Torre, Stephen (2008) Singing the country afresh: book review of "Carpentaria" by Alexis Wright, Giramondo, Artarmon, NSW. LiNQ, 35. pp. 142-146.

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Abstract

[Extract] On the cover of Alexis Wright's 2007 Miles Franklin Award winning novel is a photograph of the Leichhardt River flowing to the coast through several s-shaped curves. Superimposed on this is a tattoo of the Rainbow Serpent also curved in sympathy with the river. It's an appropriate image because this novel, more than any other I have read about Indigenous life in Australia, foregrounds a mythic and spiritual understanding of the land, its origins, and the place of humans in relation to it.

Item ID:	5424
Item Type:	Article (Book Review)
ISSN:	0817-458X
Keywords:	Alexis Wright; Carpentaria; indigenous culture; Northern Australia
Date Deposited:	18 Oct 2009 23:34
FoR Codes:	20 LANGUAGE, COMMUNICATION AND CULTURE > 2005 Literary Studies > 200501 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Literature @ 100%
SEO Codes:	97 EXPANDING KNOWLEDGE > 970120 Expanding Knowledge in Language, Communication and Culture @ 100%
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