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y separately published work icon Raki : A Novel single work   novel  
Is part of Nuclear Cycle 1983 series - author novel (number 4 in series)
Issue Details: First known date: 1994... 1994 Raki : A Novel
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Raki (which means rope) is set in Australia and Bosnia and deals with issues of black and white relations, ethnic conflict and multi-culturalism. Gara is an Aboriginal youth who is adopted by a Yugoslav family and taken bak to Bosnia. Caught up in the conflict there, he returns to Australia, only to end up in jail, where he hangs himself. (Source: Koori Mail Ed. 85 21 Sept. 1994)

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  • Dedication: To the soul of my mother

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

    • Pymble, Turramurra - Pymble - St Ives area, Sydney Northern Suburbs, Sydney, New South Wales,: Angus and Robertson , 1994 .
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      Extent: xi, 251p.p.
      Description: illus.
      Note/s:
      • Includes bibliography.
      ISBN: 0207184224 (pbk.)
    • London,
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      England,
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      United Kingdom (UK),
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      Western Europe, Europe,      :       New York (City), New York (State),
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      United States of America (USA),
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      Americas,      :       Marion Boyars ,       1997 .
      Extent: xxi, 247p.p.
      Note/s:
      • Includes biographical introduction by the author.
      ISBN: 071453031X (hardcover)
Alternative title: Raki : la corde de chanvre : roman
Language: French
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Works about this Work

Woman, Echidna, Man, Dingo : Bio-Political Subjectivity and Ethics in the Fiction of B. Wongar Patrick Condliffe , 2013 single work criticism
— Appears in: Southerly , vol. 73 no. 2 2013; (p. 183-194)
Colonial Hauntings : The Colonial Seeds of Multiculturalism Sneja Gunew , 2003 single work criticism
— Appears in: Haunted Nations : The Colonial Dimensions of Multiculturalisms 2003; (p. 33-50) Modern Australian Criticism and Theory 2010; (p. 283-297)
Imaging Australia Goenawan Mohamad , 1996 single work criticism
— Appears in: Westerly , Autumn vol. 41 no. 1 1996; (p. 52-60)
B. Wongar - Teaching an Emu How to Fly Marilyn Strelau , 1996 single work criticism biography
— Appears in: Antipodes , June vol. 10 no. 1 1996; (p. 29-32)
The Hand that Threw the First Stone Debra Aldred , 1995 single work column
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 3 October 1995; (p. 5)
Binding Rope 1994 single work review
— Appears in: Koori Mail , 21 September no. 85 1994; (p. 17)
— Review of Raki : A Novel B. Wongar , 1994 single work novel 'B. Wongar's novel, Raki, is a powerful mythical fable about contemporary Australia. The author's main concerns are black and white relations, ethnic conflict and multiculturalism and these issues are addressed with clarity in this novel.'
Source: Koori Mail Ed.85 21 Sept. 1994
[Review] Bridge of Triangles [et al] Jackie Huggins , 1995 single work review
— Appears in: Imago : New Writing , March vol. 7 no. 1 1995; (p. 89-90)
— Review of Bridge of Triangles John Muk Muk Burke , 1994 single work novel ; My Bundjalung People Ruby Langford Ginibi , 1994 single work autobiography ; Raki : A Novel B. Wongar , 1994 single work novel
Different Worlds, Common Links Herb Hild , 1994 single work review
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 29 October 1994; (p. wkd 6)
— Review of Raki : A Novel B. Wongar , 1994 single work novel
Rope Lines Sophie Masson , 1994 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , November no. 166 1994; (p. 12-13)
— Review of Raki : A Novel B. Wongar , 1994 single work novel
A Man Called Wongar David Matthews , 1994 single work review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 31 December - 1 January 1994-1995; (p. rev 6)
— Review of Raki : A Novel B. Wongar , 1994 single work novel
Colonial Hauntings : The Colonial Seeds of Multiculturalism Sneja Gunew , 2003 single work criticism
— Appears in: Haunted Nations : The Colonial Dimensions of Multiculturalisms 2003; (p. 33-50) Modern Australian Criticism and Theory 2010; (p. 283-297)
Letter [Australian Book Review, October 1995] Helen Demidenko , 1995 single work correspondence
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , October no. 175 1995; (p. 8)
Letter [Australian Book Review, October 1995] B. Wongar , 1995 single work correspondence
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , October no. 175 1995; (p. 8-9)
Letter [Australian Book Review, October 1995] Sophie Masson , 1995 single work correspondence
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , October no. 175 1995; (p. 9)
The Hand that Threw the First Stone Debra Aldred , 1995 single work column
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 3 October 1995; (p. 5)
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Subjects:
Settings:
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    Yugoslavia (1991-2003),
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    Ex Yugoslavia,
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    Eastern Europe, Europe,
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    Australia,
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