After Romulus [Signed]

Gaita, Raimond

ISBN 10: 1921758783 / ISBN 13: 9781921758782

Published by Text Publishing, Melbourne, 2011

About this Item

SIGNED by author Raimond Gaita in blue ink on title page. Author of the award-winning "Romulus, My Father". Illustrated with five facsimile handwritten pages from the author's childhood. Includes acknowledgments. With an introduction by the author. From rear cover: "Raimond Gaita's Romulus, My Father is an iconic and deeply loved book. In After Romulus, Gaita revisits the world of his classic memoir about his boyhood in central Victoria. He writes about Hora, who was an inspiration to him throughout his life, about the making of the acclaimed film starring Eric Bana, about ideas of truth, the limits of character, and the conflict between love and morality. And, most movingly, about his mother Christine and his longing for her". Printed in Australia. Very slight handling wear, otherwise a very nice clean tight solid softcover copy. 227pp. Scarce signed copy. SB-2.

Seller Inventory # 035705

Bibliographic Details

• Title: After Romulus [Signed]
• Publisher: Text Publishing, Melbourne
• Publication Date: 2011
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1921758783
• ISBN 13: 9781921758782
• Binding: Pictorial Wraps
• Edition: First Edition
• Condition: Near Fine
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)
• Seller catalogs:
  • Signed
  • Biography
  • Philosophy

About this title

Synopsis

Described as "a profound meditation on love and death, madness and truth, judgment and compassion," Romulus, My Father became an instant classic. Now, Raimond Gaita reflects on the book, the film, the philosophies that underpinned his father's relationship to the world, and, most movingly, the presence and absence of his mother.

About the Author

Raimond Gaita was born in Germany in 1946. He is Emeritus Professor of moral philosophy at Kings College London and a Professorial fellow at the Melbourne Law School and the faculty of Arts of the University of Melbourne.

His books have been published in many translations. They include: Good and Evil: An Absolute Conception, Romulus, My Father, A Common Humanity, The Philosopher&;s Dog and Essays on Muslims and Multiculturalism (as editor and contributor).