Stan Grant

Sourde colère

Un Aborigène indigné

Talking to My Country

May 20, 2020
Narrative
248 pages
130 × 210 mm
19 €
9782367342153
978-2-3673-4215-3
Translated from the Australian English by David Fauquemberg

“Littérature” collection

																Stan Grant, Sourde colère
																Stan Grant, Sourde colère

“This is the hidden story of my childhood. The story of borders crossed to meet aborigines, whose history is full of memories of the worst acts of barbarism.”

In response to recent waves of racism, hatred and oppression in Australia against Aboriginal people, journalist Stan Grant has published a poignant, intimate and passionate book, highlighting the harshness of the history against Aboriginal people and the hardships endured to date. His story begins with an initiatory journey made with his son, on the lands of their Aboriginal ancestors at Poison Waterhole Creek, then presents us with the journey of his parents and, in doing so, goes back over the history of their people. A black people in a resolutely white country: “Your skin was your fate”.
This book, with its universal content, is a reminder of what contemporary Australia is and opens perspectives on what it could become. Beyond the Aboriginal cause, this book is addressed to any individual concerned by this common and shared identity.

Walkley Book Award (2016)
The author

Stan Grant is an award-winning journalist. He is International Editor of Sky News Australia and the Aboriginal Affairs Editor of The Guardian newspaper in Australia.
From 2001 to 2012, he worked as a news anchor for CNN in Hong Kong before being sent as a permanent correspondent to Beijing, where he covered conflicts in Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Iraq, among other places.
Of aboriginal origin, he belongs to the Wiradjuri people.

Press

“Grant will be an important voice in shaping this nation further.”

The Saturday Paper.
May 20, 2020
Narrative
248 pages
130 × 210 mm
19 €
9782367342153
978-2-3673-4215-3
Translated from the Australian English by David Fauquemberg

“Littérature” collection