Carpentaria by Alexis Wright

The Aborigines are an often misunderstood and mysterious group of Native people in Australia. However, Alexis Wright’s new book, Carpentaria (Atria) helps to shed light on the culture.

This book shares the clash of the white people and the Aborigines in a world swept up in superstition, legend, and mysticism. It deals with racism in an epic that forces the reader into the realities of its characters and the history of these sacred people.

Alexis Wright, one of Australia’s finest writers, is an activist and member of the Waanyi nation of the southern highlands of the Gulf of Carpentaria. This is a story written from a perspective of someone you don’t encounter every day. Its transformative prose and vivid characters will capture readers looking to explore a culture and people they otherwise would not encounter.

Jeff Rivera is the author of Forever My Lady and the founder of Gumbowriters.com

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