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Canberra

Paperback / softback

Main Details

Title Canberra
Authors and Contributors      By (author) Paul Daley
SeriesCity series
Physical Properties
Format:Paperback / softback
Pages:352
Dimensions(mm): Height 178,Width 110
Category/GenreTravel and holiday guides
ISBN/Barcode 9781742237046
ClassificationsDewey:919.4710472
Audience
General

Publishing Details

Publisher NewSouth Publishing
Imprint NewSouth Publishing
Publication Date 1 November 2020
Publication Country Australia

Description

A strong sense of 'otherness' defines Canberra to a point where there is a smugness, bordering on arrogance, that the rest of Australia can hate - but they'll never know just how good it is to live here. Canberra is a city of orphans. People come for the jobs but stay on as they discover unanticipated promise and opportunity. They become Canberrans - prosperous, highly educated and proud of their city. Paul Daley's Canberra fuses narrative history with poignant memoir and contemporary observation to evoke a city he calls the 'accidental miracle'. Beginning and ending at the lake and its submerged, forgotten suburbs, it chronicles the city's unsavoury early life and meanders through St John's graveyard where pioneers rest. Daley contemplates Canberra's vibrant suburban dynamic, while musing on a rich symbolism and internal life fostered by the bush and the treasure of the national cultural institutions. As fate would have it, after Canberra was first published to great acclaim in 2012 Daley moved to Sydney, a change he found wrenching. In a new afterword, he reflects on how much he misses Canberra as it transforms into a thriving city. '... Daley has unveiled a side of the city that many do not see.' - The Adelaide Advertiser 'Canberra is both a history and a personal love story' - The Age 'Daley's narration is done with flair and aplomb, making Canberra the best Canberra history yet.' - Ian Warden, The Canberra Times

Author Biography

Paul Daley is a Sydney-based author, essayist and multi-awardwinning journalist who writes about history, Australian national identity and Indigenous culture in his column 'Postcolonial' for The Guardian. Author of On Patriotism and the political thriller Challenge, his forthcoming novel, Jesustown will be out next year.

Reviews

... Daley has unveiled a side of the city that many do not see.""- The Adelaide Advertiser