Margo Lanagan’s short story Singing my Sister down (2004) from Black Juice is a story set in fictional world which tells the tale of a young boy watching his sister Ikky, sink slowly into a tar-pit, publicly, as a form of punishment due to her potentially killing her husband, commanded by Chief Barnarndra. It becomes an intimate moment as her family tries to make her punishment of death peaceful and beautiful, not only for Ikky, but for themselves. The main themes and concepts found within the text are death, family, tribalism and the aspect of sitting by a dying person.
The text was overall highly enjoyable. It was easy to read the text, although I needed to read it a couple of times to completely understand what was happening. I was fond
The text was overall highly enjoyable. It was easy to read the text, although I needed to read it a couple of times to completely understand what was happening. I was fond