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Issue Details: First known date: 1989... 1989 Smyrna : A Novel
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'In 1922, the great Mediterranean seaport of Smyrna is ablaze: the Greeks are forced from Asia Minor in defeat. Among the refugees is Theo Tekaros, whose long journey ends in Australia. 'I was a lost soul; you'd better believe it. . .' He meets Trixie at a wartime dance, and falls in love.

'Sixty years later, their son Harry, a radio journalist deserted by his wife, heads back to Greece and Turkey in search of his father's beginnings, the past. A perpetual beginner, he is captivated by two women: an elderly bookseller in Constantinople and a Greek theatre actress. Like a latter-day Ulysses blown miles off course, Harry falls in love too. But the fabric of truth is delicate, he discovers, and mysteries abound on this planet of possibilities.' (Publication summary)

Notes

  • Dedication: For my brother Jim, with love.

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

    • Ringwood, Ringwood - Croydon - Kilsyth area, Melbourne - East, Melbourne, Victoria,: Penguin , 1989 .
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      Extent: 300p.
      Description: illus., map
      ISBN: 0140124365 (pbk.)
Alternative title: Smyrne
Language: Greek
    • Athens,
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      Greece,
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      Western Europe, Europe,
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      Odysseas ,
      2003 .
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      Extent: 327p.
      ISBN: 9602104562

Works about this Work

Greek Misfits and Uneasy Relations Neil James , 1990 single work review
— Appears in: Southerly , June vol. 50 no. 2 1990; (p. 261-262)

— Review of Smyrna : A Novel Tony Maniaty , 1989 single work novel
About Books Marion Halligan , 1990 single work review
— Appears in: National Library of Australia News , October vol. 1 no. 1 1990; (p. 8-11)

— Review of The Kadaitcha Sung Sam Watson , 1990 single work novel ; Reaching Tin River Thea Astley , 1990 single work novel ; Sheep and the Diva : Stories David Brooks , 1990 selected work short story ; The Mighty World of Eye : Stories, Anti-Stories David Parker , 1990 selected work short story criticism ; Isobars Janette Turner Hospital , 1990 selected work short story ; Charades Janette Turner Hospital , 1988 single work novel ; The Great World David Malouf , 1990 single work novel ; Flying Lessons Susan Johnson , 1990 single work novel ; Invisible Histories Geoff Page , 1989 selected work short story poetry biography ; Marriages Amy Witting , 1990 selected work short story ; Ingelba and the Five Black Matriarchs 1990 single work life story ; The Story of the Year of 1912 in the Village of Elza Darzins : A Novel Thea Welsh , 1990 single work novel ; A Body of Water : A Year's Notebook Beverley Farmer , 1990 selected work autobiography short story poetry diary ; Smyrna : A Novel Tony Maniaty , 1989 single work novel
The Graces, the Furies and Harry Vashti Farrer , 1989 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , December-January no. 117 1989-1990; (p. 34-35)

— Review of Smyrna : A Novel Tony Maniaty , 1989 single work novel
Travel Book Lurking in a Sad Novel Alan Wearne , 1989 single work review
— Appears in: The Age , 9 December 1989; (p. 10)

— Review of Smyrna : A Novel Tony Maniaty , 1989 single work novel
The Perils of Publishing Jane Freeman , 1989 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Bookseller & Publisher , September vol. 69 no. 997 1989; (p. 24)

— Review of Smyrna : A Novel Tony Maniaty , 1989 single work novel
About Books Marion Halligan , 1990 single work review
— Appears in: National Library of Australia News , October vol. 1 no. 1 1990; (p. 8-11)

— Review of The Kadaitcha Sung Sam Watson , 1990 single work novel ; Reaching Tin River Thea Astley , 1990 single work novel ; Sheep and the Diva : Stories David Brooks , 1990 selected work short story ; The Mighty World of Eye : Stories, Anti-Stories David Parker , 1990 selected work short story criticism ; Isobars Janette Turner Hospital , 1990 selected work short story ; Charades Janette Turner Hospital , 1988 single work novel ; The Great World David Malouf , 1990 single work novel ; Flying Lessons Susan Johnson , 1990 single work novel ; Invisible Histories Geoff Page , 1989 selected work short story poetry biography ; Marriages Amy Witting , 1990 selected work short story ; Ingelba and the Five Black Matriarchs 1990 single work life story ; The Story of the Year of 1912 in the Village of Elza Darzins : A Novel Thea Welsh , 1990 single work novel ; A Body of Water : A Year's Notebook Beverley Farmer , 1990 selected work autobiography short story poetry diary ; Smyrna : A Novel Tony Maniaty , 1989 single work novel
The Perils of Publishing Jane Freeman , 1989 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Bookseller & Publisher , September vol. 69 no. 997 1989; (p. 24)

— Review of Smyrna : A Novel Tony Maniaty , 1989 single work novel
Travel Book Lurking in a Sad Novel Alan Wearne , 1989 single work review
— Appears in: The Age , 9 December 1989; (p. 10)

— Review of Smyrna : A Novel Tony Maniaty , 1989 single work novel
The Graces, the Furies and Harry Vashti Farrer , 1989 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , December-January no. 117 1989-1990; (p. 34-35)

— Review of Smyrna : A Novel Tony Maniaty , 1989 single work novel
Greek Misfits and Uneasy Relations Neil James , 1990 single work review
— Appears in: Southerly , June vol. 50 no. 2 1990; (p. 261-262)

— Review of Smyrna : A Novel Tony Maniaty , 1989 single work novel
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Subjects:
  • Urban,
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    Greece,
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    Western Europe, Europe,
  • Brisbane, Queensland,
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    Turkey,
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    Middle East, Asia,
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