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'This breathtaking first novel explores Leon Trotsky and his wife's years of Mexican exile in the home of Frida Kahlo and her husband Diego Rivera. Mingled with the voices of Stalin's desolate young wife and that of Trotsky himself are the tales of the lesser known who have also created history–the Mexican artist who foretells Trotsky's death; a Bolshevik engineer surviving the chill of the Stalinist regime; the bodyguard who is unable to prevent the assassination. Together, the stories reveal the panorama of Russian history, revolution, and upheaval in the twentieth century.'
Source: Publisher's blurb.
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
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The Internationalists : Australian Writers and Contemporary Greece
2019
single work
criticism
— Appears in: JASAL , vol. 19 no. 1 2019;'The expatriate Europeans, Australians, New Zealanders and Americans who lived on the Greek island of Hydra in the 1950s and ’60s were a mix of fiction writers, poets, musicians, painters, journalists and photographers. Politically, many of them would have described themselves as internationalists. George Johnston wrote his novel My Brother Jack (1964) while he and Charmian Clift lived on Hydra, and with it he said he rediscovered Australia.
'The contemporary Australian writers Susan Johnson and Meaghan Delahunt have each been inspired in their own work by the fiction and memoir of Johnston and Clift. Both Johnson and Delahunt have spent long periods of their lives as expatriates themselves, living in the UK and other parts of Europe. In spite of the achievements of Johnson and Delahunt as novelists, their writing has been largely overlooked by critics. This article examines their work in relation to expatriatism, internationalism and the politics of contemporary Europe.
'The article examines Susan Johnson’s reimagining of the lives of George Johnston and Charmian Clift in The Broken Book (2004) in 2019, 50 years after Clift’s death. It also explores Delahunt’s To the Island (2011), which is set on Naxos. The essay articulates the ways in which Johnson and Delahunt have internationalised Australian literature as a direct result of their expatriate experiences.' (Publication abstract)
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In the Red House
2001
single work
criticism
biography
— Appears in: The Age , 14 July 2001; (p. 7) -
Bits and Pieces
2001
single work
review
— Appears in: The Advertiser , 16 June 2001; (p. 19)
— Review of In the Blue House 2001 single work novel ; Agapanthus Tango 2001 single work novel -
Repercussions Through Trotsky's Blue Eyes
2001
single work
review
— Appears in: Canberra Sunday Times , 20 May 2001; (p. 55)
— Review of In the Blue House 2001 single work novel -
Tangos, Tangles, Love and Pain
2001
single work
review
— Appears in: The Age , 19 May 2001; (p. 9)
— Review of Agapanthus Tango 2001 single work novel ; In the Blue House 2001 single work novel
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Far Horizons
2001
single work
review
— Appears in: The Bulletin , 15 May vol. 119 no. 6274 2001; (p. 72-74)
— Review of Hell Has Harbour Views 2001 single work novel ; The Nether Regions 2001 single work novel ; The Architect : A Tale 2001 single work novel ; Cafe Scheherazade 2001 single work novel ; In the Blue House 2001 single work novel ; Arriving at Night 2001 single work novel ; The Correspondence Course 2001 single work novel ; The Weight of the Sun 2001 single work novel -
Seduction's in the Air in Quest for Global Money
2001
single work
review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 12-13 May 2001; (p. 12-13)
— Review of Agapanthus Tango 2001 single work novel ; In the Blue House 2001 single work novel -
Tangos, Tangles, Love and Pain
2001
single work
review
— Appears in: The Age , 19 May 2001; (p. 9)
— Review of Agapanthus Tango 2001 single work novel ; In the Blue House 2001 single work novel -
Repercussions Through Trotsky's Blue Eyes
2001
single work
review
— Appears in: Canberra Sunday Times , 20 May 2001; (p. 55)
— Review of In the Blue House 2001 single work novel -
Bits and Pieces
2001
single work
review
— Appears in: The Advertiser , 16 June 2001; (p. 19)
— Review of In the Blue House 2001 single work novel ; Agapanthus Tango 2001 single work novel -
In the Red House
2001
single work
criticism
biography
— Appears in: The Age , 14 July 2001; (p. 7) -
The Internationalists : Australian Writers and Contemporary Greece
2019
single work
criticism
— Appears in: JASAL , vol. 19 no. 1 2019;'The expatriate Europeans, Australians, New Zealanders and Americans who lived on the Greek island of Hydra in the 1950s and ’60s were a mix of fiction writers, poets, musicians, painters, journalists and photographers. Politically, many of them would have described themselves as internationalists. George Johnston wrote his novel My Brother Jack (1964) while he and Charmian Clift lived on Hydra, and with it he said he rediscovered Australia.
'The contemporary Australian writers Susan Johnson and Meaghan Delahunt have each been inspired in their own work by the fiction and memoir of Johnston and Clift. Both Johnson and Delahunt have spent long periods of their lives as expatriates themselves, living in the UK and other parts of Europe. In spite of the achievements of Johnson and Delahunt as novelists, their writing has been largely overlooked by critics. This article examines their work in relation to expatriatism, internationalism and the politics of contemporary Europe.
'The article examines Susan Johnson’s reimagining of the lives of George Johnston and Charmian Clift in The Broken Book (2004) in 2019, 50 years after Clift’s death. It also explores Delahunt’s To the Island (2011), which is set on Naxos. The essay articulates the ways in which Johnson and Delahunt have internationalised Australian literature as a direct result of their expatriate experiences.' (Publication abstract)
Awards
- 2002 shortlisted New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards — Christina Stead Prize for Fiction
- 2002 winner Commonwealth Writers Prize — South-East Asia and South Pacific — First Work of Fiction
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cMexico,cCentral America, Americas,
- ca. 1925-1953