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10 52 y separately published work icon The Spare Room Helen Garner , ( trans. Unknown with title Quarto de Hóspedes ) Portugal : Oceanos , 2009 Z1457068 2008 single work novel (taught in 10 units) 'Helen lives in Melbourne, and her friend Nicola flies down from Sydney for a three-week visit. She will sleep in Helen's house, in her lovingly prepared spare room. This is no ordinary visit. Nicola has advanced cancer and is seeking alternative treatment from a clinic in Helen's city. From the moment Nicola steps off the plane, gaunt, staggering like a crone, her voice hoarse but still with something grand about her, Helen becomes her nurse, her protector, her guardian angel and her stony judge.' (Publisher's blurb)
4 16 y separately published work icon Twilight of Love : Travels with Turgenev Robert Dessaix , ( trans. José Vieira de Lima with title O crepúsculo do amor : viagens com Turguéniev ) Lisbon : Oceanos , 2007 Z1137193 2004 single work prose travel Dessaix explores the life of Russian novelist Ivan Turgenev, particularly his relationship with the opera singer Pauline Viardot and her husband. Intrinsic to this exploration is Dessaix's journey to each of the houses where Turgenev and the Viardots lived. Within the narrative Dessaix intersperses his own reflections on the nature and meaning of life, including his understanding of the soul.
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