Abstract
Why is Carpentaria so challenging – yet so liberating – to read? How can Carpentaria deal so frankly with trauma and tragedy – yet be so healing and hope-inspiring? Answers to those paradoxes are ventured by this article, which suggests that Carpentaria’s narrative style replicates a psychological effect of oral storytelling, remaking the conventional literary experience of reading a novel.
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