Ms Wright went further and told her that the unwritten manuscript should be nothing less than a hymn to the ancestors. This is a novel perfectly cast for modern times as well as celebrating the physical beauty of the country and its deep historical and spiritual meaning. It was Miles Franklin Award-winning writer Alexis Wright who told Lucashenko it was high time that she wrote another novel. Lucashenko’s compassion towards the feisty Jo shines on every page and Jo is a woman it’s impossible not to like. “Apart from the story, there are many things to enjoy about this novel the larrikin humour and the wonderful experience of being immersed in the Australian/ Bundjalung language. Her first novel, Steam Pigs, was published in 1997 and since then her work has received acclaim in many literary awards. “Mullumbimby is a modern tale of the clash between cultures, of the importance of belonging, and surprisingly, of the pitfalls of making assumptions about other people. Melissa Lucashenko is a Goorie author of Bundjalung and European heritage. Mullumbimby is all that and more.”ĭaniel Browning, Books & Arts Daily, Radio National, February 2013 “It was Miles Franklin Award-winning writer Alexis Wright who told Lucashenko it was high time that she wrote another novel.
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