Landscape of Farewell

Max Otto, an elderly German academic, has lost his beloved wife and accepted that the great history meant to crown his career will remain unwritten. When Vita McLelland, a young Aboriginal professor visiting Germany, challenges his valedictory lecture, a friendship begins. Travelling to Australia at her invitation, Max grows close to her uncle, the elder Dougald Gnapun, and learns what it means to tell the truth about his own past and that of Germany.

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About the book

Form

Novel

Set in

Germany, Australia

First published

2007

Author's age

71 when first published

ISBN

9781741753752 (Allen & Unwin, Australia)

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