note |
The Stella Prize (AUS) (Shortlist - 2024) |
| Subject |
Small cities -- Australia -- Fiction |
| Australian fiction |
| Families -- Fiction |
| Oppression (Psychology) -- Fiction |
| Aboriginal Australians Fiction. |
