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Title: Farewell to Robert
Author: KARALIS VRASIDAS
Format: PAPERBACK
Publication date: 01/09/2023
Imprint: BRANDL & SCHLESINGER
Price: $27.00
Publishing status: Active
Two men, Robert and Vras, met in 1993 and formed a committed relationship until Robert’s death of leukemia in May, 2022. This short book is a farewell letter to Robert, a long lamentation and a threnody, exploring the nature of their friendship, their own transformation over time and finally the unexpected event of death. In the letter, Vras unfolds the expression of grief and loss after their pledge to ‘grow old together’ didn’t eventuate.
He recollects their shared experiences and encounters while presenting a relationship which brought together affection, intimacy, eros and friendship. Without idealisation or escapism, this confessional letter pays homage to the power of human emotions and the destiny formed by the will of lovers to be together, until death tore them apart and, perhaps, beyond death
Vrasidas Karalis holds the Chair of Sir Nicholas Laurantos in Modern Greek & Byzantine Studies at the University of Sydney
ISBN: 9780645499865
Dimension: 180mm X 125mm
Edition: 01