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Coonardoo

by Katharine S Prichard
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A powerful novel about race that's become a classic of Australian literature.
A tough, uncompromising novel about the difficult love between a white man and a black woman. Coonardoo is the moving story of a young Aboriginal woman trained from childhood to be the housekeeper at Wytaliba station and, as such, destined to look after its owner, Hugh Watt. the love between Coonardoo and Hugh, which so shocked its readers when the book was first published in 1929, is never acknowledged and so, degraded and twisted in on itself, destroys not only Coonardoo, but also a community which was once peaceful. this frank and daring novel set on the edge of the desert still raises difficult questions about the history of contact between black and white, and its representation in Australian writing.
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Series: A&R Classics Publisher: Angus & Robertson

Kindle Book

  • Release date: August 1, 2012

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  • ISBN: 9780730496571
  • File size: 346 KB
  • Release date: August 1, 2012

EPUB ebook

  • ISBN: 9780730496571
  • File size: 346 KB
  • Release date: August 1, 2012

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subjects

Classic Literature Fiction Literature Historical Fiction

Languages

English

A powerful novel about race that's become a classic of Australian literature.
A tough, uncompromising novel about the difficult love between a white man and a black woman. Coonardoo is the moving story of a young Aboriginal woman trained from childhood to be the housekeeper at Wytaliba station and, as such, destined to look after its owner, Hugh Watt. the love between Coonardoo and Hugh, which so shocked its readers when the book was first published in 1929, is never acknowledged and so, degraded and twisted in on itself, destroys not only Coonardoo, but also a community which was once peaceful. this frank and daring novel set on the edge of the desert still raises difficult questions about the history of contact between black and white, and its representation in Australian writing.
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Classic Literature Fiction Literature Historical Fiction