Benang: From the Heart [Paperback]

Kim Scott (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: August 1, 1999

Oceanic in its rhythms and understanding, brilliant in its use of language and image, moving in its largeness of spirit, compelling in its narrative scope and style, this intriguing journey is a celebration and lament—of beginning and return, of obliteration and recovery, of silencing, and of powerful utterance. Both tentative and daring, it speaks to the present and a possible future through stories, dreams, rhythms, songs, images and documents mobilized from the incompletely acknowledged and still dynamic past.

Editorial Reviews

Review

Benang is brilliant. It is a mature, complex, sweeping historical novel which will remind people of Rushdie, Carey and Grenville at their best. This is an absolute page turner and in the end we are left with a sense of joy and gratitude that such stories are still possible — that the silence has been broken. — Sydney Morning Herald. … Benang soars to the level of superb storytelling with an emotional punch to the guts, not unlike Toni Morrison’s Beloved. — Weekend Australian. Haunting and poignant, Benang pierces the heart even as it seeks to lance the savage bleeding of the wounds of white settlement in Australia. — Canberra Times. --This text refers to the Kindle Edition edition.

About the Author

Kim Scott is a poet, and the award-winning author of True Country.

Product Details

• Paperback: 502 pages
• Publisher: Fremantle Press (August 1, 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1863682406
• ISBN-13: 978-1863682404
• Product Dimensions: 8.2 x 5.5 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.3 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,406,722 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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0 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Benang moves your heart, June 30, 2008

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This review is from: Benang: From the Heart (Paperback)

If you have any affinity for the song lines of Australia and history of the Aborigines, this book will move your soul.

3 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Benang, July 26, 2001

By A Customer

This review is from: Benang: From the Heart (Paperback)

Having read Kim Scott's first book, True Country, I was keen to read Benang. The style of narrative requires some adjustment and makes the reader work rather than read passively . Scott's characters are well developed as slowly the layers of the story form. Some of the content is shocking, however, Scott shows by omission and then inclusion of more facts further on, weaving everything together for the final revelations. Thematically all Australians should read this book, love it or hate it. I look forward to his next novel.