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A Mother's Disgrace by Robert Dessaix
Category: Biography | Series: A&R Classics Ser.
The frank and intimate journey of self-discovery by author, critic and arts commentator Robert Dessaix. Confronting, revealing and candid, the book traces his life from adoption towards the end of World War II, to a most unusual childhood on Sydney's North Shore, to his fascination with Russia and his t ...Show more
A Mother's Disgrace by Robert Dessaix
Category: Biography
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, ...Show more
Abracadabra by Robert Dessaix
Category: Languages and Reference
'The first time around these pieces were not widely heard or read. A roomful of festival-goers in Sydney or Penang or Ballarat could well have heard me hold forth on the subject of Enid Blyton, say, or kissing, it’s true, and a few of my newspaper articles – my feuilletons, as I’m calling them – may hav ...Show more
And So Forth by Robert Dessaix
Category: Poetry, Short Stories & Essays SPECIALS
In this selection of his short fiction, essays and journalism from the last decade Dessaix offers insights into the many selves at play behind the mask of well-known broadcaster and author of Night Letters. Paperback 0330362070 $19.95.
Arabesques by Robert Dessaix
Category: Biography
Featuring meditations and conversations with fellow travellers on such diverse subjects as why we travel, growing old, illicit passions, and the essence of Protestantism - and illustrated with over 100 stunning illustrations and photos Arabesques is Robert Dessaix and travel memoir at their absolute fin ...Show more
Arabesques: A Tale of Double Lives by Robert Dessaix
Category: Biography
One Sunday afternoon in a secluded valley in Normandy, Robert Dessaix chanced upon the castle where the 20th-century French writer Andre Gide spent his childhood. Recalling the excitement he felt when he first read Gide as a teenager, Dessaix sets off to recapture what it was that once drew him so stron ...Show more
Arabesques: A Tale of Double Lives - SIGNED by Robert Dessaix
Category: Biography
One Sunday afternoon in a secluded valley in Normandy, Robert Dessaix chanced upon the castle where the famous French writer Andre Gide spent his childhood. Recalling the excitement Robert felt when he first read Gide as a teenager, he set off to recapture what it was that once drew him so strongly to t ...Show more
Arabesques: A tale of double lives by Robert Dessaix
Category: Fiction
One Sunday afternoon in a secluded valley in Normandy, France, Robert Dessaix chanced upon the castle where the famous French writer Andre Gide spent his childhood. Recalling the excitement Robert felt when he first read Gide as a teenager, he set off to recapture what it was that once drew him so stron ...Show more
As I Was Saying - A Collection of Musings by Robert Dessaix
Category: Languages and Reference
AS I WAS SAYING is a swirling conversation with the reader on everything from travel to dogs and cats, from sport and swearing to the pleasures of idleness. Punctuated at regular intervals by talks Dessaix has given on a wide range of subjects, as well as by some of his most incisive journalism, the con ...Show more
Corfu by Robert Dessaix
Category: Biography
House in Gastouri for rent for 2 mths. Occupant travelling. Reasonable rent. In a village on the island of Corfu, alone in the cottage of a man hes never met, a young Australian actor pieces together the strange life story of the Australian writer whose house hes living in. As he explores his surroundi ...Show more