Loreless A Novel edition by P J Whittlesea Literature Fiction eBooks
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Without your heritage, you have no future.
Indigenous Australian Billy knows nothing about his ancestry. He is quite content to let it stay that way. One late night out changes that forever.
Stranded on a central Australian highway, with only the stars and mosquitoes for company, Billy finds his future determined by a pair of unlikely saviours and a mysterious supernatural entity.
In an effort to get home and confounded by circumstances beyond his control, Billy embarks on a surreal odyssey. There is only one problem…home is not where he thinks it should be.
Part quest, part ghost story, and part contemporary fable, Loreless combines mysticism, wisdom, and wonder into an inspiring tale of self-discovery.
“This strong and compelling narrative pulls the reader along with a man who has absolutely no idea where he's going, and it's a journey that's well worth taking.” – author Tom Lichtenberg
Loreless A Novel edition by P J Whittlesea Literature Fiction eBooks
This strong and compelling narrative pulls the reader along with a man who has absolutely no idea where he's going, and it's a journey that's well worth taking. Billy is adrift, personally as well as culturally, loreless in the sense that he has lost all context for his own past and present. He needs the guidance of presences both earthly and evanescent to poke and prod him towards a genuine direction home.Product details
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Loreless A Novel edition by P J Whittlesea Literature Fiction eBooks Reviews
Billy woke to find he’d been curled tight in a seat at the rear of a bus – the bus was stationary and empty of people. His bleary vision showed a roadhouse which he decided he needed to visit as his bladder needed relief. But when Billy exited the rest rooms, it was to see the bus heading off in the distance, its taillights fading in the darkness. Billy was alone in the middle of nowhere – he had no idea where he was; he also knew his hangover was fierce. And the departure of the roadhouse’s only occupant sent his spirits further into decline.
Wondering what he would do, Billy was surprised to see a figure standing on the opposite side of the road; but as he ventured near, the person raised a hand to stop Billy. The huge rush of wind from a passing road train shocked Billy to his core. The vehicle following some time later stopped however – and Billy met Rob and Tex – two men who would be instrumental in the change which was to come into Billy’s life.
As Billy grappled with what was happening to him, Rob and Tex took him to their community. It seemed they were in the outback, somewhere near Alice Springs. How he had come to travel so far from Adelaide was a mystery to him. Billy’s encounters with the enigmatic Pidgin, the Aboriginal elders and other members of the friendly community confused Billy. He’d had no idea he was so lost – but what he was being shown made him wish he knew more about his own Aboriginal heritage…
Loreless by Aussie author P.J. Whittlesea is a novel of discovery by a young Aboriginal man who had lived in the city for longer than he cared to remember. As he tried to work out how to get back to the city he’d come from, other forces were at work in getting him to stay.
Though I did find the telling of Loreless to be a little stilted and jerky, with the flow of the story uneven at times, it is an interesting and intriguing telling and one which I recommend.
Three stars is a stretch, given because the subject matter was unusual and interesting. I don't understand the point of this book other than to say that the aboriginal people have lost their culture. Really? Who would have guessed such a thing? The characters were flat and lacking in individual personalities. No plot to speak of.
I loved this book. It taught me much about Australia's indigenous culture and lore, as well as the impact that white settlement has had on them. Well done P.J.
I'm an avid reader and I really enjoyed this story. The writer expressed a love of Australian Aboriginal culture and history in this well written riveting story of an educated young man who discovers his true culture in the Outback. The detail is revealing of a brilliant knowledge of an ancient culture destroyed by modern invaders.
Loreless is about a man in his twenties slowly discovering his aboriginal ancestry, and shaping his future, while inadvertently traveling through Australia (after he was dumped on a bus by his mates, at the conclusion of his stag party-). I can't say much more without giving away too much, but the way the three storylines go hand in hand is done very nicely. The interludes that tell about his family history are in reverse chronological order, which strengthens the storyline because it matches how he finds out more and more about his family history. I really liked that all of the characters are 100% believable real people, not the cardboard good guys/bad guys that is so common. Even the magic (yes, there is some, of course) is quite believable. A great read!
P. J. Whittle sea takes us along on a journey of one man into his unknown birthright and his personal lore in "Loreless". He is of Aboriginal descent but knows nothing of his family's history. He is a young man totally ungrounded with no meaning to his life that he can discern. By chance he falls into an isolated community where he encounters his totem and is befriended by others of similar descent. This is a touching book telling his story and the story of his ancestors. Provides the reader an insight into a little known or understood people from the Outback.
Loreless might be Australia specific but the issues of colonialism, traditions versus modernity, and the struggles of maintaining cultural identity in a homogenized world are universal enough that anyone can settle comfortably into this story. A straight up piece of literary fiction with a hint of spirituality or magical realism, Loreless is a simply beautiful story of a man who is struggling to understand his place in the world. It is well written, well paced and has a wonderful sense of history. Not knowing much about Australian history and the conflicts there, this novel not only does a good job of transporting you there, but makes me want to learn more.
This strong and compelling narrative pulls the reader along with a man who has absolutely no idea where he's going, and it's a journey that's well worth taking. Billy is adrift, personally as well as culturally, loreless in the sense that he has lost all context for his own past and present. He needs the guidance of presences both earthly and evanescent to poke and prod him towards a genuine direction home.
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