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Mutant Message Down Under by Marlo Morgan
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Mutant Message Down Under

by Marlo Morgan

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I first read this in an edition that claimed it actually happened; and that she was a Ph.D., inferred she was a doctor and an anthropologist. The stories about it all being made up came out after I had finished the book, and made me feel like I had been scammed. Since then she has had a lot of anger from Aboriginals in Australia who deeply resent her misrepresentation of them and their beliefs and way of life. She seems totally uncaring of the truth, of respecting the people she writes about, and apparently, she's made a mint and a career from this book. I reread it for a book discussion group, but felt real anger and sadness while doing so. I love fiction, but think there should be some element of truth, truthfulness, honesty in fiction. We'll probably have a pretty hot discussion in our reading group over this book and its author! ( )
1 vote MarthaHuntley | Jul 30, 2009 |
A writer lives with a tribe of aboriginals for a while, learns much about their way of survival, but also about their philosophy for living. ( )
  kdebros | Apr 19, 2009 |
Okudum begendim
  humeyra | Mar 19, 2009 |
Knew this was a controversial book when I got it but I never expected to see something like this

"Great!" I thought to myself. "I've spent seven hundred dollars on airfare, hotel room, and now new clothes for this introduction to native Australians, and now I found out they can't even speak English, let alone recognize current fashions."

Not to mention the general antagonistic tone of the author's note. Didn't finish it and I don't intend to, but not sure what I'm going to do with it since I don't feel comfortable wild releasing it. ( )
  skinglist | Jan 6, 2009 |
Imprescindible ( )
  Angels | Sep 8, 2008 |
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Marlo Morgan krijgt een unieke kans een buitengewone reis te maken - waarmee een levenslange wens uitkomt. Alleen...de reis verloopt anders dan ze zich had voorgesteld, want zelfs het meest elementaire comfort ontbreekt volledig! Ze gaat in op wat een onschuldige uitnodiging voor een feestlunch leek te zijn, maar wat uitmondt in een trektocht van drie maanden op blote voeten door het meest ongenaakbare deel van Australië.

Met een groep van zo'n zestig aboriginals (oorspronkelijke bewoners van het Australische continent) gaat Marlo op 'walkabout', een trektocht zonder een van tevoren vastgesteld doel en zonder tijdslimiet. Al haar aardse bezittingen moet ze afgeven. Als bescherming tegen de brandende zon krijgt ze niet meer dan een simpele lap om zich heen. De voeding bestaat voornamelijk uit larven, rupsen en andere insekten. Ondanks haar onervarenheid wordt ze na een paar weken aangewezen als leidster van de groep. Prompt moet de groep, die zonder bagage reist, het dagenlang zonder voedsel en zonder water stellen...

De aboriginals beschouwen zichzelf als de oermensen en zien westerlingen als afwijkingen, 'mutanten'. Marlo ontdekt tijdens de tocht dat deze benaming heel toepasselijk is. Ook begint ze te begrijpen waarom de aboriginals bewust niet in de westerse samenleving willen integreren. Ze krijgt van deze fascinerende en zwijgzame mensen een ontroerende en inspirerende boodschap mee. Voor alle 'mutanten'...

Amazon.com Product Description (ISBN 0060723513, Paperback)

Mutant Message Down Under is the fictional account of an American woman's spiritual odyssey through outback Australia. An underground bestseller in its original self-published edition, Marlo Morgan's powerful tale of challenge and endurance has a message for us all.

Summoned by a remote tribe of nomadic Aborigines to accompany them on walkabout, the woman makes a four-month-long journey and learns how they thrive in natural harmony with the plants and animals that exist in the rugged lands of Australia's bush. From the first day of her adventure, Morgan is challenged by the physical requirements of the journey—she faces daily tests of her endurance, challenges that ultimately contribute to her personal transformation.

By traveling with this extraordinary community, Morgan becomes a witness to their essential way of being in a world based on the ancient wisdom and philosophy of a culture that is more than 50,000 years old.

(retrieved from Amazon Fri, 24 Apr 2009 07:58:03 -0400)

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