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WINNER OF THE MILES FRANKLIN AWARD 2020An exquisitely written, heartbreaking and hopeful novel of culture, language, tradition, suffering and empowerment ‘A groundbreaking novel for black and white Australia’ Richard Flanagan, Man Booker Prize winning author of The Narrow Road to the Deep North Knowing that he will soon die, Albert “Poppy” Gondiwindi has one final task he must fulfill. A member of the indigenous Wiradjuri tribe, he has spent his adult life in Prosperous House and the town of Massacre Plains, a small enclave on the banks of the Murrumby River. Before he takes his last breath, Poppy is determined to pass on the language of his people, the traditions of his ancestors, and everything that was ever remembered by those who came before him. The land itself aids him; he finds the words on the wind.After his passing, Poppy’s granddaughter, August, returns home from Europe, where she has lived the past ten years, to attend his burial. Her overwhelming grief is compounded by the pain, anger, and sadness of memory―of growing up in poverty before her mother’s incarceration, of the racism she and her people endured, of the mysterious disappearance of her sister when they were children; an event that has haunted her and changed her life. Her homecoming is bittersweet as she confronts the love of her kin and news that Prosperous is to be repossessed by a mining company. Determined to make amends and honor Poppy and her family, she vows to save their land―a quest guided by the voice of her grandfather that leads into the past, the stories of her people, the secrets of the river.Told in three masterfully woven narratives, The Yield is a celebration of language and an exploration of what makes a place "home." A story of a people and a culture dispossessed, it is also a joyful reminder of what once was and what endures―a powerful reclaiming of Indigenous language, storytelling, and identity, that offers hope for the future.

WINNER OF THE MILES FRANKLIN AWARD 2020An exquisitely written, heartbreaking and hopeful novel of culture, language, tradition, suffering and empowerment ‘A groundbreaking novel for black and white Australia’ Richard Flanagan, Man Booker Prize winning author of The Narrow Road to the Deep NorthKnowing that he will soon die, Albert “Poppy” Gondiwindi has one final task he must fulfill. A member of the indigenous Wiradjuri tribe, he has spent his adult life in Prosperous House and the town of Massacre Plains, a small enclave on the banks of the Murrumby River. Before he takes his last breath, Poppy is determined to pass on the language of his people, the traditions of his ancestors, and everything that was ever remembered by those who came before him. The land itself aids him; he finds the words on the wind.After his passing, Poppy’s granddaughter, August, returns home from Europe, where she has lived the past ten years, to attend his burial. Her overwhelming grief is compounded by the pain, anger, and sadness of memory―of growing up in poverty before her mother’s incarceration, of the racism she and her people endured, of the mysterious disappearance of her sister when they were children; an event that has haunted her and changed her life. Her homecoming is bittersweet as she confronts the love of her kin and news that Prosperous is to be repossessed by a mining company. Determined to make amends and honor Poppy and her family, she vows to save their land―a quest guided by the voice of her grandfather that leads into the past, the stories of her people, the secrets of the river.Told in three masterfully woven narratives, The Yield is a celebration of language and an exploration of what makes a place "home." A story of a people and a culture dispossessed, it is also a joyful reminder of what once was and what endures―a powerful reclaiming of Indigenous language, storytelling, and identity, that offers hope for the future.

WINNER OF THE MILES FRANKLIN AWARD 2020An exquisitely written, heartbreaking and hopeful novel of culture, language, tradition, suffering and empowerment ‘A groundbreaking novel for black and white Australia’ Richard Flanagan, Man Booker Prize winning author of The Narrow Road to the Deep North Knowing that he will soon die, Albert “Poppy” Gondiwindi has one final task he must fulfill. A member of the indigenous Wiradjuri tribe, he has spent his adult life in Prosperous House and the town of Massacre Plains, a small enclave on the banks of the Murrumby River. Before he takes his last breath, Poppy is determined to pass on the language of his people, the traditions of his ancestors, and everything that was ever remembered by those who came before him. The land itself aids him; he finds the words on the wind.After his passing, Poppy’s granddaughter, August, returns home from Europe, where she has lived the past ten years, to attend his burial. Her overwhelming grief is compounded by the pain, anger, and sadness of memory―of growing up in poverty before her mother’s incarceration, of the racism she and her people endured, of the mysterious disappearance of her sister when they were children; an event that has haunted her and changed her life. Her homecoming is bittersweet as she confronts the love of her kin and news that Prosperous is to be repossessed by a mining company. Determined to make amends and honor Poppy and her family, she vows to save their land―a quest guided by the voice of her grandfather that leads into the past, the stories of her people, the secrets of the river.Told in three masterfully woven narratives, The Yield is a celebration of language and an exploration of what makes a place "home." A story of a people and a culture dispossessed, it is also a joyful reminder of what once was and what endures―a powerful reclaiming of Indigenous language, storytelling, and identity, that offers hope for the future.

