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'In Towards Asmara thomas Keneally - who, to research this tale, visited Eritrea under the protection of the Eritrean rebels - memorably charts the experience of a group of travellers through the eyes of one of their number, Darcy, an australian lawyer turned journalist. His mission is to reveal to the world that the Ethiopians are gun-running under cover of western food-aid convoys. Like him, with a marriage back home that has broken down, each of his companions is experiencing a personal odyssey.' (Source: dustjacket, 1989 Hodder and Stoughton edition)
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Dedication: To my family who allowed me for a time to travel with the compassionate Eritrean Relief Association, and the brave Eritrean People's Liberation Front.
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Discussion notes available.
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Works about this Work
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A National (Diasporic?) Living Treasure : Thomas Keneally
2015
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Le Simplegadi , November no. 14 2015; (p. 20-27) Although Thomas Keneally is firmly located as a national figure, his international literary career and his novels’ inspection of colonial exile, Aboriginal alienation, and movements of people throughout history reflect aspects of diasporic experience, while pushing the term itself into wider meaning of the transnational. -
Words, Sticks and Stones : Keneally, Literature and Social Impact
2013
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Australian Literary Studies , November vol. 28 no. 4 2013; (p. 90-105) - y Australian Melodramas : Thomas Keneally's Fiction St Lucia : University of Queensland Press , 1995 Z565009 1995 single work criticism The first comprehensive critical study of Keneally's work. It concentrates on his novels, but also covers plays and non-fiction, and analyses the academic reception of Keneally's work.
- y Discussion Notes on Thomas Keneally's Towards Asmara Melbourne : Council of Adult Education , 1994 14183353 1994 single work criticism
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Back to Novelist's Own Country
1993
single work
criticism
biography
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 29 April 1993; (p. 11)
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Another War
1989
single work
review
— Appears in: The Bulletin , 17 October 1989; (p. 127-128)
— Review of Towards Asmara 1989 single work novel -
Can Literature End An Endless Conflict?
1989
single work
review
— Appears in: The Advertiser , 7 October 1989; (p. 16)
— Review of Towards Asmara 1989 single work novel -
Deadly Serious, But He Can Play
1989
single work
review
— Appears in: The Australian Magazine , 14-15 October 1989; (p. 6)
— Review of Towards Asmara 1989 single work novel -
Fiction Grounded in the Harsh Reality of Ethiopia
1989
single work
review
— Appears in: Christian Science Monitor , 9 November 1989; (p. 13)
— Review of Towards Asmara 1989 single work novel -
Here is the News
1989
single work
review
— Appears in: The Independent Monthly , November 1989; (p. 43)
— Review of Towards Asmara 1989 single work novel -
What Makes a Terrorist Tick?
1991
single work
criticism
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 3 March 1991; (p. 21) -
Thomas Keneally's Nightmare of History
1989
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Antipodes , Winter vol. 3 no. 2 1989; (p. 101-104) -
Back to Novelist's Own Country
1993
single work
criticism
biography
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 29 April 1993; (p. 11) -
Keneally's Forgotten War
1989
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Good Weekend , 29 April 1989; (p. 14-22) -
Witness to a Secret War
1989
single work
biography
— Appears in: The Daily Telegraph , 10 October 1989; (p. 16)
Last amended 17 Sep 2009 16:59:56
Subjects:
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cEritrea,cNorth Africa, Africa,
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cEthiopia,cNorth Africa, Africa,
- Africa,
Settings:
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cEritrea,cNorth Africa, Africa,
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cEthiopia,cNorth Africa, Africa,
- 1980-1987
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