Journeys to the Interior

✍ Scribed by Rothwell, Nicolas

• Book ID: 109244281
• Publisher: Schwartz Publishing Pty. Ltd
• Year: 2011
• Tongue: en-US
• Weight: 814 KB
• Category: Fiction
• ISBN-13: 9781863954624

✦ Synopsis

Australia's centre and north are a world apart from its big coastal cities. Here one finds unique natural wonders, visionary art, original thinkers and, sometimes, distilled despair and death.
In Journeys to the Interior , Nicolas Rothwell travels deep into the northern realm, combining the storytelling flair and persistence of a journalist with the imagination of an artist.
Following on from the acclaimed Another Country , this book contains haunting and perceptive portraits, of, among others, Geoffrey Gurrumul Yunupingu, Ian Fairweather, Noel Pearson and Galarrwuy Yunupingu. There are explorations of the natural world - of pythons, desert oaks and magpie geese. And there are wonderful introductions to the art and artists that bring the northern landscape to life and transform it, whether through painting, dance or photography.
'A multi-layered, imaginative, heartfelt and poetic narrative.'--Courier Mail
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