Editura de Stat Pentru Literatura si Arta Editura de Stat Pentru Literatura si Arta i(A69929 works by) (Organisation) assertion
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11 16 y separately published work icon Golden Miles Katharine Susannah Prichard , ( trans. Josef Pospisil with title Zlate mile ) Prague : Svoboda , 1948 Z922247 1948 single work novel historical fiction
1 y separately published work icon Cum s-a indragostit Joe Wilson Henry Lawson , ( trans. Ada Steinberg et. al. )agent)expression Bucharest : Editura de Stat Pentru Literatura si Arta , 1955 Z1216518 1955 selected work short story
15 101 y separately published work icon Power Without Glory : A Novel in Three Parts Frank Hardy , Melbourne : Realist Printing and Publishing Company , 1950 Z512009 1950 single work novel (taught in 5 units)

'This is a tale of corruption stretching from street corner SP bookmaking to the most influential men in the land - and the terrible personal cost of the power such corruption brings. John West rose from a Melbourne slum to dominate Australian politics with bribery, brutality and fear. His attractive wife and their children turned away from him in horror. Friends dropped away. At the peak of his power, surrounded by bootlickers, West faced a hate-filled nation - and the terrible loneliness of his life. Was John West a real figure? For months during the post-war years, an Australian court heard evidence in a sensational libel action brought by businessman John Wren's wife. After a national uproar which rocked the very foundations of the Commonwealth, Frank Hardy was acquitted. This is the novel which provoked such intense uproar and debate across the nation. The questions it poses remain unanswered…' (Publication summary)
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