Remembering Babylon
Winner of the 1996 International Impac Dublin Literary Award.
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In the 1840s, a ship’s boy cast ashore in northern Australia is taken in by Aborigines. Sixteen years later he steps out of the bush and inadvertently confronts the new white settlers with their unspoken terrors.A picture of Australia at the time of its foundation, focused on the hostility between early British settlers and native Aboriginals. It is essentially the story of a boy caught between both worlds - the “civilised” and the “primitive”.
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More News & BlogThe 2012 IMPAC Dublin Literary Award longlist was announced last night and there are two Random House authors included on the list. Roger McDonald’s When Colts Ran and Nicholas Shakespeare’s Inheritance are both in the running for the world’s most valuable annual literary prize. Roger McDonald’s When Colts Ran is a sweeping epic tale of friendship, toil and hope. It...
International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award Shortlist Announced
by Random House Australia on 13 April 2011
RANSOM by David Malouf and AFTER THE FIRE, A STILL, SMALL VOICE by Evie Wyld have been shortlisted for the richest literary award in the world. The winner of International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award receives 100,000 euro. David Malouf has previously won the award in 1996 for his book, REMEMBERING BABYLON. This year’s winner will be chosen by a panel of 5 international judges, and will be announced...
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