a novel of lurid, postcolonial truth-telling
- Written by Timothy Michael Rowse, Emeritus Professor, Western Sydney University
Jesustown is a fictional mission in Arnhem Land.ShutterstockHow can fiction contribute to the “truth” that the Uluru Statement asks us to tell? Allen and Unwin’s answer to that question is, in part, one of paratext. By composing a book’s paratext, a publisher addresses the reader about how to experience the book. The...





