George Orwell's Elephant & Other Essays is the latest collection from Subhash Jaireth, one of Australia's most distinctive and intellectually adventurous essayists. Born in Punjab and trained as a geologist in Soviet-era Moscow before migrating to Australia in 1986, Jaireth brings a rare double vision to his work - the precision of a scientist and the sensitivity of a poet - as he explores the layers of memory, meaning, and history embedded in landscape. The eight essays in this collection take the reader on an extraordinary journey across continents and deep time. The title essay interrogates George Orwell's famous account of shooting an elephant in Burma, probing the ambiguities of colonialism, truth, and self-invention. Other essays traverse Uluru and the ancient stories of Anangu country, the waterways of Canberra and their Indigenous histories, the windmills of La Mancha, the grandeur of Stalin's Moscow Metro, a fateful bridge on the Punjab border, the streets of Delhi, and the deep-time story of an old banksia tree in Jaireth's own garden. Assisted by artsACT and published by Gazebo Books, this is a work of calm erudition and quiet wonder - a meditation on what it means to read the world around us, and to be read by it in return.
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Paperback. Etat : new. Paperback. 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. In this wide-ranging collection, Indian-Australian geologist and writer Subhash Jaireth traverses the globe - from Burma with George Orwell and Spain with Don Quixote, to the ancient landscapes of Uluru, Canberra, and Sydney - uncovering the personal and collective memories buried in the world's natural and built environments. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability. N° de réf. du vendeur 9780645633795
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Paperback. Subhash Jaireth, Gazebo Books. 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. Paperback. N° de réf. du vendeur 9780645633795-SECONDHAND
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Paperback. Etat : new. Paperback. 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. In this wide-ranging collection, Indian-Australian geologist and writer Subhash Jaireth traverses the globe - from Burma with George Orwell and Spain with Don Quixote, to the ancient landscapes of Uluru, Canberra, and Sydney - uncovering the personal and collective memories buried in the world's natural and built environments. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability. N° de réf. du vendeur 9780645633795
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