{"product_id":"earth-by-bruce-pascoe","title":"'Earth' by Bruce Pascoe","description":"\u003ch4\u003ePublished in 2001, \u003cem\u003eEarth\u003c\/em\u003e is an early novel by Bruce Pascoe, long before \u003cem\u003eDark Emu\u003c\/em\u003e made him a nationally prominent figure.\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSet around the colonisation of Victoria, it tells its story through a shifting chorus of settlers, Aboriginal people and, unusually, the earth itself. The result is less a conventional historical novel than a polyphonic account of invasion, settlement, family, violence and survival: history heard from several positions at once, including the land that bears it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePascoe works heavily through dialogue and voice rather than explanatory description, moving between intimate family life and the larger machinery of dispossession. Contemporary descriptions compared its layered, voice-driven structure to \u003cem\u003eSpoon River Anthology\u003c\/em\u003e. It’s an interesting precursor to the historical arguments Pascoe would later pursue in nonfiction, but here they arrive through character, vernacular and fractured memory rather than thesis. \u003cspan class=\"contents\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMagabala Books, Broome, Western Australia, 2001. First edition. Paperback. Cover photograph by Kevin Gilbert, originally published in \u003cem\u003eBreath of Life: Moments in Transit Towards Aboriginal Sovereignty\u003c\/em\u003e. Light shelf wear and rubbing to covers, with minor edge and corner wear. Internally clean and unmarked; binding firm. Very good condition.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"bower studio","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46160313942099,"sku":null,"price":22.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0689\/0268\/2707\/files\/novels_novellas_36.png?v=1788580833","url":"https:\/\/bowerbooks.com\/products\/earth-by-bruce-pascoe","provider":"bower books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}