Praiseworthy
Call Number
- FICTION WRIG (CEN, OSH)
Edition
First edition.
Publication Information
New York : New Directions Publishing Corporation, 2024.
Physical Description
662 pages ; 21 cm.
Summary
"In a small town in the north of Australia, a mysterious cloud heralds both an ecological catastrophe and a gathering of the ancestors. A crazed visionary looks to donkeys to solve the global climate crisis and the economic dependency of the Aboriginal people. His wife, seeking solace from his madness, follows the dance of butterflies and scours the internet to find out how her Aboriginal/Chinese family could be repatriated to China. One of their sons, named 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. Praiseworthy is an epic which pushes allegory and language to their limit; a unique masterpiece that bends time and reality, opening new literary vistas; a cry of outrage against oppression and disadvantage; and a fable for the end of days"--
Notes
"Originally published in Australia in 2023 by Giramondo Publishing"--Title page verso.
Contents
- New gods
- The censer
- Moth opera
- Goddess of scales
- Sitting in the bones
- Cargo shifter
- One donkey at a time
- Holy donkey business
- Ice queens
- The giant kelp hair sea lady gulped!
- Acknowledgements.