Coonardoo

Author: Katherine Prichard

Title: Coonardoo

Binding: Paperback

Number Of Pages: 300

Release Date: 0000-00-00

Details: 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.

EAN: 9780732296933

Package Dimensions: Height: 7.79526 Inches, Length: 5.1181 Inches, Weight: 0.45856150496 Pounds, Width: 0.86614 Inches