Raft, Howard Goldenberg
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Raft, Howard Goldenberg
Language
eng
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Literary Form
non fiction
Main title
Raft
Medium
electronic resource
Nature of contents
dictionaries
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Howard Goldenberg
Summary
Every year for over a decade Goldenberg, a white middle-aged doctor, has spent numerous periods working as a relieving doctor for Aboriginal communities in remote places. On these visits he has observed and recorded Aboriginal Australians lives without resorting to simplification or glib solutions. Among his true stories we meet psychotic Elijah who believes he is Satan's boss and cannot die; a dehydrated baby whose mother gambles away money for food; an old lady who receives a gashed head while fending off a thief stealing her money - her husband. In the midst of tragedy, suffering and moral ambiguity, these stories also tell of cultural richness and common humanity
Target audience
adult
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