Reading the Country: Introduction to Nomadology

by Krim Benterrak, Stephen Muecke, Paddy Roe

Reading the Country is a journey into Roebuck Plains, near Broome in Australia's far north-west; it is an exploration of the meaning of place, an attempt to chart the relationships between people and those specific places in which they must find a place to live. It is a journey through landscape into language and ideas, and personal and cultural location.

Genres: Indigenous

280 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1995

Reviews

[Peter N. · Rating 5 out of 5]

I'll be honest, I liked Ancient & Modern a tiny bit more, but obviously that work was never even remotely conceivable without Reading the Country. Both works are flawed, and I know this sounds phoney but that really is exactly why they're so good. They just spin off in so many directions, but not simply for the sake of it - a walk through country just is that multifarious. A book like this really shows how interesting and creative and worthwhile 'intellectual' writing can be.