Alexis Wright's new novel Praiseworthy explores Aboriginal sovereignty in the shadow of the anthropocene
- Written by: Jane Gleeson-White, Adjunct Lecturer, UNSW Canberra, UNSW Sydney
Grass Yellow Butterfly, Australian Butterfly Sanctuary, Kuranda, Queensland.David Clode/UnsplashPraiseworthy is Alexis Wright’s most formidable act of imaginative synthesis yet. It is simultaneously a hero’s journey for an age of global warming, a devastating story of young love caught between two laws, and an extended elegy and ode to...