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Set in the Australian goldfields of the 1860s -- a world of travelling freak shows, grave robbing, convicts, angels of retribution and Chinese opera -- Fortune tells the story of Chang the 'Tartar Monster'. Eleven years old, 7 feet tall and alone in the world, Chang is enslaved to the cruel Reinhardt, who sells his appearance, at fourpence a time, for souvenir snapshots. Into his life comes Kathleen, Irish, newly free, determined and a passionate survivor. Finally treated as a human being, Chang begins to turn the tables. Showing how readily society's oppressed embrace the role of oppressor. Through richly wrought prose and controlled flights into non-naturalistic realms, Bell probes the complexities of racial prejudice and cultural difference, whilst unsentimentally scrutinising the universal surge for survival (2 acts, 2 men, 3 women).
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Hilary Bell
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- PublisherCurrency Press Pty Ltd
- Publication date1995
- ISBN 10 086819400X
- ISBN 13 9780868194004
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages96
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Fortune
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Currency Press, Paddington, NSW, 1995
ISBN 10: 086819400X
ISBN 13: 9780868194004
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Seller: Adelaide Booksellers, Clarence Gardens, SA, Australia
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Softcover. 1st Edition. Octavo Size [approx 15.5 x 22.8cm]. Very Good condition - Card Covers. Illustrated with Black and White Photographs. 90 pages. Set in the Australian goldfields of the 1860s. A play script by Australian author and dramatist. First performed in 1990. Introductions by John McCallum (Intercultural Salad) and David Goodman (A Market for Otherness). Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. Seller Inventory # 112454
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