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'James Murray recounts nine days walking in the remote and beautiful landscapes of the Northern Territory, yet his Letter from Arnhem Land is much more than a book about bushwalking. A delicate hymn to the wilderness of Northern Australia, My Life in the Sea of Cars is a heartbreaking journey of personal exploration and self discovery, and a passionate argument for a new way of living. The ways in which rampant consumerism, and an obsession with the motor car have become so entrenched in people's lives is explored through relationships, memory, culture, identity and the meditative act of bushwalking. When Murray candidly reveals his own family secrets and likely ancestry his book takes on yet another dimension. Totally original, and heartbreakingly honest, Murray asks us the difficult, awkward questions that will not go away. Where has our culture gone so wrong?' (Publisher's abstract)
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Armchair Journey
2009
single work
review
— Appears in: The Age , 6 June 2009; (p. 5) The Sydney Morning Herald , 6-7 June 2009; (p. 5)
— Review of My Life in the Sea of Cars : A Letter from Arnhem Land 2009 single work autobiography -
Off the Shelf : Memoir
2009
single work
review
— Appears in: The Age , 30 May 2009; (p. 36)
— Review of My Life in the Sea of Cars : A Letter from Arnhem Land 2009 single work autobiography
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Off the Shelf : Memoir
2009
single work
review
— Appears in: The Age , 30 May 2009; (p. 36)
— Review of My Life in the Sea of Cars : A Letter from Arnhem Land 2009 single work autobiography -
Armchair Journey
2009
single work
review
— Appears in: The Age , 6 June 2009; (p. 5) The Sydney Morning Herald , 6-7 June 2009; (p. 5)
— Review of My Life in the Sea of Cars : A Letter from Arnhem Land 2009 single work autobiography
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