Wongar, B

New York. 1985. Dodd Mead. 1st Edition. Very Good in Dustjacket. 0396087221. 248 pages. hardcover. Jacket design by David Gatti. keywords: Literature Australia Aborigine. FROM THE PUBLISHER - Out of his own aboriginal-European heritage, B. Wongar weaves a rich and powerful tale of a culture on the brink of extinction. Based upon a terrible truth that has only recently been revealed to a shocked world, his portrayal shows the devastation wrought by the white man upon the lands and tribes of the aborigines of Australia by the mining of uranium and the tests of atomic weapons. It is Anawari who is fated to bridge the chasm between the European culture in which he has been indoctrinated and the traditional tribal culture to which he was born. With the honorary title of Reverend, and affianced to the white girl Ann, Anawari has access to the computers of the Tribal Research and Assimilation Centre that analyzes, and attempts to reproduce the specimens of aboriginal men, women, and children trapped on the radiated wasteland of the bush, scorched by the atomic tests. Yet for all his privileges, he can never escape his tribal heritage. In the end it is inevitable that he must become a fugitive seeking the spirit, or Karan, of his tribal country where there is no room for the whites who will never accept him, nor for their hostile weapons. inventory #209 ISBN: 0396087221.