{"product_id":"marngit-by-b-wongar","title":"'Marngit' by B. Wongar","description":"\u003ch4 data-start=\"195\" data-end=\"538\"\u003e\n\u003cem data-start=\"195\" data-end=\"204\"\u003eMarngit\u003c\/em\u003e is a stark, allegorical novel set in the uneasy frontier between Aboriginal land and the encroaching forces of settler Australia.\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"195\" data-end=\"538\"\u003eWritten by B. Wongar—an enigmatic and controversial figure who lived for many years in Arnhem Land—the book unfolds through a series of symbolic encounters between humans, animals, and the natural world.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"540\" data-end=\"972\"\u003eFigures move through the landscape as if inside a parable: hunters, spirits, colonial authorities, and animals appear within a terrain where ecological balance and cultural continuity are constantly under threat. The sparse prose and striking visual motifs echo oral storytelling traditions while also reflecting the moral tension of a world under pressure.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"974\" data-end=\"1228\"\u003eIllustrated with traditional drawings from Arnhem Land, \u003cem data-start=\"1030\" data-end=\"1039\"\u003eMarngit\u003c\/em\u003e sits in the strange borderland between fable, political allegory, and environmental warning—one of the more unusual works to emerge from late twentieth-century Australian literary culture.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"bower studio","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44182014853203,"sku":null,"price":14.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0689\/0268\/2707\/files\/ScholarsCreatingDigitalMapsofSpinoza_sEthics-2026-03-11T194224.530.png?v=1773218557","url":"https:\/\/bowerbooks.com\/products\/marngit-by-b-wongar","provider":"bower books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}