Was bleibt, wenn sich der rot schimmernde Staub über Australien gelegt hat?Und wer bleibt, wenn es die Vergangenheit ist, die Grenze um Grenze setzt – wenn sie alles überdauert?August Gondiwindi ist Australierin, Wiradjuri, Enkeltochter – und: Schwester ohne Schwester. Als ihr Großvater Albert "Poppy" stirbt, kehrt sie nach zehn Jahren in London nach Prosperous zurück, um an seiner Beerdigung teilzunehmen. Dort, zwischen Massacre Plains und dem Broken Highway, ist sie aufgewachsen. Dort hat sie am Fluss mit ihrer Schwester gespielt, wurde von ihrer Mutter verlassen, und an diesem Ort lebte auch ihr Großvater, der Vermächtnisse und Geheimnisse in sich getragen hat, die August Stück für Stück aufdeckt. Denn an dieser Stelle beginnt für sie eine unaufhaltsame Suche: Nach einer Zugehörigkeit, die über Generationen andauert, nach dem, was ihr Großvater hinterlassen hat, der wahren Geschichte der Zeit und dem Schlüssel, mit dem sie die rote Erde ihres Landes zu retten vermag. Ein Kampf: um den eigenen Boden unter den eigenen Füßen.Albert Gondiwindi hat sein gesamtes Leben in Prosperous verbracht, in diesem einen Haus am Ufer des Murrumby Flusses, das nun droht von einem Bauunternehmen zerstört zu werden. Er weiß, dass sein letzter Atemzug unmittelbar bevorsteht und dass noch eine letzte Aufgabe erfüllt werden muss: Die Sprache seines Volkes, seine Sprache, all die Traditionen, die ihn begleitet haben, weiterzugeben. An seine Enkeltochter, an die Nachwelt.Doch nach dem Tod von Albert ist Augusts Trauer stark, wird verstärkt durch alte Wunden, die nicht nur haften, sondern kontinuierlich aufgerissen werden: Das Aufwachsen in Armut, die Inhaftierung ihrer Mutter, das Verschwinden ihrer Schwester, der Rassismus, den sie und ihre Familie ertragen mussten, ertragen müssen. Denn nur weil der Aggressor von heute einen anderen Namen, eine andere Verkleidung trägt als damals, ist es immer noch derselbe. Und die Linien, die vom weißen Kolonialismus wieder und wieder neu gesteckt und durch das Land der Aboriginals gezogen wurden, sind immer noch dieselben.Wie zurückerobern, was einem entrissen wurde?Wie akzeptieren, dass man selbst, die eigene Familie, die Menschen, die zu einem gehören –Generationen über Generationen – denselben Kampf kämpfen müssen? Die Kontinuitäten der Ausbeutung, des Versuchs, den Menschen Land und Kultur und der Erde Ressourcen und Nahrung zu rauben, werden sichtbar, als August die Konfrontation sucht. Sie ist entschlossen und legt einen Schwur ab: ihre Familie und ihr Land zu retten. Dabei wird sie getragen von den Worten ihres Großvaters, von Namen und Erinnerungen, Verbündeten. Von Beständigkeit. Denn was ihr Großvater sich aus der Seele geschrieben hat, das Vermächtnis aller, die vor ihm da waren und die nach ihm da sein werden, das bleibt. Der Mut der Menschen, der so tief im Boden verankert ist, er bleibt. Weil nichts verschwindet. Nichts stirbt. Nur Teil von uns wird. Und August? Sie ist. Dort, wo man ihr nicht erlaubt zu sein. Und: Sie bleibt. Aus dem Englischen von Juliane Lochner