A National (Diasporic?) Living Treasure: Thomas Keneally

Authors

Paul Sharrad, University of WollongongFollow

RIS ID

104149

Publication Details

Sharrad, P. (2015). A National (Diasporic?) Living Treasure: Thomas Keneally. Le Simplegadi, XIII (14), 20-27.

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Le Simplegadi

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Creative Commons 3.0

Abstract

Although Thomas Keneally is firmly located as a national figure, his international literary career and his novels’ inspection of colonial exile, Aboriginal alienation, and movements of people throughout history reflect aspects of diasporic experience, while pushing the term itself into wider meaning of the transnational.