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y separately published work icon As I Was Saying selected work   essay   autobiography   prose  
Issue Details: First known date: 2012... 2012 As I Was Saying
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Contents

* Contents derived from the North Sydney, North Sydney - Lane Cove area, Sydney Northern Suburbs, Sydney, New South Wales,:Random House Australia , 2012 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
On Noise and Silence, Robert Dessaix , single work prose (p. 9-24)
On the Nose, Robert Dessaix , single work prose (p. 25-32)
Conversation, Robert Dessaix , single work prose (p. 33-43)
Note: The version published in As I Was Saying contains a short extract from Dessaix's book Arabesques.
Letters to an Unknown Friend, Robert Dessaix , single work essay
Robert Dessaix provides a personal overview of the history, and role, of the essay.
 (p. 44-64)
Vladivostok, Robert Dessaix , single work prose travel (p. 65-82)
Postcard from Damascus, Robert Dessaix , single work prose travel (p. 83-88)
Alexandria, Robert Dessaix , single work prose travel
Dessaix draws on the works of Durrell, Forster and Cavafy in this prose piece about travels to Alexandria, Egypt.
 (p. 89-106)
Beauty, Robert Dessaix , single work essay (p. 116-137)
Caught You! Reflections on Being Painted, Robert Dessaix , single work essay (p. 138-164)
Australia, Robert Dessaix , single work essay (p. 165-183)
So Long, Mate, Robert Dessaix , single work prose (p. 184-191)
The Subjunctive, Robert Dessaix , single work prose (p. 192-200)
Swearing, Robert Dessaix , single work prose (p. 201-212)
On Phrasebooks, Robert Dessaix , single work prose (p. 213-220)
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