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'The Remnants is an intricate and deeply philosophical novel about translation between languages, cultures and, ultimately, the translation of the father into the son.
'A manuscript written by an Australian art historian is discovered by his son. Claiming to have found a series of lost paintings by Piero della Francesca in Arezzo, the father's manuscript moves between Renaissance Italy and post-Revolutionary Russia.
'At its core is the relationship the father has with an ageing Russian émigrée who, haunted by the ghost of her murdered son, claims to have nursed the poet Osip Mandelstam in his final days. The remnants of the father's manuscripts, notebooks and diaries are brought together through the son's commentary.' (From the publisher's website.)
Notes
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Dedication: For my parents
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Epigraph:
es sind
noch Lieder zu singen jenseits
der Menschen
There are still songs to be sung on the other side
of mankind
–Paul Celan
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Works about this Work
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'Dostoyevsky Understood Newcastle!' : Reading John Hughes's Citational Autobiographies
2013
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Scenes of Reading : Is Australian Literature a World Literature? 2013; (p. 168-177) -
[Untitled]
2013
single work
review
— Appears in: Transnational Literature , May vol. 5 no. 2 2013;
— Review of The Remnants 2012 single work novel -
Best in Print
2012
single work
column
— Appears in: The Advertiser , 15 December 2012; (p. 30) -
Fiction
2012
single work
review
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 11 - 12 August 2012; (p. 22)
— Review of The Remnants 2012 single work novel -
Well Read
2012
single work
review
— Appears in: The Advertiser , 7 July 2012; (p. 23)
— Review of A History of Books 2012 selected work short story ; The Remnants 2012 single work novel
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Untitled
2012
single work
review
— Appears in: Bookseller + Publisher Magazine , April/May vol. 91 no. 8 2012; (p. 24)
— Review of The Remnants 2012 single work novel -
Mining Rich Layers of Ideas
2012
single work
review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 16 June 2012; (p. 21)
— Review of The Remnants 2012 single work novel -
All that Remains Is the Truth
2012
single work
review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 30 June - 1 July 2012; (p. 18-19)
— Review of The Remnants 2012 single work novel -
Risks in Erudition
2012
single work
review
— Appears in: The Saturday Age , 30 June 2012; (p. 27) The Sydney Morning Herald , 30 June-1 July 2012; (p. 34)
— Review of The Remnants 2012 single work novel -
Lucidities
2012
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , July-August no. 343 2012; (p. 42-43)
— Review of The Remnants 2012 single work novel -
Best in Print
2012
single work
column
— Appears in: The Advertiser , 15 December 2012; (p. 30) -
'Dostoyevsky Understood Newcastle!' : Reading John Hughes's Citational Autobiographies
2013
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Scenes of Reading : Is Australian Literature a World Literature? 2013; (p. 168-177)
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cRussia,ccFormer Soviet Union,cEastern Europe, Europe,
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cItaly,cWestern Europe, Europe,
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cAustralia,c