Things I Didn't Know: A MemoirRobert Hughes has trained his critical eye on many major subjects, from the city of Barcelona to the history of his native Australia. Now he turns that eye inward, onto himself and the world that formed him. Hughes analyzes his experiences the way he might examine a Van Gogh or a Picasso. From his relationship with his stern and distant father to his Catholic upbringing and school years; and from his development as an artist, writer, and critic to his growing appreciation of art and his exhilaration at leaving Australia to discover a new life, Hughes’ memoir is an extraordinary feat of exploration and celebration. |
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... later. the magistrate did not find that there was enough evidence to prove. beyond reasonable doubt. that I had been. The Commodore was coming on at some 90 m.p.h.. possibly more. I was approaching it at about $0 m.p.h.. Things happen ...
... later. the magistrate did not find that there was enough evidence to prove. beyond reasonable doubt. that I had been. The Commodore was coming on at some 90 m.p.h.. possibly more. I was approaching it at about $0 m.p.h.. Things happen ...
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... later. when my rescuers were at last able to get a partial glimpse of it. they thought the whole foot had been sheared off at the ankle. The chief leg bones below my right knee. the tibia and the fibula. were broken into llV6 pieces ...
... later. when my rescuers were at last able to get a partial glimpse of it. they thought the whole foot had been sheared off at the ankle. The chief leg bones below my right knee. the tibia and the fibula. were broken into llV6 pieces ...
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... later. and Sgt. Matt Turner. the Broome officer who was the first policeman at the scene. would later recount that I showed an almost silly degree of courtesy as rescue workers tried to extract me from the wreck. apologizing again and ...
... later. and Sgt. Matt Turner. the Broome officer who was the first policeman at the scene. would later recount that I showed an almost silly degree of courtesy as rescue workers tried to extract me from the wreck. apologizing again and ...
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... Later I was told that the Aborigines had assembled in a half-circle behind my car. and were trying to sing me back to life. It must have seemed unlikely that they would succeed. but one person who was convinced they would was ]oey ...
... Later I was told that the Aborigines had assembled in a half-circle behind my car. and were trying to sing me back to life. It must have seemed unlikely that they would succeed. but one person who was convinced they would was ]oey ...
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... later with the crew in Broome . Now , after a nap , I was on my way back to the Northern Highway , which parallels the huge flat biscuit of a coast where the desert breaks off into the Indian Ocean . After about ten kilometers , the red ...
... later with the crew in Broome . Now , after a nap , I was on my way back to the Northern Highway , which parallels the huge flat biscuit of a coast where the desert breaks off into the Indian Ocean . After about ten kilometers , the red ...
Contents
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A Sydney Childhood | 74 |
Among the Cadets of Christ | 113 |
Uni and After | 158 |
Conscious of an Inferiority | 218 |
Joys of Radical Love | 272 |
Wading in Florence | 321 |
Going to America | 361 |
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