Briabehk

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In the way that "Watership Down" brought the world of the pastoral English countryside to light, "Briabehk," delivers the striking world of the Australian Snowy Mountains to readers. It, recounts the trials and adventures of one of the most unique of Australian animals, the Wombat. The novel reflect the life and hardships faced by wombats in nature, it opens the reader to a wholly distinctive yet familiar world that pits learning against superstition, dignity against servitude and objectivity against prejudice. In this masterful characterization of courage, compassion and conflict, Briabehk becomes an outcast, a healer, a teacher and a warrior.