Imperial Harvest

Bruce Pascoe

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Melbourne Books
04 June 2024

Historical fiction; Australian Fiction

Imperial Harvest is a timely book that speaks to the universal lessons of war. It addresses pertinent themes of dispossession by tracing imperialist tactics all the way back to the rise of the Khan empire in the 13th century.

Yen Se has lost everything to the Khan's brutality.

Left with one eye and one leg, he is forced out of his home village to work in the city as a horse handler. Witness to the Khan's violent crusade, their raids sweeping across Eurasia, he travels with the theatre of war, but exists outside of it; stunned every morning to find himself alive.

Yen Se moves randomly across Europe with a loose band of survivors - men who think of survival, men who think of resistance, and women who dare to dream of peace.

Whilst narrated by a male, women are at the forefront of this story; often the most active of the characters, both for their plight and for their guidance.

Imperial Harvest tells the story of war, but more importantly, of hope.

By: Bruce Pascoe
Imprint: Melbourne Books
Country of Publication: Australia
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 154mm, Spine: 19mm
Weight: 298g
ISBN: 9781922779229
ISBN 10: 1922779229
Pages: 240
Publication Date: 04 June 2024
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Forthcoming

Bruce Pascoe is a Yuin, Bunurong, and Tasmanian writer and farmer. He has published thirty-six books, including the bestselling Dark Emu, which won the NSW Premier's Award for Literature in 2016, and Young Dark Emu- A Truer History, which won the both the Booksellers Association Prize and the CBCA Non-fiction award in 2020. As a farmer, he grows Australian Aboriginal grains and tubers. He is also a Board Member of First Languages Australia, Black Duck Foods, and Twofold Aboriginal Corporation.