THE OLDEST SONG IN THE WORLD
Fourth Estate, $29.99 pb, 393 pp, 9780732294991
Fiction
THE OLDEST SONG IN THE WORLD by Sue Woolfe
by Jane Sullivan •
How can Australians write fiction about Indigenous Australia? It is one of the most contentious literary questions today. There aren’t any rules, but writers – particularly white writers – are driven by a strange mix of passion and caution.
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