**Thomas Keneally, the bestselling author of *The Daughters of Mars* and *Schindler's List****,* **returns with an exquisite exploration of community and country, love and morality, taking place in both prehistoric and modern Australia.** An award-winning documentary filmmaker, Shelby Apple is obs
The Book of Science and Antiquities
β Scribed by Thomas Keneally
- Publisher
- Atria Books
- Year
- 2019
- Tongue
- EN-US
- Weight
- 258 KB
- Category
- Fiction
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β¦ Synopsis
Thomas Keneally, the bestselling author of The Daughters of Mars and Schindler's List*,* returns with an exquisite exploration of community and country, love and morality, taking place in both prehistoric and modern Australia.
An award-winning documentary filmmaker, Shelby Apple is obsessed with reimagining the full story of the Learned Manβa prehistoric man whose remains are believed to be the link between Africa and ancient Australia. From Vietnam to northern Africa and the Australian Outback, Shelby searches for understanding of this enigmatic man from the ancient past, unaware that the two men share a great deal in common.
Some 40,000 years in the past, the Learned Man has made his home alongside other members of his tribe. Complex and deeply introspective, he reveres tradition, loyalty, and respect for his ancestors. Willing to sacrifice himself for the greater good, the Learned Man cannot conceive that a man millennia later...
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