Alright gents, Australian culture is fucked. We need to look back.
Who here has any knowledge of Australian literature?
I'll start off. Anyone read Xavier Herbert's "Poor Fellow My Country"? >Primarily, it is the story of Jeremy Delacy and his illegitimate grandson Prindy in the years leading up to World War II. The novel's subject matter includes Aboriginal affairs and Australian patriotism and Australian nationalism,
Anyone have any recommendations for Australian literature both fiction, history, political theory, philosophy?
About we had one of these threads. Pic related, the definitive Brisbane novel.
Alexander Lewis
Non-fiction: What's Wrong with ANZAC?: The Militarisation of Australian History, a uneven collection of essays around Gallipolli and how modern politics uses this more and more for their brand of nationalism
Girt - avoid, shitty reddit humor history of Australia
Fiction: Smashed: Australian Drinking Stories. Lucky find, very ozzie
The Shiralee - part of Penguin, it's like The Road, but less depressing and more fistfights
Greg Egan from Perth is a very well-known name in hard science fiction, your mileage may vary as he can be extremely dry
Carson Taylor
Lmao we don't fucking have any.
Jaxon Brooks
MURNANE
Jack Murphy
Patrick White is the GOAT of Australian literature
Leo Edwards
Came across this infographic.
A lot of this is modernist/postmodernist garbage.
Owen Bell
Poor Fellow My Country? More like Poor Fellow My Reader!!!! HAHAHAHAHA possums
Hunter Garcia
That's an alright basic list but it's missing plenty
Owen Perry
This desu. I've considered only 2-3 books that are apparently Australian. Dropped 2 of them and am only considering "The Lucky Country" despite it apparently being self loathing bullshit.
