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The Land I Came Through Last

Robert Gray

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English
Giramondo Publishing
22 August 2008
The title of Robert Gray's autobiography is drawn from a poem by the famous Australian poet Christopher Brennan, 'The land I came thro' last was dumb with night / a limbo of defeated glory, a ghost'. There is more glory than defeat in this work, though, the memoir of a writer who is, in turn, one of Australia's best-known living poets. Although Gray is necessarily present throughout, the personal element is subdued

it is on others that the focus always falls, and on his parents most of all. Their struggle with defeatedexpectation and finally with old age closes the book. The Land I Came Through Last is ultimately a tribute to their strengths and weaknesses, and their very different personalities.
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Imprint:   Giramondo Publishing
Country of Publication:   Australia
Edition:   illustrated edition
Dimensions:   Height: 235mm,  Width: 153mm,  Spine: 240mm
ISBN:   9781920882358
ISBN 10:   1920882359
Pages:   436
Publication Date:  
Audience:   General/trade ,  College/higher education ,  ELT Advanced ,  Primary
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
  • Short-listed for NSW Premier's Literary Award Douglas Stewart Prize for Non-Fiction 2009
  • Shortlisted for NSW Premier's Literary Award Douglas Stewart Prize for Non-Fiction 2009.

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