Born into this / Adam Thompson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Thompson, Adam, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Short stories, Australian.

Australian fiction.

Genre:

Short stories.

Fiction.

Physical Description:

210 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

regular print

Place of Publication:

St. Lucia, Queensland : UQP, 2021.

Summary:

Engaging, thought-provoking stories from a young Tasmanian Aboriginal author who addresses universal themes - identity, racism, heritage destruction - from a wholly original perspective.The stories in Born Into This throw light on a world of unique cultural practice and perspective, from Indigenous rangers trying to instil some pride in wayward urban teens on the harsh islands off the coast of Tasmania to those scraping by on the margins of white society railroaded into complex and compromised decisions. To this mix Adam Thompson manages to bring humour, pathos and occasionally a sly twist as his characters confront racism, untimely funerals, classroom politics and, overhanging all like a discomforting, burgeoning awareness for both white and black Australia, the inexorable damage and disappearance of the remnant natural world.

Contents:

The old tin mine

Honey

Born into this

Invasion Day

Jack's island

Summer girl

Descendant

Sonny

Aboriginal Alcatraz

Black eye

The blackfellas from here

Your own Aborigine

Bleak conditions

Time and tide

Kite

Morpork

Acknowledgements.

ISBN:

9780702263118

0702263117

OCLC:

1198719551