Carpentaria - Alexis Wright

Title: Carpentaria
Author: Alexis Wright
Publisher: Giramondo
Format: Paperback
Edition: B Format Edition, 2007
ISBN: 9781920882310

Condition: Good second-hand condition. Light shelf wear and minor edge wear to covers with gentle reading creases to spine. Binding remains solid and pages are clean throughout.

Winner of the 2007 Miles Franklin Literary Award, Carpentaria is widely regarded as one of the major achievements of contemporary Australian literature.

Set in the Gulf Country of north-western Queensland, the novel follows the lives, struggles, and mythology surrounding the Phantom family and the divided coastal town of Desperance. Blending Indigenous storytelling traditions with political satire, spirituality, environmental conflict, and surreal imagery, Wright creates a vast and deeply original vision of Australia.

The novel moves through feuds between clans, corrupt officials, mining interests, religious zealotry, and storms both literal and spiritual. Its language is lyrical, inventive, and sweeping, combining humour, myth, and social critique into an unforgettable literary work.

Title: Carpentaria
Author: Alexis Wright
Publisher: Giramondo
Format: Paperback
Edition: B Format Edition, 2007
ISBN: 9781920882310

Condition: Good second-hand condition. Light shelf wear and minor edge wear to covers with gentle reading creases to spine. Binding remains solid and pages are clean throughout.

Winner of the 2007 Miles Franklin Literary Award, Carpentaria is widely regarded as one of the major achievements of contemporary Australian literature.

Set in the Gulf Country of north-western Queensland, the novel follows the lives, struggles, and mythology surrounding the Phantom family and the divided coastal town of Desperance. Blending Indigenous storytelling traditions with political satire, spirituality, environmental conflict, and surreal imagery, Wright creates a vast and deeply original vision of Australia.

The novel moves through feuds between clans, corrupt officials, mining interests, religious zealotry, and storms both literal and spiritual. Its language is lyrical, inventive, and sweeping, combining humour, myth, and social critique into an unforgettable literary work.