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'Two men, Robert and Vras, met in 1993 and formed a committed relationship until Robert's death of leukemia in May, 2022. This short book is a farewell letter to Robert, a long lamentation and a threnody, exploring the nature of their friendship, their own transformation over time and finally the unexpected event of death. In the letter, Vras unfolds the expression of grief and loss after their pledge to 'grow old together' didn't eventuate.
'He recollects their shared experiences and encounters while presenting a relationship which brought together affection, intimacy, eros and friendship. Without idealisation or escapism, this confessional letter pays homage to the power of human emotions and the destiny formed by the will of lovers to be together, until death tore them apart and, perhaps, beyond death.' (Publication summary)
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Farewell to Robert Vrasidas Karalis
2023
single work
review
— Appears in: Kalliope X , Summer no. 5 2023;
— Review of Farewell to Robert 2023 single work correspondence'How does one bestow words upon sorrow? In which language can one speak to the dead? There are key questions raised by Vrasidas Karalis in his elegiac Farewell to Robert, an outpouring of grief at the loss of his partner of twenty-nine years, Robert Meader:..' (Introduction)
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Farewell to Robert Vrasidas Karalis
2023
single work
review
— Appears in: Kalliope X , Summer no. 5 2023;
— Review of Farewell to Robert 2023 single work correspondence'How does one bestow words upon sorrow? In which language can one speak to the dead? There are key questions raised by Vrasidas Karalis in his elegiac Farewell to Robert, an outpouring of grief at the loss of his partner of twenty-nine years, Robert Meader:..' (Introduction)
