| Text | Unit Name | Institution | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
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The Oldest Song in the World
Sydney
:
Fourth Estate
,
2012
Z1871340
2012
single work
novel
(taught in 1 units)
'Kate, a lonely city woman and reluctant student, is asked by her teachers to travel to the middle of the Australian desert to record a dying Aboriginal woman singing an ancient song. She accepts because she believes that she might be able to reunite with a childhood love and solve the mystery of her past. But once there, she′s confronted by an Aboriginal culture vastly different to her own, and also by the forceful personality of the man who is supposed to help her find the singer. Very soon she is questioning everything she has ever felt about her own country and about her childhood. Sensitively portrayed, lyrical, and filled with powerful insights about different people′s sense of home and belonging and family, The Oldest Song in the World is a brave and controversial story about discovering the power of one′s own voice and taking care to pay attention to the voice of others.' Source: http://www.harpercollins.com.au/ (Sighted 09/07/2012) |
Writers at Work: Fiction | University of Sydney | 2012 (Semester 2) |
