Reviews

The Australian Dream: Blood, History and Becoming by Stan Grant

emeraldgarnet's review

5.0

A great read.

lottie1803's review

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective tense medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, Racism, Racial slurs, Genocide, Hate crime, Colonisation, Classism, Xenophobia, and War

rukmini's review

5.0

4.5 stars. Intelligent and thought-provoking.

mandi_m's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

5.0

Quality writing and intelligent discussion. 

niamhw's review

5.0

Stan Grant has such a wonderful way of writing, and of putting into words experiences and thoughts that can be confusing and conflicting.

brona's review

4.0

Journalist Stan Grant received a lot of unexpected publicity in 2016 when a speech he gave at the Sydney Recital Hall in 2015 about the Australian dream and what it actually looks like to the Indigenous population, suddenly 'went viral'. His speech promptly 'became all things to all people'.

The Australian Dream essay formed part of his response to this media frenzy after a year of 'contemplation, reassessment and revelation'.
Full review here - http://bronasbooks.blogspot.com.au/2017/04/the-australian-dream-blood-history-and.html