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I believe it is no longer forgivable to write books that are so far outside the realm of 50% of readers. And this comes from someone who loves The Lord of the Rings and Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell which are both very intense and reading feats in their own right, but at least they grabbed my attention quickly. If you are a mainstream author and want to sell books you really have to write for your audience; and unless you want the small marginal audience of PhD's and the occasional snobby reader, then I recommend you not write books like this. The book is sad, compelling and forces the reader to stare directly into the underbelly of white Australian history. It also shows us a culture that has survived despite its subjugation and draws for the reader everyday small acts of rebellion as well as suggesting big acts since colonisation that have largely gone ignored by white culture.
With all its inventive momentum, all its pleasurable beats, the fast pace of the race, the scenery unfurling, the novel ends up far from where it started, in a place of historical reckoning and colonial guilt. Carey’s longtime readers will appreciate his arrival here after so many Australian journeys, and this entry point might serve as a template for moving forward, a way to ensure that Carey’s polyphonic symphony of voices isn’t damned by a notable absence. Using a wild road race, he’s found a journey into Australia’s broken past. And so the maps Irene and Willie began with are revealed as “pastoralist properties which lay like a lethal patchwork on top of the true tribal lands.” Carey has addressed the subject, but this fast-paced, careering novel shouldn’t be his final word.
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Peter Carey has twice won the Booker Prize for his explorations of Australian history. From 1976 Carey worked one week a month for Grey Advertising, then, in 1981 he established a small business where his generous partner required him to work only two afternoons a week. Thus between 1976 and 1990, he was able to pursue literature obsessively. It was during this period that he wrote War Crimes, Bliss, Illywhacker, Oscar and Lucinda.
After a while the plot did not hold my interest at all, and I felt what happened to Willie, getting trapped in that village, was a little bizarre, not to mention what happens to him at the end. I'm also not exactly sure what happened with Irene and Titch's marriage, or if Beverly ever got her comeuppance... The author uses the backdrop of the Redex Trial in which Mrs. Bobs, her husband and Willie compete, to explore the appalling treatment of the Aboriginal people by Australia's white colonialists. After the excitement and tension of the race, the pace of the story slows and we are stuck with Willie in a vicious and claustrophobic world where the indigenous people are maltreated and exploited. The new cast of characters we meet are well-drawn and their story feels authentic. Moreover, I found telling comparisons with the colonial and Apartheid history of South Africa, which was particularly interesting.
and subject, black, white and those in-between, this brilliantly vivid
The three of them decide to enter the Redex Trial, an 18 day road race. "Two hundred lunatics circumnavigating the continent of Australia, more than ten thousand miles over outback roads so rough they might crack your chassis clean in half." Longlisted for the 2019 International DUBLIN Literary Award Longlisted for the 2019 Walter Scott Historical Fiction Prize Irene Bobs loves fast driving. Her husband is the best car salesman in rural south eastern Australia.
The Commonwealth of Australia was founded under the concept of Terra Nullius. No land was taken because no owners existed before the first white settlers arrived. This was obviously a fiction, but one only struck down by the Eddie Mabo case High Court in the 1980s, when Australia finally acknowledged prior black settlement of the continent (Mabo's grave was subsequently desecrated by angry whites).
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But these perceived struggles between masculinity and feminism, as well as yobbo culture and intellectualism are only part of any exploration into Australian culture. History tells us that Australian culture has been built over the top of the subjugation of Australian Aboriginal culture. Carey goes where few Australian authors have dared to go. Some possibly because of a belief that this aspect of the Australian experience isn't white Australia’s story to tell and some probably because it is so far from our everyday experience that we are simply not capable of writing about it.
A Long Way from Home is a beautiful novel written by the famous author Peter Carey. The book is perfect for those who wants to read historical, historical fiction books. A Long Way from Home pdf book was awarded with Australian Book Industry Award Nominee for Literary Fiction , Walter Scott Prize Nominee for Longlist .
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My only criticism is with the last part of the novel where Carey concentrates on Willie and Irene becomes something of a footnote, and the ending feels rushed…almost like a final sprint to a finish line. Set in Australia in 1953 and ‘54, the novel is narrated with alternating points of view between Irene Bobs, a modern wife and mother, and her quiz show prize-winning, next door neighbor, Willie Bachhuber, who possesses many secrets – some that he doesn’t even realize. Irene loves her husband Titch dearly, and as a team they endeavor to open a car dealership AND drive the famous Redex Trial, an actual race around Australia with its often harsh terrain. Irene isn't particularly good with a map, but Titch discovers that Willie is, and swiftly signs him on as navigator.
Upsetting when it happens to someone you have begun to know and love. Around the same time a couple of friends decided they would walk through Redfern, an aboriginal suburb in Sydney. They assumed that since they were left/green that everything would be OK. But suddenly as they were walking empty bottles were being thrown out of houses all around them and they had to make a hasty retreat running along the middle of the road. They were so white they had assumed being white wasn't a problem.
Deeply concerned with South Pacific culture, especially the lives of its most downtrodden citizens, Carey uses popular art as a tool for raising the consciousness of readers. This book provides an introduction to the author's life, as well as a guided overview of his body of work. Designed for the fan and scholar alike, this text features an alphabetized, fully-annotated listing of major terms in the Carey canon, including fictional characters, motifs, historical events, and themes.
Had I opened it in the library to read the beginning, I would have put it back. But having heard about it, heard Carey read some, and being interested in both the Ford-vs-Holden rivalry in motor sport and in Aboriginal history, I had to give it a go. Delivery time is estimated using our proprietary method which is based on the buyer's proximity to the item location, the shipping service selected, the seller's shipping history, and other factors. This study conducts a close analysis of the linguistic structures and narrative techniques of Peter Carey's novels Bliss, Illywhacker and Oscar and Lucinda. Also examines the ideological, philosophical, economic and historical aspects in Carey's novels. This is a revised and expanded edition of Woodcock's accessible study, now including detailed readings of Carey's latest novels, 'Jack Maggs' and 'True History of the Kelly Gang'.
See the seller’s listing for full details and description of any imperfections. I was listening to an interview last night and the interviewer kept saying “you say in the book” and the author responded each time, “no, the narrator says”. This is a thrilling high speed story that starts in one way, and then takes you some place else. It often funny, more so as the world gets stranger, and always a page-turner, even as you learn a history these characters never knew themselves. After four novels had been written and rejected The Fat Man in History — a short story collection — was published in 1974. There are some wonderful moments in this book, and it’s clear that Carey is enjoying a strong period of writing, his last novel, “Amnesia” was filled with some great political and insightful thoughts.
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The book was first published in October 30th 2017 and the latest edition of the book was published in October 30th 2017 which eliminates all the known issues and printing errors. A breakneck, often hilarious, eye-opening adventure that at the same time reminds us how white people took possession of a timeless culture—the high purpose. As the Redex Trial and the potentially rich feminist story of Irene fade into the background, Carey recasts A Long Way From Home as a novel. A Long Way From Home begins in Bacchus Marsh, a small town outside Melbourne. It's , and local car salesman Titch Bobs and his wife Irene.
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