Description
Terra Nullius is a journey across Australia's desert and into its shocking past. This lyrical book describes its landscape, flora and fauna and geology, tells the history of the country and reveals the shocking treatment of its Aboriginal peoples.
About the Author
Sven Lindqvist was born in 1932 in Stockholm, where he still lives. He has traveled extensively through Asia, Africa and Latin America, and is the author of over thirty books, including Exterminate all the Brutes, and his companion books Desert Divers and A History of Bombing, forthcoming from Granta in a dual-edition, Saharan Journeys.
Reviews
Terra Nullius is the latest instalment in Sven Lindqvist's confrontation with the genocidal consequences of Western advancement ... Lindqvist's strength is the sheer heat of his passions and the boldness with which he attacks complacency ... The landscape, and his journeying, are brilliantly rendered by a master of worldly insight and stylistic precision ... a work of urgent necessity and a heart-warming marvel * Independent *
Readers of his earlier masterpieces, A History of Bombing and Exterminate all the Brutes will know that Sven Lindqvist is a brilliant and original writer as well as a fierce polemicist. With Terra Nullius he has undertaken another devastating journey of historical exploration. -- Geoff Dyer
Fascinating * Guardian *
Book Information
ISBN 9781847085214
Author Sven Lindqvist
Format Paperback
Page Count 256
Imprint Granta Books
Publisher Granta Books
Weight(grams) 208g
Dimensions(mm) 192mm * 128mm * 16mm