Ruby Moonlight
Ali Cobby-Eckermann
A verse novel that centres around the impact of colonisation in mid-north South Australia around 1880. Ruby, refugee of a massacre, shelters in the woods where she befriends an Irishman trapper. The poems convey how fear of discovery is overcome by the need for human contact, which, in a tense unravelling of events, is forcibly challenged by an Aboriginal lawman. The natural world is richly observed and Ruby’s courtship is measured by the turning of the seasons.
A compelling and dramatic story told in hauntingly sparse free verse, and one of the best examples of the narrative verse genre in recent memory.
These innovative poems take up traditional narrative voices, bringing past conflicts vividly to life with short lines that are lucid, refined, and luminous... The writing is delicate yet strong, the tone is pitched so well the reader is not distracted by the agile technique that carries the narrative forward.
One of the most remarkable things about 'Ruby Moonlight' is the subtlety with which its political implications are handled: Eckermann invites (rather than dictates) political readings of what is, at heart, a simple and highly engaging narrative.
- Release
- Feb-2012
- ISBN
- 9781921248511
- RRP (AUD)
- $22.95
- Pages
- 64
- Format
- Paperback & ebook
- Category
- Adult Poetry
Ali Cobby-Eckermann
Ali Cobby -Eckermann
Magabala Books
Magabala Books is Australia’s leading Indigenous publishing house. Aboriginal owned and led, we celebrate and nurture the talent and diversity of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander voices.
- Rights
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UK, Translation
- Rights Sold
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Film (Arena), North America (Flood)
- Contact
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Kate McCormack
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