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Romulus, My Father (Paperback)

Paperback. Condición: new. Paperback. Romulus Gaita fled his home in his native Yugoslavia at the age of thirteen, and came to Australia with his young wife Christina and their infant son Raimond soon after the end of World War II. Tragic events were to overtake the boys life, but Raimond Gaita has an extraordinary story to tell about growing up with his father amid the stony paddocks and flowing grasses of country Australia.Written simply and movingly, Romulus, My Father is about how a compassionate and honest man taught his son the meaning of living a decent life. It is about passion, betrayal and madness, about friendship and the joy and dignity of work, about character and fate, affliction and spirituality. No one will read this wonderful book without an enhanced sense of the possibilities of being alive. This book won the 1998 Victorian Premier's Literary Award for Non Fiction and has been on the bestsellers list consistently since it was first published in 1998. It is a deeply moving story written by Raimond Gaita about his father, Romulus. It is about a relationship between a father and a son, and of growing up. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability. Nº de ref. del artículo: 9781876485177

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