Shot through with humour, and poetic intensity, Malouf's epic novel of epic scope is simple, compassionate and universal. Focussing on the hostility between the early British inhabitants and the native Aborigines, Remembering Bablyon tells the tragic and compelling story of a boy who finds himself caught between the two worlds. A searing and magnificent picture of Australia at the moment of its foundation, with early settlers staking out their small patch of land and terrified by the harsh and alien continent. Shot through with humour, and poetic intensity, Malouf's epic novel of epic scope is.

Typically, he reports the essentials of an incident, traces its repercussions through different witnesses, and then returns to fill in its missing details-particularly, the actions and motivations of his central character.

A searing and magnificent picture of Australia at the moment of its foundation, with early settlers staking out their small patch of land and terrified by the harsh and alien continent. In addition to being the cornerstone of Maloufs reputation, Remembering Babylon brings into focus the specifically post colonial aspects of the authors vision. Malouf tells his story in an intermittent and at times circuitous manner.

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