No snow in December : an autobiographical novel
Lewitt, Maria, 1924-1985
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In 1949, Irene and Julek made their landfall in Australia and began a new life half a world from home and family.There are some problems: strange and desolate landscapes, job opportunities limited by suspicion of 'reffos', exploitative fellow Poles, language barriers, odd customs like watering one's children in summer, money, real and imagined discrimination...But the spectre of the war years haunts Irena - particularly after a chance meeting with an acquaintance from her youth, the bitter, cynical Victor. Still, she slowly becomes, to some extent, an Australian. Based on her own experience, No snow in December is a revealing, sensitive and humorous evocation of the migrant experience in Australia.
Main title:
No snow in December : an autobiographical novel / by Maria Lewitt ; introduction by Richard Freadman.
Author:
Lewitt, Maria, 1924-, authorFreadman, Richard, 1951-, writer of introductionJewish Holocaust Centre (Elsternwick, Vic.)
Edition:
[New edition]
Imprint:
Elsternwick, Victoria : Jewish Holocaust Centre, 2019.©1985.
Collation:
xii, 293 pages ; 21 cm.
Notes:
"First published in 1985 by William Heinemann Australia. Reprinted 2019 with alterations."--Colophon.
Awards:
"Received a NSW Premier's Literary Award in 1986" -- Back cover.
ISBN:
9780987518880 (paperback)
Dewey class:
A823.3
Language:
English
Subject:
Index terms:
Australian
BRN:
370874
More Information:
| Location | Collection | Call number | Status/Desc |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sandringham Library | Adult Fiction - General | LEWI | Available |