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When Words Fail Us: Truth Beyond Time
Author(s): Stan Grant (Author)
- Publisher: NewSouth
- Publication Date: May 17, 2026
- Language: English
- Print length: 128 pages
- ISBN-10: 1761170759
- ISBN-13: 9781761170751
Book Description
I am out of words at home. I have grown bored with my language; bored with my voice; bored with my writing. My words labour under Australia’ s history. The land itself, as much as I love it, bears down hard.Now, in another place, I am finding lighter words. At times, I may not need to speak at all. I smile; I nod. I seek permission to speak. Please, do you mind? Will you allow me?In an important book for our times, Stan Grant — one of Australia’ s most prominent writers about identity, nationhood and belonging — reflects on how we struggle to speak to one another today, and the importance of listening, silence and philosophy, from Plato to Simone Weil to Radiohead.
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About the Author
A proud Wiradjuri man, Stan Grant is the Vice Chancellor’ s Chair of Australian/Indigenous Belonging at Charles Sturt University. He was formerly ABC’ s Global Affairs and Indigenous Affairs Analyst. He is the award-winning and bestselling author of several books, including Talking to My Country, The Queen is Dead and Australia Day.
