Stranger Country
A 30,000 kilometre solo road trip through the Outback
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2019
Allen & Unwin (Verlag)
9781760632212 (ISBN)
Allen & Unwin (Verlag)
9781760632212 (ISBN)
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Tracks meets Wild in this account of Chinese Australian journalist Monica Tan's six month odyssey though outback Australia.
WINNER, Non-fiction Award - Chief Minister's NT Book Awards
'Will I ever really belong to this country? As a Chinese Australian? As a non-Indigenous Australian? . . . I was 32 years old and barely knew the country of my birth. It was time to change that.'
What happens when a 32-year-old first-generation Australian woman decides to chuck in a dream job, pack a sleeping bag and tent, and hit the long, dusty road for six months?
Thirty-thousand kilometres later, Monica Tan has the answer, and it completely surprises her.
In mid-2016, Monica left Sydney, unsure of her place in Australia. As a Chinese Australian city slicker, she couldn't have felt more distant from powerful mythologies like the Digger, the Drover's Wife and Clancy of the Overflow. And more importantly, Monica wondered, how could she ever feel she truly belonged to a land that has been the spiritual domain of Indigenous Australians for over 60,000 years?
Stranger Country is the riveting account of the six months Monica drove and camped her way through some of Australia's most beautiful and remote landscapes. She shared meals, beers and conversations with miners, greynomads, artists, farmers, community workers and small business owners from across the nation: some Aboriginal, some white, some Asian, and even a few who managed to be all three. The result is an enthralling and entertaining celebration of the spirit of adventure, a thoughtful quest for understanding, and a unique portrait of Australia and all it means to those who live here.
'A bewitching love letter to Australia' Michelle Law, author of Single Asian Female
'A call for us to look within: at our rich and varied geography, our long and buried history of diversity,and the 60,000-year-old culture on our doorstep.' Rachel Hills, author of The Sex Myth
'Self-aware and provocative, Monica gets to the heart of what it means to call Australia home as a non-Indigenous person.' Bridie Jabour, journalist and author of The Way Things Should Be
'A marvellously engaging, beautifully described record of a quest into the meaning of belonging.' Isobelle Carmody, author of The Obernewtyn Chronicles
WINNER, Non-fiction Award - Chief Minister's NT Book Awards
'Will I ever really belong to this country? As a Chinese Australian? As a non-Indigenous Australian? . . . I was 32 years old and barely knew the country of my birth. It was time to change that.'
What happens when a 32-year-old first-generation Australian woman decides to chuck in a dream job, pack a sleeping bag and tent, and hit the long, dusty road for six months?
Thirty-thousand kilometres later, Monica Tan has the answer, and it completely surprises her.
In mid-2016, Monica left Sydney, unsure of her place in Australia. As a Chinese Australian city slicker, she couldn't have felt more distant from powerful mythologies like the Digger, the Drover's Wife and Clancy of the Overflow. And more importantly, Monica wondered, how could she ever feel she truly belonged to a land that has been the spiritual domain of Indigenous Australians for over 60,000 years?
Stranger Country is the riveting account of the six months Monica drove and camped her way through some of Australia's most beautiful and remote landscapes. She shared meals, beers and conversations with miners, greynomads, artists, farmers, community workers and small business owners from across the nation: some Aboriginal, some white, some Asian, and even a few who managed to be all three. The result is an enthralling and entertaining celebration of the spirit of adventure, a thoughtful quest for understanding, and a unique portrait of Australia and all it means to those who live here.
'A bewitching love letter to Australia' Michelle Law, author of Single Asian Female
'A call for us to look within: at our rich and varied geography, our long and buried history of diversity,and the 60,000-year-old culture on our doorstep.' Rachel Hills, author of The Sex Myth
'Self-aware and provocative, Monica gets to the heart of what it means to call Australia home as a non-Indigenous person.' Bridie Jabour, journalist and author of The Way Things Should Be
'A marvellously engaging, beautifully described record of a quest into the meaning of belonging.' Isobelle Carmody, author of The Obernewtyn Chronicles
Monica Tan is the former deputy culture editor of Guardian Australia and co-host of the Token podcast. Stranger Country is her first book.
| Erscheinungsdatum | 03.08.2019 |
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| Verlagsort | Sydney |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 153 x 234 mm |
| Gewicht | 442 g |
| Themenwelt | Literatur ► Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte |
| Reisen ► Reiseberichte ► Australien / Neuseeland / Ozeanien | |
| ISBN-13 | 9781760632212 / 9781760632212 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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