As Gemmy wrestles with his own identity, the community of settlers struggle to deal with their fear of the unknown.
When white settlers reach the area, he attempts to move back in the world of Europeans. Its themes evolve into a greater narrative of an English boy, Gemmy Fairley, who is marooned on a foreign land and is raised by a group of aborigines, natives to the land in Queensland. The novel covers themes of isolation, language, relationships (particularly those between men), community and living on the edge (of society, consciousness, culture). It won the inaugural International Dublin Literary Award and was shortlisted for the Booker Prize and the Miles Franklin Award.
Remembering Babylon is a book by David Malouf, published in 1993.
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