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After Romulus by Raimond Gaita

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October 2011, no. 335

After Romulus by Raimond Gaita

Text Publishing, $32.95 pb, 240 pp

After Romulus by Raimond Gaita

by
October 2011, no. 335

The business of growing up starts with distancing ourselves from our parents. It ends (as far as it ever ends) with drawing them close again. Rather than disappointing giants, we recognise them at last as fallible, unique human beings. We recognise them in ourselves, and so they become real to us.

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