It is 1988, the year of celebrations. But not everyone feels invited. During the last weeks before eviction from their land, a farming family is dispossessed more than once. Against the myth of idyllic rural life, Dispossessed gives another vision. Here is a stark account of this family losing their identity, as well as the more familiar images from the bush: the birth and death of animals, the rhythms of working the land, and the excesses of nature. In this vivid novella, written in blank verse, Philip Hodgins finds ...
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It is 1988, the year of celebrations. But not everyone feels invited. During the last weeks before eviction from their land, a farming family is dispossessed more than once. Against the myth of idyllic rural life, Dispossessed gives another vision. Here is a stark account of this family losing their identity, as well as the more familiar images from the bush: the birth and death of animals, the rhythms of working the land, and the excesses of nature. In this vivid novella, written in blank verse, Philip Hodgins finds powerful metaphors for Australia's recent past.
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Add this copy of Dispossessed to cart. $13.52, new condition, Sold by Books2anywhere rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Fairford, GLOUCESTERSHIRE, UNITED KINGDOM, published 1900 by HarperCollins Publishers Australia Pty Ltd.
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Harper Collins Publishers Australia Pty Ltd
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5/7/1900 12: 00: 00 AM
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English
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18168764692
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Add this copy of Dispossessed. [a Tale of Modern Rural Australia] to cart. $16.44, very good condition, Sold by Arapiles Mountain Books rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Castlemaine, VIC, AUSTRALIA, published 1995 by Angus & Robertson.
Add this copy of Dispossessed to cart. $17.37, like new condition, Sold by dromanabooks rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from newstead, VIC, AUSTRALIA, published 1994 by Angus & Robertson.
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1994
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English
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Fine. 0207182949. A tale of modern rural Australia, farm family forced off their land, written in blank verse. Fine condition, 2003 reprint; 12mo; 110 pages.
Add this copy of Dispossessed to cart. $19.30, new condition, Sold by Ingram Customer Returns Center rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from NV, USA, published 1900 by Harper Collins Publishers Australia Pty Ltd.
Add this copy of Dispossessed to cart. $36.68, good condition, Sold by Bonita rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Newport Coast, CA, UNITED STATES, published 1900 by Harper Collins Publishers Aust.
