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Australian Book Retailer of the Year 2021
Arnold Zable
Arnold Zable applies his lyrical sensitivity and respect to this collection highlighting human compassion and resilience
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Arnold Zable takes us to modern-day Ithaca, to its mountains, villages and harbours, and into the houses of its people. Sea of Many Returns is a profound meditation on displacement…
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Henry Nissen was a champion boxer, the boy from Amess Street in working-class Carlton who fought his way up to beat some of the world’s best in the 1970s. Now…
Another time, another place, another war, combining outstanding writing about travel, relations with parents and journey of historical discovery.
A moving tribute to the spirit of survival, Arnold Zable’s beloved novel Cafe Scheherazade is now a Text Classic.
Mazzella / Klezmania / Klezmeritis
A beautiful picture story book from beloved author Arnold Zable, The Glass Horse of Venice is an enchanting tale where glass animals come to life and a young girl travels…
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From the best-selling author of Cafe Scheherazade comes this tender book of haunting true stories, filled with memorable people. Zable writes about his own and his wife’s family in Australia…
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A young boy plays the violin for his mother in Melbourne. Nina Simone sings ‘Pirate Jenny’ in a bar in Berlin. A fisherman plays a flute on the Mekong. And…
Herz Bergner
A group of Jewish refugees are thrown together aboard a dilapidated freighter charting a course for Australia. Fleeing terrible scenes of destruction in Europe, they are bound by a deep…
