Bila Yarrudhanggalangdhuray Explained

Bila Yarrudhanggalangdhuray
Author:Anita Heiss
Country:Australia
Language:English
Genre:Historical fiction
Published:2021 (Simon & Schuster)
Media Type:Print (paperback)
Pages:393
Isbn:9781760850449
Oclc:1236159774

Bila Yarrudhanggalangdhuray is a 2021 historical novel by Anita Heiss. Set around the time of Gundagai's flood of 1852, it concerns the life of a young Wiradjuri woman, Wagadhaany, the daughter of Yarri, and her relationships with her colonial masters, and her people who live near Murrumbidya.

Reception

A review in Australian Book Review of Bila Yarrudhanggalangdhuray wrote "With its strong emotional pull and its accessible female hero, this novel deserves wide appeal.".[1] A reviewer for Guardian Australia called it "a novel of the myopia and cruelty of “good” intentions." and "a joyful love story, and a literary celebration of the Wiradyuri language, which is woven throughout."[2]

Bila Yarrudhanggalangdhuray has also been reviewed by The Sydney Morning Herald,[3] The West Australian,[4] Books+Publishing,[5] The Canberra Times,[6] LSJ,[7] and The Saturday Paper.[8]

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Notes and References

  1. Jane Sullivan . June 2021 . River of Dreams . Australian Book Review . 432 . Australian Book Review Inc. . 21 August 2021.
  2. News: 21 May 2021 . Bila Yarrudhanggalangdhuray by Anita Heiss review – a mighty and generous heartsong . Beejay Silcox . Guardian Australia. 21 August 2021.
  3. News: 11 June 2021 . Fiction reviews: Bila Yarrudhanggalangdhuray and other titles (subscription required) . Cameron Woodhead . Sydney Morning Herald . Fairfax Media . 21 August 2021.
  4. News: Gemma Nisbet . 22 May 2021 . Book review: Bila Yarrudhanggalangdhuray by Anita Heiss marries romance with love of country (subscription required). The West Australian . 21 August 2021.
  5. Web site: Bila Yarrudhanggalangdhuray (River of Dreams) (Anita Heiss, S&S) . Joanne Shiells . Exploring themes of family, belonging, courage, equality and heartache, this important new historical novel from Anita Heiss raises awareness of First Nations perspectives on the early days of white settlement and helps to protect a language. . 24 March 2021 . booksandpublishing.com.au . Books+Publishing . 21 August 2021.
  6. News: 8 May 2021 . Anita Heiss' Bila Yarrudhanggalangdhuray is an affecting tale of Aboriginal identity and dispossession . Alison Booth . Essentially River of Dreams is a heartfelt story of colonisation and its negative effects. It is a story of tragic dispossession as Aboriginal kinship groups are displaced, increasingly driven off their land, and eventually corralled into reserves. . The Canberra Times . Australian Community Media . 21 August 2021.
  7. Amy Dale . 2 July 2021 . Bila Yarrudhanggalangdhuray . A poetic and lyrically joyful work... . LSJ . Law Society of New South Wales . 21 August 2021.
  8. News: 14 September 2019 . Anita Heiss Bila Yarrudhanggalangdhuray (subscription required) . The Saturday Paper . Schwartz Publishing . 21 August 2021.

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