WINNER OF THE MILES FRANKLIN AWARD 2020An exquisitely written, heartbreaking and hopeful novel of culture, language, tradition, suffering and empowerment A groundbreaking novel for black and white Australia Richard Flanagan, Man Booker Prize winning author of The Narrow Road to the Deep NorthKnowing that he will soon die, Albert Poppy Gondiwindi has one final task he must fulfill. A member of the indigenous Wiradjuri tribe, he has spent his adult life in Prosperous House and the town of Massacre Plains, a small enclave on the banks of the Murrumby River. Before he takes his last breath, Poppy is determined to pass on the language of his people, the traditions of his ancestors, and everything that was ever remembered by those who came before him. The land itself aids him he finds the words on the wind.After his passing, Poppys granddaughter, August, returns home from Europe, where she has lived the past ten years, to attend his burial. Her overwhelming grief is compounded by the pain, anger, and sadness of memoryof growing up in poverty before her mothers incarceration, of the racism she and her people endured, of the mysterious disappearance of her sister when they were children an event that has haunted her and changed her life. Her homecoming is bittersweet as she confronts the love of her kin and news that Prosperous is to be repossessed by a mining company. Determined to make amends and honor Poppy and her family, she vows to save their landa quest guided by the voice...

Binding: Paperback;352 pages; Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers; Classification: CBX; Weight: 366 g; Dimensions: 129 x 197 x 26

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