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Fiction
by Alison Broinowski
September 2012, no. 344

Beneath the Darkening Sky  by Majok Tulba

Hamish Hamilton, $29.95 pb, 239 pp, 9781926428420

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Every migrant has a story. The past two decades have given us accounts of migration to Australia from so many Asian countries, and from so many viewpoints – sad, painful, funny, cynical, mystical – that little more seems left to tell. But now, out of Africa, comes a writer with a new and altogether more terrible tale.

 


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Beneath the Darkening Sky  by Majok Tulba

Hamish Hamilton, $29.95 pb, 239 pp, 9781926428420

ABR receives a commission on items purchased through this link. All ABR reviews are fully independent.


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