Praiseworthy
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9780811238014
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Grouped Work ID | 476280bc-6999-4f5d-428e-b15d9c044708 |
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Grouping Title | praiseworthy |
Grouping Author | alexis wright |
Grouping Category | book |
Grouping Language | English (eng) |
Last Grouping Update | 2025-07-28 05:08:35AM |
Last Indexed | 2025-08-02 05:13:03AM |
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author
Wright, Alexis, 1950-
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Wright, Alexis
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Cary Regional
East Regional
Eva H. Perry Regional
East Regional
Eva H. Perry Regional
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Adult Fiction
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Cary Regional - Adult Fiction
East Regional - Adult Fiction
Eva H. Perry Regional - Adult Fiction
Morrisville Community - Adult Fiction
East Regional - Adult Fiction
Eva H. Perry Regional - Adult Fiction
Morrisville Community - Adult Fiction
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"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"--
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Book
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9780811238014
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Fiction
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Fiction
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WRIGHT
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Wake County Public Libraries
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Cary Regional
East Regional
Eva H. Perry Regional
Morrisville Community
East Regional
Eva H. Perry Regional
Morrisville Community
primary_isbn
9780811238014
publishDate
2024
publisher
New Directions
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grouped_work
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New Directions paperbook
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New Directions paperbook|1585
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Aboriginal Australians -- Fiction
Families -- Fiction
Oppression (Psychology) -- Fiction
Psychological fiction
Small cities -- Fiction
Families -- Fiction
Oppression (Psychology) -- Fiction
Psychological fiction
Small cities -- Fiction
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Praiseworthy
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Praiseworthy / Alexis Wright
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Praiseworthy
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Aboriginal Australians
Families
Oppression (Psychology)
Small cities
Families
Oppression (Psychology)
Small cities
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ils:781911 | 8496963 | Cary Regional - Adult Fiction | WRIGHT | 1 | false | false | On Shelf | CRY | |||||
ils:781911 | 8496965 | Eva H. Perry Regional - Adult Fiction | WRIGHT | 1 | false | false | On Shelf | EVA | |||||
ils:781911 | 8496962 | Cary Regional - Adult Fiction | WRIGHT | 1 | false | false | On Shelf | CRY | |||||
ils:781911 | 8496961 | Morrisville Community - Adult Fiction | WRIGHT | 1 | false | false | Checked out | MOR | |||||
ils:781911 | 8496964 | East Regional - Adult Fiction | WRIGHT | 1 | false | false | On Shelf | ERL |
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Bib Id | Format | Format Category | Edition | Language | Publisher | Publication Date | Physical Description | Abridged |
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ils:781911 | Book | Books | English | New Directions | 2024 | 662 pages ; 21 cm. |
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