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092			_aWRIGHT, _bALEXIS
049			_aNFGA
100	1		_aWright, Alexis, _d1950- _eauthor.
245	1	0	_aPraiseworthy / _cAlexis Wright.
250			_aFirst edition.
263			_a2402
264		1	_aNew York : _bNew Directions, _c2024.
264		4	_c©2023
300			_a662 pages ; _c21 cm
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_aunmediated _bn _2rdamedia
338			_avolume _bnc _2rdacarrier
490	1		_aNew Directions paperbook ; _v1585
520			_a"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	_aFamilies _vFiction. _93570
650		0	_aSmall cities _zAustralia _vFiction.
650		0	_aAboriginal Australians _vFiction. _999641
650		0	_aOppression (Psychology) _vFiction. _9188764
655		7	_aNovels. _2lcgft _92408
830		0	_aNew Directions paperbook ; _v1585. _922641
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