{"product_id":"9781921961823","title":"The Fringe Dwellers: Text Classics","description":"Set in a remote area of Western Australia, \u003ci\u003eThe Fringe Dwellers\u003c\/i\u003e is the story of two part-Aboriginal sisters, Noonah and Trilby, who live in a family camp on the fringe of white society. Noonah accepts her position, but Trilby refuses to. \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e First published in 1961, \u003ci\u003eThe Fringe Dwellers\u003c\/i\u003e is a landmark novel in Australian literature. It was made into an internationally acclaimed film in 1986 by Bruce Beresford. This edition has an introduction by Melissa Lucashenko.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eNene Gare\u003c\/b\u003e was born in 1919 in Adelaide, and educated there and in Perth,  where she moved in 1939. In addition to her best known book, \u003ci\u003eThe Fringe Dwellers\u003c\/i\u003e,  she wrote a number of other novels and many short stories. She was also  an artist, for which she won a series of prizes in the 1970s. She died  in 1994.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eMelissa Lucashenko\u003c\/b\u003e is of European and Murri heritage, and lives between Brisbane and the Bundjalung nation. She has published four novels: \u003ci\u003eSteam Pigs\u003c\/i\u003e, which won the Dobbie prize, \u003ci\u003eKilling Darcy\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eHard Yards\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eToo Flash\u003c\/i\u003e. Her fifth novel will be published by UQP. \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e textclassics.com.au\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"The Text Publishing Company","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47178432676080,"sku":"9781921961823","price":12.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781921961823_p0.jpg?v=1763631831","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781921961823","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}