Capricornia by Xavier Herbert

Capricornia by Xavier Herbert

A saga of life in the Northern Territories and the clash of white and Aborigine cultures one of Australias all-time best-selling novels and an inspiration for Baz Luhrmanns lavish film AUSTRALIA.

‘The best written and finest spirited novel that has ever come out of AustraliaThe story is rich, varied and eventful; few readers will leave it unfinished. It deals with one of the profoundest and most moving of human problems, the intermixtures of races.' H. G. Wells

‘What every frontier story should be - tough, sprawling, rampant with physical action.’ Time

‘Capricornia is a novel that boils with action. Its cast of characters is enormous … all of them well done, people as tough vital and resilient as in any fiction.' New York Times

‘Herbert’s novel is a brilliant, absorbing, challenging experience not only as a story but as an adventure in the endless reaches of the human spirit.’ Daily Mirror

Xavier Herbert (1901-1984) is considered the elder statesman of Australian literature, best known for his Miles Franklin Award-winning novel Poor Fellow My Country (1975). His first book, Capricornia, was written in London in the early 1930s and was based partly on his own experiences being a Protector of the Aborigines in Darwin. Herbert was a great champion of Aboriginal people, particularly those living in missions in Queensland and the Northern Territory, and was well known for his outspoken views on indigenous issues as well as his talents as a novelist. He is credited in the film AUSTRALIA: “The filmmakers gratefully acknowledge the contribution made by the late Xavier Herbert in chronicling the events of Northern Australia in his novels Capricornia and Poor Fellow My Country.”

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ISBN 13	9780007311569
ISBN 10	0007311567
Title	Capricornia
Author	Xavier Herbert
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Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	HarperCollins Publishers
Year published	2008-12-01
Number of pages	592
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