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A SPECTATOR BOOK OF THE YEAR 'A remarkable literary debut . . .
Part memoir, part travelogue, Motherlands is ultimately an
investigation of how we come to understand the past at all'
Guardian Our creation stories begin with the notion of expulsion
from our 'original' home. We spend our lives struggling to return
to the place we fit in, the body we belong in, the people that
understand us, the life we were meant for. But the places we
remember are ever-changing, and ever since we left, they continue
to alter themselves, betraying the deal made when leaving.
Australian writer Amaryllis Gacioppo has been raised on stories of
original homes, on the Palermo of her mother, the Benghazi of her
grandmother and the Turin of her great-grandmother. But what does
belonging mean when you're not sure of where home is? Is the modern
nation state defined by those who flourish there or by those who
aren't welcome? Is visiting the land of one's ancestors a return, a
chance to feel complete, or a fantasy? Weaving memoir and cultural
history through modern political history, examining notions of
citizenship, statelessness, memory and identity and the very notion
of home, Motherlands heralds the arrival of a major talent that
opens one's eyes to new ways of seeing.
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