Gabo Djara
by B. Wongar
B. Wongar uses the immense green ant, the spiritual ancestor of the local tribes, as the basis for this, his concluding volume to the trilogy of novels that explore the impact of European civilization on tribal Australia. According to the myth, "Gabo Djara" created the aboriginal land and the pattern of life there, and then retreated into the spirit world. But if the land was disturbed, he promised to "rise again, monstrous, to harass the intruders." And so he does, in this satric and scathing allegory which pits culture against culture.
PA, ISBN: 080761243X
$9.95 (Can: $14.99)
|