num_pages: 201
description: 'In the 1840s, a ship's boy cast ashore in northern Australia is taken in by Aborigines; 16 years later he steps out of the bush and inadvertently confronts the new white settlers with their unspoken terrors. this dramatisation of an edge-of-the-world encounter between the "civilised" and the "primitive" is outstanding: a deft and economical evocation of an entire nascent society, punctuated by moments of dazzling, revelatory language and unforgettable images.'Independent on Sunday
language: English
title: Remembering Babylon
titlecomplete: Remembering Babylon
genres: Historical Fiction, Literary Fiction, Australia, School, Historical, Classics, Novels, Read For School, Fiction, Literature
ratings_count: 3342
awards: awardedAt: 725875200000
name: Booker Prize, awardedAt: 725875200000
name: New South Wales Premier's Literary Award
category: Christina Stead Prize for Fiction, awardedAt: 757411200000
name: Miles Franklin Literary Award, awardedAt: 757411200000
name: Los Angeles Times Book Prize
category: Fiction, awardedAt: 757411200000
name: Commonwealth Writers' Prize
category: Best Book in South East Asia and Pacific, awardedAt: 820483200000
name: Dublin Literary Award
publisher: Vintage