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'In My Reading Life, a personal investigation into the nature of democracy, dictatorship, decency and the hardwired human condition, Bob Carr shares his profound love of books and reading - books you've never heard of, books you've always wanted to read, books you will rediscover afresh. Here are the essential clues to devouring Tolstoy, Proust, Flaubert, Solzhenitsyn and the Epic of Gilgamesh.
'From the social comedies of Anthony Powell and Patrick White and the tragedies of Sophocles and Shakespeare, to the twentieth century's darkest moment - Auschwitz - powerfully recounted by Primo Levi in If This Is a Man, Carr invites us to discover the most important testaments to the highs and lows of human nature. He discovers, through his great love of the written word, that decency can survive the greatest tests, giving us all cause for hope.' (Publisher's blurb)
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Dedication: To Helena, my co-conspirator.
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Untitled
2008
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— Appears in: InCite , July vol. 29 no. 7 2008; (p. 22)
— Review of My Reading Life : Adventures in the World of Books 2008 single work autobiography -
Western Love Affair
2008
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— Appears in: Australian Book Review , July-August no. 303 2008; (p. 37-38)
— Review of My Reading Life : Adventures in the World of Books 2008 single work autobiography -
Master of All He Surveys
2008
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— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 28-29 June 2008; (p. 40)
— Review of My Reading Life : Adventures in the World of Books 2008 single work autobiography -
A Generous Book of Vanity
2008
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— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 24-25 May 2008; (p. 32)
— Review of My Reading Life : Adventures in the World of Books 2008 single work autobiography -
The Power and Passion
2008
single work
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— Appears in: The Age , 24 May 2008; (p. 22)
— Review of My Reading Life : Adventures in the World of Books 2008 single work autobiography
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Untitled
2008
single work
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— Appears in: Bookseller + Publisher Magazine , April/May vol. 87 no. 8 2008; (p. 37)
— Review of My Reading Life : Adventures in the World of Books 2008 single work autobiography -
Reasons We Must Read
2008
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— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 3 - 4 May 2008; (p. 27)
— Review of My Reading Life : Adventures in the World of Books 2008 single work autobiography -
Pleasing Paths in Carr's Journey
2008
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— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 10 May 2008; (p. 17)
— Review of My Reading Life : Adventures in the World of Books 2008 single work autobiography -
The Power and Passion
2008
single work
review
— Appears in: The Age , 24 May 2008; (p. 22)
— Review of My Reading Life : Adventures in the World of Books 2008 single work autobiography -
A Generous Book of Vanity
2008
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 24-25 May 2008; (p. 32)
— Review of My Reading Life : Adventures in the World of Books 2008 single work autobiography -
Lopsided Lover of Literature
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— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 26-27 April 2008; (p. 6-7) -
A Premier's Challenge
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— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 3-4 May 2008; (p. 26-27) -
The World According to Bob
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— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 3 May 2008; (p. 10) -
Loading the Canon
2008
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— Appears in: The Australian Literary Review , May vol. 3 no. 4 2008; (p. 21)