Farewell to Robert, 9780645499865
Paperback
A love story cut short: grief, friendship, and love’s enduring power.

Farewell to Robert

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  • Paperback

    144 pages

  • Release Date

    31 August 2023

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Summary

Farewell, My Love: A Threnody

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.

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Book Details

ISBN-13:9780645499865
ISBN-10:0645499862
Author:Vrasidas Karalis
Publisher:Brandl & Schlesinger Pty Ltd
Imprint:Brandl & Schlesinger Pty Ltd
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:144
Release Date:31 August 2023
Weight:150g
Dimensions:180mm x 125mm
About The Author

Vrasidas Karalis

Vrasidas Karalis holds the Chair of Sir Nicholas Laurantos in Modern Greek and Byzantine Studies at the University of Sydney. He has translated Patrick White’s Voss and The Vivisector, as well as Michael Dransfield’s poems into Greek. His main publications in English include, A History of Greek Cinema (Continuum 2012), Realism in Greek Cinema (I.B. Tauris, 2017), The Cinematic Language of Theo Angelopoulos (Berhghan Press, 2021), Theo Angelopoulos: Film maker and Philosopher (Palgrave, 2023), Recollections of Mr Manoly Lascaris (Brandl & Schlesinger, 2007), The Demons of Athens (Brandl & Schlesinger, 2013), Reflections on Presence (re.Press, 2016) and The Glebe Point Road Blues (Brandl & Schlesinger, 2021). He has also edited volumes on Martin Heidegger, Hannah Arendt and Cornelius Castoriadis.

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