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'In Sea of Many Returns, master storyteller Arnold Zable delivers a cavalcade of stories, characters and places. He takes us to the island of Ithaca, the Ionian Sea, Kalgoorlie and Melbourne, as well as Port Said, the Black Sea and Danube River ports. The stories are told by Mentor, an Ithacan who arrives in Kalgoorlie in 1916 as a young man, and by his Melbourne-born granddaughter, Xanthe. Through them we meet many people and hear their stories, spanning more than a century. Like Homer's Odysseus, they left Ithaca to journey to distant places. We follow the lives of two brothers, who, as teenagers in the 1930s, build a boat and ferry freight and passengers across the Ionian Sea until one brother leaves for Australia. We meet Antonios Lekatsas and learn of his partnership with architect Walter Burley Griffin to design some of Melbourne's most creative buildings. And we hear the stories of the women who waited on Ithaca while their men sought fortune in Australia. Sea of Many Returns is a moving novel exploring the immigrant experience and our connection with place.' (Production summary)
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Other Formats
- Sound recording.
Works about this Work
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Pain of Home-Longing
2008
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , September no. 304 2008; (p. 19)
— Review of Sea of Many Returns 2008 single work novel -
In Short : Fiction
2008
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 12-13 July 2008; (p. 30)
— Review of Sea of Many Returns 2008 single work novel ; Musk and Byrne 2008 single work novel -
An Author Left Chasing His Tale
2008
single work
biography
— Appears in: The Age , 5 July 2008; (p. 10) -
Personal Truths in a Traveller's Tales
2008
single work
review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 28-29 June 2008; (p. 11)
— Review of Sea of Many Returns 2008 single work novel -
Power in Echoing Places
2008
single work
review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 7 June 2008; (p. 13)
— Review of Sea of Many Returns 2008 single work novel
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Power in Echoing Places
2008
single work
review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 7 June 2008; (p. 13)
— Review of Sea of Many Returns 2008 single work novel -
Personal Truths in a Traveller's Tales
2008
single work
review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 28-29 June 2008; (p. 11)
— Review of Sea of Many Returns 2008 single work novel -
In Short : Fiction
2008
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 12-13 July 2008; (p. 30)
— Review of Sea of Many Returns 2008 single work novel ; Musk and Byrne 2008 single work novel -
Pain of Home-Longing
2008
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , September no. 304 2008; (p. 19)
— Review of Sea of Many Returns 2008 single work novel -
An Author Left Chasing His Tale
2008
single work
biography
— Appears in: The Age , 5 July 2008; (p. 10)
Awards
- 2010 longlisted International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award
Last amended 16 Aug 2021 08:53:13
Settings:
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Ithaca,
Greek islands,
cGreece,cWestern Europe, Europe,
- Kalgoorlie, Goldfields area, Southeast Western Australia, Western Australia,
- Melbourne, Victoria,
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