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'THE PAST also presses hard on the present in Morris Lurie's Flying Home [...] where one is invited to follow the spiritual journey of Leo Axelrod as he lays to rest the ghosts of his ancestors on a trip through Europe. Lurie deftly and occasionally amusingly conveys Leo's superficiality and a moodiness that too often affects the young woman who has accepted his impulsive invitation to take off for Greece with him.
'It is only when Leo abandons her and seeks his roots in Israel, also exorcising some of his emotional hang ups, that he is ready to truly live; but not before he undergoes a rather hilariously described guided bus tour where he gains an almost heroic stature.'
Source:
Sen, Veronica. 'Wizardry of Oz Evident in Tale of Pain', Canberra Times, 17 May 1992, p.25.
Notes
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Dedication: To A.C.E., with love.
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Other Formats
- Also braille, sound recording.
Works about this Work
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Paperbacks
1992
single work
review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 17 May 1992; (p. 25)
— Review of Flying Home : A Novel 1978 single work novel ; Feral City 1992 single work novel -
Painter's Odyssey
1992
single work
review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 11-12 April 1992; (p. rev 6)
— Review of Flying Home : A Novel 1978 single work novel -
New Paperbacks
1992
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 18 April 1992; (p. 29)
— Review of Flying Home : A Novel 1978 single work novel ; Flying Hero Class 1991 single work novel -
Desperate Search for Contentment
1992
single work
review
— Appears in: The Newcastle Herald , 25 April 1992; (p. 44)
— Review of Flying Home : A Novel 1978 single work novel -
Untitled
1989
single work
review
— Appears in: The Good Reading Guide 1989; (p. 177)
— Review of Flying Home : A Novel 1978 single work novel
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Ghosts! Who Needs Them?
1978
single work
review
— Appears in: Quadrant , September vol. 22 no. 9 1978; (p. 76-77)
— Review of Flying Home : A Novel 1978 single work novel -
Untitled
1979
single work
review
— Appears in: Nation Review , 22-28 June 1979; (p. 15)
— Review of Flying Home : A Novel 1978 single work novel -
Untitled
1979
single work
review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 15 July 1979; (p. 12)
— Review of Flying Home : A Novel 1978 single work novel -
Untitled
1979
single work
review
— Appears in: The National Times , 20 May 1979; (p. 32)
— Review of Flying Home : A Novel 1978 single work novel -
Untitled
1979
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 22 April 1979; (p. 16)
— Review of Flying Home : A Novel 1978 single work novel -
Morris Lurie: The Humor of Survival
1982
single work
criticism
biography
— Appears in: Overland , October no. 89 1982; (p. 24-28) -
A National Literature
1983
single work
criticism
— Appears in: The Bulletin (Literary Supplement) , 5 July vol. 103 no. 5372 1983; (p. 60,62) -
This World, The Next, And Australia - The Emergence of a Literary Commonplace
1984
single work
— Appears in: Southerly , September vol. 44 no. 3 1984; (p. 251-270)
Awards
- 1978 highly commended National Book Council Award for Australian Literature
- Europe,
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cIsrael,cMiddle East, Asia,
- Melbourne, Victoria,
