A mother's disgrace / Robert Dessaix
- Bib ID:
- 7387407
- Format:
- Book
- Author:
- Dessaix, Robert, 1944-, author
- Description:
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- [Surry Hills, New South Wales] : Brio by Xoum Publishing, 2017
- ©1994
- 214 pages ; 21 cm
- ISBN:
- 9781925589023 (paperback)
- Summary:
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AUTOBIOGRAPHY: GENERAL. AUSTRALIAN. Shortlisted for the Association for the Study of Australian Literature Gold Medal, the Victorian Premier's Literary Awards, and highly commended for the FAW Christina Stead Award, the Age Book of the Year and the National Book Council CUB Banjo Awards. Adopted as a baby towards the end of World War II, Robert Dessaix grew up haunted by 'a shaft of silence' surrounding the question of his natural mother's identity, and of his own identity and sexuality. In this touching memoir, he recounts the story of a most unusual childhood on Sydney's North Shore, of his fascination with Russian and the years he spent studying in Cold War Moscow, and of his restless wanderings around the world. 'One of the most intelligently moving autobiographical narratives I have ever read. A book that is fascinating, engrossing ...And a book that invites challenge.' The Age 'A journey of identity by a virtuoso in language and master of narrative control ...
- Notes:
- "First published by Angus & Robertson in 1994"--Title page verso.
- Subject:
- Copyright:
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- Material type:
- Literary Dramatic Musical
- Published status:
- Published
- Publication date:
- 1994
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