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Romulus, my father

The author fled his home in his native Yugoslavia at the age of thirteen and came to Australia soon after the end of World War II. He has an extraordinary story to tell about growing up with his father amid the stony paddocks and flowing grasses of country Australia.

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  • "Romulus, my father"@it
  • "Romulus, my father"@pl

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  • "The author fled his home in his native Yugoslavia at the age of thirteen and came to Australia soon after the end of World War II. He has an extraordinary story to tell about growing up with his father amid the stony paddocks and flowing grasses of country Australia."@en
  • "The memoir of Raimond Gaita concerning his father Romulus who was an Eastern European refugee arriving in Australia following WWII. His mother was beautiful but mentally troubled and left and returned to the family on numerous occassions. The family lived on a farm in Victoria. The mother eventually kills herself, and Romulus, after being duped by a woman he was writing to in Europe and who he planned on bringing out as his new wife, goes into a downward spiral. Despite the inherent tragedy of their lives, the prevailing story is one of love and trust and honesty between father and son."@en
  • "The memoir of Raimond Gaita concerning his father Romulus who was an Eastern European refugee arriving in Australia following WWII. His mother was beautiful but mentally troubled and left and returned to the family on numerous occassions. The family lived on a farm in Victoria. The mother eventually kills herself, and Romulus, after being duped by a woman he was writing to in Europe and who he planned on bringing out as his new wife, goes into a downward spiral. Despite the inherent tragedy of their lives, the prevailing story is one of love and trust and honesty between father and son."
  • "Romulus Gaita fled his home in Yugoslavia at the age of thirteen, and came to Australia with his young wife Christina and their infant son Raimond soon after the end of World War II. Their story is one of passion, betrayal and madness, about friendship and the joy and dignity of work, about character and fate, affliction and spirituality."@en
  • ""Romulus Gaita fled his home in his native Yugoslavia at the age of thirteen, and came to Australia with his young wife Christina and their infant son Raimond soon after the end of World War II. Tragic events were to overtake the boys life, but Raimond Gaita has an extraordinary story to tell about growing up with his father amid the stony paddocks and flowing grasses of country Australia. Written simply and movingly, Romulus, My Father is about how a compassionate and honest man taught his son the meaning of living a decent life. It is about passion, betrayal and madness, about friendship and the joy and dignity of work, about character and fate, affliction and spirituality. No one will read this wonderful book without an enhanced sense of the possibilities of being alive."--Provided by publisher."@en
  • "Romulus Gaita fled his home in his native Yugoslavia at the age of thirteen. After world War II he came to Australia iwth his young wife Christine and their four-year-old son. Tragic events were to overtake them. His mother was beautiful but mentally troubled and left and returned to the family on numerous occassions. The family lived on a farm in Victoria. The mother eventually kills herself, and Romulus, after being duped by a woman he was writing to in Europe and who he planned on bringing out as his new wife, goes into a downward spiral. Despite the inherent tragedy of their lives, the prevailing story is one of love and trust and honesty between father and son."
  • "Het verhaal van het bewogen leven van een Joegoslaaf die via Duitsland naar Australië emigreerde, verteld door zijn zoon."

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  • "Fiction"@he
  • "Fiction"
  • "Electronic books"
  • "Electronic books"@en
  • "Biography"
  • "Biography"@en
  • "Powieść australijska"@pl

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  • "Romulus, my father : [screenplay]"
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  • "Romulus, mi padre"@es
  • "Romulus, mi padre"
  • "Romulus, my father"
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  • "Romulus, My Father"@en
  • "אבי, רומולוס"
  • "Avi, Romulus"
  • "Romulus, mein Vater Roman"
  • "Mój ojciec Romulus"
  • "Mój ojciec Romulus"@pl
  • "avi romulus = Romulus, my father"
  • "Romulus, mijn vader"
  • "Romulus, mio padre"
  • "Romulus, mio padre"@it
  • "Romulus, mein Vater : Roman"

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