Carpentaria (novel)

Carpentaria
First edition cover
AuthorAlexis Wright
Cover artistRussell White
LanguageEnglish
GenreFiction
PublisherGiramondo Publishing
Publication date
2006
Publication placeAustralia
Media typePrint (paperback)
Pages519 pp
ISBN978-1-920882-17-4
OCLC85863382
823/.914 22
LC ClassPR9619.3.W67 C37 2006

Carpentaria is the second novel by the Indigenous Australian author Alexis Wright. It met with widespread critical acclaim when it was published in mid-2006, and went on to win Australia's premier literary prize, the Miles Franklin Award, in mid-2007.