The Time of the Peacock

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Mena Abdullah, Ray Mathew

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Editions Tom Thompson
02 October 2019

Fiction & Literature; Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945); Short stories; Australian Fiction

The Punjabi migration provides the material for the first Indo-Australian literary work, first published in 1965. Set in northern New South Wales this is something of a rural idyll, recording a cross-communal marriage and settling in to life on a sheep farm with a cast of typical bush characters. The impact lies in depictions of nostalgia for India and the organic link to traditional practices. Introduced by Tom Shapcott.

By: Mena Abdullah, Ray Mathew
Imprint: Editions Tom Thompson
Country of Publication: Australia
ISBN: 9781925706888
ISBN 10: 1925706885
Pages: 104
Publication Date: 02 October 2019
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Mena Abdullah (and Ray Mathew) were being honest to their delineation, and perhaps discovery, of authentic experience. The world of that Muslim-Hindu child speaks of exile and the self, of the confines of family and its great sustaining strengths. It offers subtle lessons in alternative social environments. It also teaches us that the best writing can be powerfully moving while at the same time confronting us with issues that, over time, increase in relevance. The Time of the Peacock is a book that has more to say to more people now than it had when, in the 1950s, the stories first appeared. Tom Shapcott, from his Introduction.