Returning to Nothing
Download or Read eBook Returning to Nothing PDF written by Peter Read and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1996-11-04 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
| Author | : Peter Read |
| Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
| Total Pages | : 256 |
| Release | : 1996-11-04 |
| ISBN-10 | : 0521576997 |
| ISBN-13 | : 9780521576994 |
| Rating | : 4/5 (97 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis Returning to Nothing by : Peter Read
Book excerpt: This book examines what it means to lose a place forever and why we return, and keep on returning, to these places so large in our memories. It considers many lost towns, suburbs and homes: Darwin after Cyclone Tracy, the flooding of the town of Adaminaby in NSW, the inundation of Lake Pedder in Tasmania, bushfire at Macedon in Victoria, migration from other countries, the clearing of neighborhoods for freeways and the everyday circumstances that force people from their land. It establishes how important the places we live in are, and how much we grieve when we lose them.
