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Drusilla Modjeska

    Drusilla Modjeska's work often navigates the complex space between fiction and non-fiction. She delves into the interplay of race, gender, and the arts, particularly within post-colonial contexts. Modjeska demonstrates a keen interest in the lives and works of women artists and writers, frequently re-examining their narratives through a feminist lens. Her writing style fluidly blends the personal and the academic, creating engaging and thought-provoking explorations.

    The Mountain
    • 2012

      The Mountain

      • 432 pages
      • 16 hours of reading
      3.6(364)Add rating

      In 1968 Papua New Guinea is on the brink of independence, and everything is about to change. Amidst the turmoil filmmaker Leonard arrives from England with his Dutch wife, Rika, to study and film an isolated village high in the mountains. Drusilla Modjeska's sweeping novel takes us deep into this fascinating, complex country, whose culture and people cannot escape the march of modernity that threatens to overwhelm them. It is a riveting story of love, loss, grief and betrayal.

      The Mountain