Praiseworthy
Set in a town in northern Australia, this is a vast novel in which climate crisis, colonial history, family rupture, and Indigenous sovereignty all collide. It combines mythic imagination with social critique and stretches the realities of community through the force of its language.
Work Information
A latest novel from Alexis Wright in which the climate crisis and the presence of the ancestors rise together.
Set in a town in northern Australia, this novel unfolds on a grand scale across climate crisis, colonialism, family rupture, and Indigenous sovereignty. Mythic imagination and social critique are tightly entwined, making the power of language itself part of the reading experience.
Review Summaries
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Many readers praise the novel's vast scale and dense prose, especially its blend of mythic force and political urgency. Others find the deliberately demanding structure challenging.
Book Information
- Language
- 英語
- ISBN-13
- 9781922725325
- ISBN-10
- 1922725323
- Price
- 6162 JPY
Amazon.co.jp: Praiseworthy : 本
Reviews
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Brilliance Shining
What an epic! What a transformative journey I’ve been on with Cause Man Steel and his family, his country…and his maker, Alexis Wright. Thank you, Ms. Wright, for your activity in the world.
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Amazing writing.
It’s a physically large book. Think about another format. That said, it’s an amazing book, brilliantly written from within the madness of living within a broken culture. Often heart-breaking, I’m finding it a tough and rewarding read.
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Ein Triumph
Topaktuelle Themen, verpackt in ein sprachliches Feuer- und Meisterwerk. Geschrieben mit einem mitreißenden Furor, der seinesgleichen sucht. Außerdem taucht man in eine Kultur ein, von der wir hier in Europa kaum etwas wissen. Bislang nur im Original zu erhalten und meines Erachtens auch kaum adäquat zu übersetzen. Wenn man bedenkt, dass diese Autorin unter den Nobelpreisanwärterinnen ganz weit oben zu finden ist, schmerzt es doppelt, welchen Kitsch man 2024 ausgezeichnet hat.
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Get the Australian version.
Look, the book is the same in any version but I think I wanted to buy it when Amazon did not have the Giramondo version. Now they do have it. Praiseworthy is a difficult read but is going to be an essential part of Australian literature.
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Good yarn
Great story