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Oh Lucky Country - Cappiello, Rosa, and Moore, Nicole (Introduction by), and Rando, Gaetano (Introduction by)
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Oh Lucky Country (Paese fortunato) uses first-person point of view to inflate migrant oppression to such absurdist proportions that its swirling narrative boils over into a maelstrom, washing away all migrant clichs. It is a witty, tragi-comic view of Australian society, culture and prejudice. Rosa Cappiello was born in Naples, Italy, in 1942. She migrated to Australia in 1971 with no knowledge of English and no skills and worked in various manual occupations. She published her first novel, I semi negri (The Black Seeds) in ...

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Oh Lucky Country 2010, Sydney University Press

ISBN-13: 9781920898977

Paperback