Robert Dessaix (451 results)

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Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Winner of the Australian Literature Society Gold MedalShortlisted for the Miles Franklin Literary AwardEvery night for twenty nights in a hotel room in Venice, an Australian man recently diagnosed with an incurable disease writes a letter home to a friend. In these letters, against a rich background of earlier journeys in literature, with Dante as his imagined guide, he reflects on what it means to live a good life in the face of death.Praise for Night Letters by Robert Dessaix'Dessaix writes with great elegance, with passion, compassion and sly wit. Literally, a wonderful book.' John Banville'An absolutely unique book: intelligent, funny, rich, tender at the right moments, a plum pudding of stories, observations and discoveries.' Alberto Manguel'Night Letters is exhilarating. The goads, the teasing, the question marks fired up into the atmosphere make any passive reading of it quite impossible.' The Sydney Morning Herald.…

Paperback. Condition: Good. Winner of the Australian Literature Society Gold MedalShortlisted for the Miles Franklin Literary AwardEvery night for twenty nights in a hotel room in Venice, an Australian man recently diagnosed with an incurable disease writes a letter home to a friend. In these letters, against a rich background of earlier journeys in literature, with Dante as his imagined guide, he reflects on what it means to live a good life in the face of death.Praise for Night Letters by Robert Dessaix'Dessaix writes with great elegance, with passion, compassion and sly wit. Literally, a wonderful book.' John Banville'An absolutely unique book: intelligent, funny, rich, tender at the right moments, a plum pudding of stories, observations and discoveries.' Alberto Manguel'Night Letters is exhilarating. The goads, the teasing, the question marks fired up into the atmosphere make any passive reading of it quite impossible.' The Sydney Morning Herald.…

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Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Winner of the Australian Literature Society Gold MedalShortlisted for the Miles Franklin Literary AwardEvery night for twenty nights in a hotel room in Venice, an Australian man recently diagnosed with an incurable disease writes a letter home to a friend. In these letters, against a rich background of earlier journeys in literature, with Dante as his imagined guide, he reflects on what it means to live a good life in the face of death.Praise for Night Letters by Robert Dessaix'Dessaix writes with great elegance, with passion, compassion and sly wit. Literally, a wonderful book.' John Banville'An absolutely unique book: intelligent, funny, rich, tender at the right moments, a plum pudding of stories, observations and discoveries.' Alberto Manguel'Night Letters is exhilarating. The goads, the teasing, the question marks fired up into the atmosphere make any passive reading of it quite impossible.' The Sydney Morning Herald.…

Paperback. Condition: Good. Winner of the Australian Literature Society Gold MedalShortlisted for the Miles Franklin Literary AwardEvery night for twenty nights in a hotel room in Venice, an Australian man recently diagnosed with an incurable disease writes a letter home to a friend. In these letters, against a rich background of earlier journeys in literature, with Dante as his imagined guide, he reflects on what it means to live a good life in the face of death.Praise for Night Letters by Robert Dessaix'Dessaix writes with great elegance, with passion, compassion and sly wit. Literally, a wonderful book.' John Banville'An absolutely unique book: intelligent, funny, rich, tender at the right moments, a plum pudding of stories, observations and discoveries.' Alberto Manguel'Night Letters is exhilarating. The goads, the teasing, the question marks fired up into the atmosphere make any passive reading of it quite impossible.' The Sydney Morning Herald.…

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Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Turgenev (1818-1883) was one of Russia's most famous writers, friend of Flaubert, Dostoyevsky and Henry James, whose novels were partially responsible for the freeing of the serfs. His works include FATHERS AND SONS, A MONTH IN THE COUNTRY and SMOKE. Turgenev's private life was, perhaps, as remarkable as his public. For forty years he was passionately devoted to Pauline Viardot, a singer, following her and her husband around Europe. Yet their relationship was completely chaste - both had affairs with other people - and at various stages Turgenev lived amicably next door or upstairs from the Viardots. In fact, he described M Viardot as one of his dearest friends. What, then, did Turgenev mean by the word 'love'? Robert Dessaix learned Russian as a young man in the 1960s, and has been reading Turgenev on and off ever since. Over the course of his own forty year relationship, he has come to see Turgenev's life and work as illustrating a turning point in the history of love, as much as the history of Russia - the moment the Romantic became the Modern, the moment love became sex, and sex became a commodity. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good+. First Edition; First Printing. 1.3 x 7.2 x 4.5 Inches; 275 pages fmc2%262D.

Condition: Very Good. Pages intact with possible writing/highlighting. Binding strong with minor wear. Dust jackets/supplements may not be included. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Condition: Good. Former library copy. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Includes library markings. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

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Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. 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 surroundings and makes new friends, his own life begins to appear to him like an illuminating shadowplay of his absent host's. Set in the physical landscapes of the Greek islands, Adelaide and the suburbs of London, Robert Dessaixs second novel is about the nature of friendship, love, the ordinary and extraordinary. At its core is a perfectly placed meditation on literary landscapes Homer, Sappho, Cavafy and Chekhov and the part art can play in making our lives beautiful. The second novel from one of Australia's finest writers Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.…

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. Dust Jacket Included. A History of Post-War Soviet Writing: The Literature of Moral Opposition, Dessaix, Robert; Svirskii, Grigorii; Ulman, Michael, Ardis, 1981, 456p, xlib, hc w/dj, w/ usual stamps/markings/librarian/borrower abuse--8.50.

Hardback. Condition: Good. Together with Tolstoy and Dostoyevsky, Ivan Turgenev was one of the leading novelists of Russia's Golden Age and the first Russian writer to capture a Western audience. No less sensational than his novels was his personal life. For forty years, until the day he died, he was passionately devoted to the diva Pauline Viardot, following her and her husband around Europe and even living with them amicably at times as part of their household. What, then, did Turgenev mean by love, the word at the core of his life and work? Robert Dessaix has had his own forty-year relationship with Turgenev, first as a student of Russian in both Australia and Russia, then as a teacher, and now as what he calls a close friend. In Twilight of Love, Dessaix has come to see Turgenev's life and work as an expression of a turning point in the history of love-the moment the Romantic became rational, love unraveled into sentiment and erotic feelings, and eros became a mere commodity. In this truly remarkable work, Robert Dessaix has found the pulse that quickened Turgenev's age, but has failed in ours.…

Ny. Very Good in Good dust jacket; Hard Cover; A Wyatt Book for Sst. Martin's . Press; 1997; First American Edition. 0312169507 . Dust jacket very good in mylar wrapper, Blue hard cover, good, 275 pgs ; Ex-Library . Very Good in Good dust jacket; Hard Cover; A Wyatt Book for Sst. Martin's Press; 1997; First American Edition. …

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Full number line down to 1. Bottom corners and spine bumped and some edgewear. 1st Printing.

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