For the adventurous, there's sky diving and four - wheel driving in the remote backlands, and the surfing here is sensational. (wikiaustralia.com)
In the wake of Marlon James's Man Booker Prize — winning A Brief History of Seven Killings, Augustown - set in the backlands of Jamaica - is a magical and haunting novel of one woman's struggle to rise above the brutal vicissitudes of history, race, class, collective memory, violence, and myth. (bookbrowse.com)
Hundreds of Brazilian women share Maria's story: going from the backlands of Brazil to the big city and then traveling abroad to work as prostitutes. (bookbrowse.com)