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Issue Details: First known date: 2023... 2023 George Orwell’s Elephant and Other Essays
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'In his new collection of essays Subhash Jaireth traverses the globe in an exploration of the personal and collective memory held within natural and built landscapes.

'His roving curiosity takes us from his early life in Delhi to his years as a student in Soviet-era Moscow. We travel to Burma with George Orwell and battle windmills in Spain with Don Quixote. Jaireth walks us through the landscapes around Uluru, Canberra and Sydney with the sharp gaze of a geologist and the imagination of a poet. We follow the roots of an old banksia tree in his garden, the traces left by ancient rivers and seas, and stories passed down from time immemorial.

'In George Orwell’s Elephant & Other Essays, Jaireth draws his life’s emotional map right on the soil under his feet, and in the process unearths narratives, characters and places that leave us aware of the layers of memory and meaning that shimmer all around us.' (Publication summary)

Contents

* Contents derived from the Elizabeth Bay, Kings Cross area, Inner Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales,:Gazebo Books , 2023 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
With Head and Heart to the Rock (Uluru), Subhash Jaireth , single work essay
Like a Stranger in Delhi, Subhash Jaireth , single work essay
Not so Quiet Flows the Molonglo, Subhash Jaireth , single work essay
The Windmills of Miguel Cervantes, Subhash Jaireth , single work essay
The Dead Bridge of Sunil Sandhani, Subhash Jaireth , single work essay
Iosif Stalin's Metro, Subhash Jaireth , single work essay
The Old Banksia in Our Garden, Subhash Jaireth , single work essay

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

    • Elizabeth Bay, Kings Cross area, Inner Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales,: Gazebo Books , 2023 .
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      Extent: 310p.
      Note/s:
      • Publication date 30 November 2023

      ISBN: 9780645633795

Works about this Work

Bridge Over Nothing : Reflections of an Understated Narrator Theodore Ell , 2024 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , August no. 467 2024; (p. 63)

— Review of George Orwell’s Elephant and Other Essays Subhash Jaireth , 2023 selected work essay

'Subhash Jaireth is both a writer and a geologist. This collection of essays draws inspiration from the international roaming his geological work has involved. Most of the essays explore memories of the Soviet Union, where he studied, or ancient landscapes in Australia, where he has lived and worked since the 1980s, with personal detours to India and Spain.'  (Introduction)

Bridge Over Nothing : Reflections of an Understated Narrator Theodore Ell , 2024 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , August no. 467 2024; (p. 63)

— Review of George Orwell’s Elephant and Other Essays Subhash Jaireth , 2023 selected work essay

'Subhash Jaireth is both a writer and a geologist. This collection of essays draws inspiration from the international roaming his geological work has involved. Most of the essays explore memories of the Soviet Union, where he studied, or ancient landscapes in Australia, where he has lived and worked since the 1980s, with personal detours to India and Spain.'  (Introduction)

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