· As I began Poor Fellow My Country, the Miles Franklin winning novel of Xavier Herbert, I was immediately struck, by his description, of a boy “Aboriginal distinctly so by cast of countenance, while yet so lightly coloured as to pass for any light-skinned breed even tanned Caucasian. Editions for Poor Fellow My Country: (Hardcover published in ), (Hardcover published in ), (Paperback published Cited by: In Poor Fellow, My Country, Xavier Herbert returns to the region made his own in Capricornia: Northern Australia. Ranging over a period of some six years, the story is set during the late s and early s; but it is not so much a tale of this period as Herbert's analysis and indictment of the steps by which we came to the Australia of today/5().
At pages, Xavier Herbert's masterwork Poor Fellow My Country took a month to read. I set myself a target of 50 pages or so each day, and interspersed the reading with other books to (literally) lighten the load. My hardback copy weighs nearly 2 kilos, and it measures x 16 x 6cm, which. 3. Poor Fellow My Country by Xavier Herbert. Poor Fellow My Country is an award-winning novel by Australian author Xavier Herbert. It is the longest Australian work of fiction and the longest single-volume novel in the English language. Published in , the novel is set between in Australia's Northern Territory. In 'Poor Fellow My Country', Xavier Herbert returns to the region made his own in 'Capricornia': Northern Australia. Ranging over a period of some six years, the story is set during the late s and early s; but it is not so much a tale of this period as Herbert's analysis and indictment of the steps by which we came to the Australia of.
Poor Fellow My Country is a Miles Franklin Award-winning novel by Australian author Xavier Herbert. At 1, pages, it is the longest Australian work of fiction ever written, and the longest single-volume novel to have been written in the English language. In 'Poor Fellow My Country', Xavier Herbert returns to the region made his own in 'Capricornia': Northern Australia. Ranging over a period of some six years, the story is set during the late s and early s; but it is not so much a tale of this period as Herbert's analysis and indictment of the steps by which we came to the Australia of today. Poor Fellow My Country, by Xavier Herbert At pages, Xavier Herbert’s masterwork Poor Fellow My Country took a month to read. I set myself a target of 50 pages or so each day, and interspersed the reading with other books to (literally) lighten the load.
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