Plevna - Geoff Page - Books - UWA Publishing - 9781742588209 - April 4, 2016
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Plevna

Geoff Page

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Plevna

He was a Melbourne surgeon. He worked for the Ottoman Empire in the Russo-Turkish War. He was the oldest man at Gallipoli, and took illegal photographs during a nine-hour truce. He repaired Ned Kelly after the Siege of Glenrowan. He cut quite a figure in "Marvellous Melbourne" of the 1880s and 90s. He did remarkable things. He wrote it all down.

In this verse-portrait of Sir Charles Snodgrass 'Plevna' Ryan (1853-1926), Geoff Page weaves the writing of Ryan together with his own voice as biographer, setting down the life of a man forgotten by history at the same time as reflecting on his role as intermediary.

Page's sensitive investigation into the lost life of Charles Ryan probes broader topics of mortality, posterity and collective memory. Written in second person and in verse, Page reflects both on the power and the unreliability of storied lives.

Media Books     Paperback Book   (Book with soft cover and glued back)
Released April 4, 2016
ISBN13 9781742588209
Publishers UWA Publishing
Pages 120
Dimensions 153 × 234 × 9 mm   ·   240 g
Language English  

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