Praiseworthy - Alexis Wright

Category: Fantasy, Literature, Novel
Language: EnglishKeywords: Aboriginal Australian Mythology Outback
Written by Alexis Wright
Read by Jacqui Katona
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Praiseworthy
By: Alexis Wright
Narrated by: Jacqui Katona
Release date
20-03-2024
Language
English
Format
Audiobook
Length
36 hrs and 57 mins
Publisher
Bolinda audio
Categories
Literature & Fiction
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 for her Aboriginal/Chinese family to China. One of their sons, called Aboriginal Sovereignty, is determined to commit suicide. The other, Tommyhawk, wishes his brother dead so that he can pursue his dream of becoming white and powerful.This is a story which pushes allegory and language to its limits, a cry of outrage against oppression and disadvantage, and a fable for the end of days.2023, Queensland Literary Awards The University of Queensland Fiction Book Award, Winner2023, Queensland Literary Awards Queensland Premier’s Award for a Work of State Significance, Short-listed2024, Stella Prize, Winner2024, Australian Book Design Awards, Short-listed2024, Dublin Literary Award, Short-listed2024, James Tate Black Prize Fiction, Winner2024, NSW Premier’s Literary Awards Christina Stead Prize for Fiction, Short-listed2024, Miles Franklin Literary Award, Winner2024, ALS Gold Medal, Winner2024, Margaret and Colin Roderick Literary Award, Long-listed2024, Voss Literary Prize, Winner2024, Melbourne Prize for Literature, Winner2024, Climate Fiction Prize, Long-listed©2023 Alexis Wright. First published by Giramondo Publishing. (P)2024 Bolinda Publishing
Praiseworthy
By: Alexis Wright
Narrated by: Jacqui Katona
Release date
20-03-2024
Language
English
Format
Audiobook
Length
36 hrs and 57 mins
Publisher
Bolinda audio
Categories
Literature & Fiction

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 for her Aboriginal/Chinese family to China. One of their sons, called Aboriginal Sovereignty, is determined to commit suicide. The other, Tommyhawk, wishes his brother dead so that he can pursue his dream of becoming white and powerful.This is a story which pushes allegory and language to its limits, a cry of outrage against oppression and disadvantage, and a fable for the end of days.2023, Queensland Literary Awards The University of Queensland Fiction Book Award, Winner2023, Queensland Literary Awards Queensland Premier’s Award for a Work of State Significance, Short-listed2024, Stella Prize, Winner2024, Australian Book Design Awards, Short-listed2024, Dublin Literary Award, Short-listed2024, James Tate Black Prize Fiction, Winner2024, NSW Premier’s Literary Awards Christina Stead Prize for Fiction, Short-listed2024, Miles Franklin Literary Award, Winner2024, ALS Gold Medal, Winner2024, Margaret and Colin Roderick Literary Award, Long-listed2024, Voss Literary Prize, Winner2024, Melbourne Prize for Literature, Winner2024, Climate Fiction Prize, Long-listed©2023 Alexis Wright. First published by Giramondo Publishing. (P)2024 Bolinda Publishing