01917nam a22002777a 4500 3002 20240130121315.0 9780733341571 FISKH eng FISKH FISKH 808.3 Reinecke, Carl Books that made us : Carl Reinecke foreword by Claudia Karavan Sydney : HarperCollins ; 2021 368 pages : 24 cm. A cultural history of Australia told through our fiction. Australia's novels lie at the heart of the country. Capturing everyday lives and exceptional dreams, they have held up a mirror to the nation, reflecting the good and the bad. In this companion book to the ABC TV series, Carl Reinecke looks at the history of Australian culture through the books we have read and the stories we have told. Touching on colonial invasion, the bush myth, world wars, mass migration, the recognition of Indigenous sovereignty and the emergence of a modern, global, multicultural nation Carl examines how these pivotal events and persuasive ideas have shaped some of Australia's most influential novels, and how these books, in turn, made us. In a panoramic account of Australian fiction stretching from Marcus Clarke to Melissa Lucashenko, Patrick White to Peter Carey, and Henry Handel Richardson to Michelle de Kretser, this is a new history of key authors and compelling books that have kept us reading and made a difference for over 200 years. Biography, Literature & Literary studies Literary studies: general 2D graphics: games programming Biography & Autobiography - Literary Biography: literary Literature: history & criticism Literary Criticism - Books & Reading Literary studies: fiction, novelists & prose writers Australasian & Pacific history ddc BK 0 3002 3002 0 0 ddc 0 0 NFIC 001 001 TKSNF 2024-01-30 0 REI 808.3 2024-0058 2024-01-30 12:13:01 2024-01-30 BK