7 March 2005
The White Earth
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by Andrew McGahan
Abridged by Gail MacCallum
His father dead by fire and his mother plagued by demons of her own, William is cast upon the charity of his unknown uncle - an embittered old man living in the ruins of a once great station homestead, Kuran House, a place of decay and secret histories.
Transcript
This transcript was typed from a recording of the program. The ABC cannot guarantee its complete accuracy because of the possibility of mishearing and occasional difficulty in identifying speakers.
His uncle is obsessed by a long life of decline and by a dark quest for revival, his mother is desperate for a wealth and security she has never known, and all their hopes comes to rest upon William's young shoulders. But as the past and present of Kuran Station unravel and merge together, the price of that inheritance may prove to be the downfall of them all.
Reader: Matt Edgerton
Sound Engineer: Roi Huberman
Producer/director: Anne Wynter
The White Earth is published by Allen and Unwin
