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The hard light of day : an artist's story of friendships in Arrernte country

Title
The hard light of day : an artist's story of friendships in Arrernte country / Rod Moss.
Author
Moss, Rod, 1948-
Publication
St Lucia, Qld. : University of Queensland Press, 2010.

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Description
xiv, 297 p. : ill. (some col.); 23 cm.
Summary
A story of whitefella-blackfella friendship that offers hope for the future. Two years after artist Rod Moss arrived in Alice Springs to teach painting, he met a married couple who had set up camp in the gully beside his flat. Over the next 25 yrs their friendship grew. Offers a rare insight into the reality of life in the Centre.
Subjects
Genre/Form
  • Biographies
  • Biographies.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references.
Additional Formats (note)
  • Also available in an electronic version via the Internet at the publisher's homepage: http://www.uqp.com.au.
Contents
Neighbours -- Shedding of skin -- Welcome to country -- Weaving and writhing -- Rocks and hard places -- Boy child -- Of snakes and men -- Safety nets -- Falling dark.
ISBN
  • 9780702237744
  • 0702237744
LCCN
2010399085
OCLC
  • ocn505912270
  • 505912270
  • SCSB-1689084
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library