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092    |fF|aWRIGHT 
100 1  Wright, Alexis,|d1950-|eauthor. 
245 10 Praiseworthy /|cAlexis Wright. 
264  1 New York :|bNew Directions,|c2024. 
264  4 |c©2023 
300    662 pages ;|c21 cm. 
336    text|btxt|2rdacontent 
337    unmediated|bn|2rdamedia 
338    volume|bnc|2rdacarrier 
490 1  New Directions paperbook ;|v1585 
500    "NDP1585"--Spine. 
520    "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"--|cProvided
       by publisher. 
650  0 Families|vFiction. 
650  0 Small cities|zAustralia|vFiction. 
650  0 Aboriginal Australians|vFiction. 
650  0 Oppression (Psychology)|vFiction. 
655  7 Psychological fiction.|2lcgft 
655  7 Novels.|2lcgft 
775 08 |iReproduction of (manifestation):|aWright, Alexis, 1950-
       |tPraiseworthy|dArtarmon, N.S.W. : Giramondo, 2023
       |z9781922725325 
830  0 New Directions paperbook ;|v1585.