A review by rivqa
Benang: From the Heart by Kim Scott

5.0

Benang is a difficult read, as one would expect from a novel about the attempted genocide of Aboriginal people through "biological absorption". The matter-of-fact narration of the layers of tragedy only add to the grimness. And yet there is also joy, survival and triumph. Every word of this heartbreaking book is placed so deliberately and perfectly. Scott's prose is a constant reminder that the past is the present, and is likely to be the future too.