The window seat / Archie Weller ; introduction by Ernie Dingo.
Series: First Nations classicsPublication details: St Lucia, Qld : University of Queensland Press, 2023.Description: x, 354 pages ; 20 cmISBN:- 9780702266010 (paperback)
- Aboriginal Australian literature
- Literature and stories - Fiction
- Short stories
- Short stories, Australian
- Australian fiction -- Aboriginal Australian authors
- Australian fiction
- Aboriginal Australians -- Fiction
- Aboriginal Australians -- Social life and customs -- Fiction
- Aboriginal Australians -- Social life and customs
- Australian fiction
- Australian fiction -- Aboriginal Australian authors
- Aboriginal Australians
- Australia -- Fiction
- Australia
- A823.4 23
- PR8279.E3 W56 2023
| Item type | Home library | Collection | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item reserves | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New book | Melbourne Athenaeum Library | Fiction - Short stories | WEL | Issued | 27/04/2024 | 072984 |
"First published in 2009 by University of Queensland Press" --Title page verso.
Includes publisher's note.
Since Archie Weller was runner-up for the first Vogel Award in 1980 for his novel The Day of the Dog, he has become an important voice in contemporary Indigenous writing. The Window Seat is a collection of his best fiction and a tribute to his contribution to Australian literature. These stories are honest, brutal and moving. In 'The Window Seat', we witness an old woman's final journey home through the eyes of the disgruntled white traveller who sits beside her; in 'Stolen Car', a young Aboriginal man learns his first lesson in rough justice; and in 'Dead Dingo', we see another rallying against what his friends, life and fate offer him. Together these powerful stories present a rich and rewarding reading experience.
