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Issue Details: First known date: 1982... 1982 The Retreat of Radiance
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Notes

  • Dedication: For Margaret O'Sullivan.
  • Epigraph: '...Quinn lives alone, and rarely speaks to neighbours. Left of Centre, but not considered violent. Has had psychiatric treatment...'
    Australian Security Intelligence Organization.

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

    • Sydney, New South Wales,: Collins , 1982 .
      Extent: 324p.
      ISBN: 0002222205
    • London,
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      England,
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      United Kingdom (UK),
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      Western Europe, Europe,      :       Collins ,       1983 .
      Extent: 324p.
      ISBN: 0002227010
    • New York (City), New York (State),
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      United States of America (USA),
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      Americas,      :       Stein and Day ,       1985 .
      ISBN: 0812830202
    • Chippendale, Inner Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales,: Picador , 1991 .
      Extent: 324p.
      ISBN: 0330272330
    • Sydney, New South Wales,: Sydney University Press , 2003 .
      Extent: 297p.
      Note/s:
      • Available as print on demand at: http://dx.doi.org/10.1279/0975086073.
      ISBN: 0975086073
      Series: y separately published work icon Classic Australian Works CAW Sydney University Press (publisher), Sydney : Sydney University Press , Z1087478 2003- series - publisher

      'This collection features books that should always be available for readers and students as part of our national cultural heritage. These works retain their influence and impact, the richness and quality of their writing, and their importance as a record and reflection of Australian life and perspectives, but have disappeared from traditional publication.'

      (Source: Classic Australian Works website, http://www.sup.usyd.edu.au/projects_cal_about.html )
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Works about this Work

Covering Australia : Foreign Correspondents in Asia Robin Gerster , 1995 single work criticism
— Appears in: Rubicon , vol. 1 no. 2 1995; (p. 90-102) From a Distance : Australian Writers and Cultural Displacement 1996; (p. 117-126)
Poetry and Humour Amid Death and Degradation Penelope Nelson , 1991 single work review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 5-6 October 1991; (p. rev 6)
— Review of The Retreat of Radiance Ian Moffitt , 1982 single work novel
New Paperbacks Robin Lucas , 1991 single work review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 10 August 1991; (p. 40)
— Review of Disturbing Element Xavier Herbert , 1963 single work autobiography ; The Retreat of Radiance Ian Moffitt , 1982 single work novel
Asia and the Contemporary Australian Novel Helen Tiffin , 1984 single work criticism
— Appears in: Australian Literary Studies , October vol. 11 no. 4 1984; (p. 468-479) Discusses the growing (and shifting) interest of Australian writers in Asian cultures, religions and philosophies and gives an overview of the representation of Asia in some recent Australian novels. Argues that earlier Australian novels "saw Asia simply as an exotic background for adventure romance", whereas more recent fiction has reflected more complex attitudes towards Asia and has started to explore Asian philosophies and cultures for elements which challenge and clarify the way Australians perceive their "psychic relationship with the universe".
Atonement and Revenge Irene Wettenhall , 1983 single work review
— Appears in: The CRNLE Reviews Journal , July no. 1 1983; (p. 75-78)
— Review of The Retreat of Radiance Ian Moffitt , 1982 single work novel A novel about Australians in Asia 'in which the local and the particular are transcended in a mature novel marked by a compassionate vision of man alone in a secular world'; universal themes in a uniquely Australian context, and an indictment of the Anzac tradition and the naivety which it engenders.
Atonement and Revenge Irene Wettenhall , 1983 single work review
— Appears in: The CRNLE Reviews Journal , July no. 1 1983; (p. 75-78)
— Review of The Retreat of Radiance Ian Moffitt , 1982 single work novel A novel about Australians in Asia 'in which the local and the particular are transcended in a mature novel marked by a compassionate vision of man alone in a secular world'; universal themes in a uniquely Australian context, and an indictment of the Anzac tradition and the naivety which it engenders.
New Paperbacks Robin Lucas , 1991 single work review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 10 August 1991; (p. 40)
— Review of Disturbing Element Xavier Herbert , 1963 single work autobiography ; The Retreat of Radiance Ian Moffitt , 1982 single work novel
A Fusion of Feelings and Intrigue Jean Bedford , 1982 single work review
— Appears in: The National Times , 26 September - 2 October 1982; (p. 20)
— Review of The Retreat of Radiance Ian Moffitt , 1982 single work novel
Angst was Never so Exquisite Laurie Strachan , 1982 single work review
— Appears in: The Australian , 25-26 Setpember 1982; (p. 10)
— Review of The Retreat of Radiance Ian Moffitt , 1982 single work novel
Learned Friends George Turner , 1982 single work review
— Appears in: The Age , 9 October 1982;
— Review of The Retreat of Radiance Ian Moffitt , 1982 single work novel
From the Depths of Darkest Oz, the Writer's Writer Tom Krause (interviewer), 1982 single work criticism biography interview
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian Magazine , 25-26 September 1982; (p. 9)
Long Wait for Success Janet Hawley , 1982 single work criticism biography
— Appears in: The Age , 9 October 1982; (p. 11)
Covering Australia : Foreign Correspondents in Asia Robin Gerster , 1995 single work criticism
— Appears in: Rubicon , vol. 1 no. 2 1995; (p. 90-102) From a Distance : Australian Writers and Cultural Displacement 1996; (p. 117-126)
Ian Moffitt of the Belled Cap Brings Off a Coup Robert Drewe , 1982 single work criticism biography
— Appears in: The Bulletin , 5 October vol. 102 no. 5334 1982; (p. 42-45)
Asia and the Contemporary Australian Novel Helen Tiffin , 1984 single work criticism
— Appears in: Australian Literary Studies , October vol. 11 no. 4 1984; (p. 468-479) Discusses the growing (and shifting) interest of Australian writers in Asian cultures, religions and philosophies and gives an overview of the representation of Asia in some recent Australian novels. Argues that earlier Australian novels "saw Asia simply as an exotic background for adventure romance", whereas more recent fiction has reflected more complex attitudes towards Asia and has started to explore Asian philosophies and cultures for elements which challenge and clarify the way Australians perceive their "psychic relationship with the universe".
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