Romulus, My Father

by Raimond Gaita

Book Overview

A powerful, best-selling memoir about the relationship between a father and son. Adapted as an award-winning film starring Eric Bana ( Hulk ), loved by readers and lauded by critics, Romulus, My... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1921145757
• ISBN13: 9781921145759
• Release Date: January 2007
• Publisher: Text
• Length: 214 Pages
• Weight: 0.45 lbs.

Customer Reviews

Ignore Susan Norton's Review!

So is a book about a well known person who is evil and hurts countless people a good read because he was famous and rich? Life isn't a tabloid. Success isn't about wealth, power, and fame. The book is a stunning gem on par with Marcel Pagnol's "My Father's Glory" or perhaps rather tindged with a speckling of Le Clezio's "Mondo". Sometimes the most powerful stories are also about the most simple ordinary people. "Romulus, My Father" is to literature what Ray Davies songs are to popular music; a crafted story about real people dealing with real issues, believeable and true; little bits and pieces of moody rainy afternoons and sunny summer holidays at the seaside that are woven together just perfectly. Now go escape to your world of fantasy books and leave the real literature to people who are trying to learn about life, love, and reality, rather then escape it. A lawyer . . . figures. THANK YOU. THE VILLAGE GREEN PRESERVATION SOCIETY

Deeply Moving

Raimond Gaita tells his father's story with such love for him and the people in their lives. He shows how a child can love the people in his life and find the good in these people in spite of the circumstances and trials that often surrounded them. He showed the strength and kindness of his father as well as that of Hora, his father's friend, and many others in their community. He also shows, without evident bitterness, the illness and weakness with which some were afflicted. This author drew me in so well, in the end, I was moved to tears.

Romulus, Our Fathers

Raimond Gaita's fine book is a swansong for a much loved father, an ordinary, struggling immigrant faced with the harsh reality of living in an invironment of deep myopic mistrust. This book is hugely revelatory for a son, a daughter, or loved one of any number of immigrants to Australia, and a must read for those who are looking for the real Australia, a land made by the legacy of 200 years of immigrantion, a land of harsh conditions, a rugged country and a population as much intollerant and racist as it is wonderous and diverse. The rural image of the dry scorched earth sits in the psyche of the reader as does a sons love for the father who although named Romulus was a Remus in many ways, a battler and underdog to the end.

A moving biography

Romulus, My Father is about how a kindhearted and truthful man taught his son the meaning of life and its values, what to expect and what to feel. He gave he's son a chance to witness first hand through his life about friendship and the joy of life. The self-respect and self-gratification of being able to work. Romulus teaches his son of passion, infidelity and in the end how to cope with mental illness as a man. Setting a true example by being able to survive the true hardship of living and working in a foreign country.

A brilliant sotry of a mans strugle through a hard life

"Romulus, my Father" is a brilliant story!This book has encouraged me to read and enjoy books.Through this book we learn the of the hard time Romulus has gone through in his life, these are real life situations and is a clear perspective on a world that shuns imagrants.A top read, i highly encourage you to read it!Review by ~Mad Max~Aged 15