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Graeme Sparkes

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Born

in Launceston, Australia

Website

https://graemesparkes.wordpress.com

Genre

Travel, Memoir, Fiction

Influences

Zadie Smith
Joyce Carol Oates
JM Coetzee
Richard Powers
Richard Flanagan

Member Since

October 2014

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Graeme Sparkes was born in Tasmania. He has taught in high schools, picked tobacco, driven taxis, taught English in China and travelled throughout Latin America, Europe, the United States and Australia.
He recently retired and will spend more time writing.

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Average rating: 4.0 · 31 ratings · 8 reviews · 6 distinct works

	You Never Met My Father 4.27 avg rating — 15 ratings — published 2014 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The red island: A journey around Australia 4.29 avg rating — 7 ratings — published 1997 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Beyond Tijuana: A Journey through Latin America liked it 3.00 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 1995 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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	Smothered 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Red Island 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Death of An Author

I received 1st prize for this year's (2019) Fellowship of Australian Writers, Jim Hamilton Award for an unpublished manuscript, entitled 'Death of An Author', a gentle take on the famous essay by Roland Barthes, 'Death of the Author'.

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Graeme Sparkes rated a book it was ok 1984 by George Orwell	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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Nikki vs Jess is an intriguing study of two young women finding their way in a masculine world. The narrative is well-paced and the characters nuanced and strong. Beautifully written and hard to put down.
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Graeme Sparkes rated a book it was amazing Down To The Bone: A Jail, A Journey, Four Women by Clemence Overall	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
At times harrowing, at times uplifting, this account of the lives of women enduring incredible hardship is extraordinary. As a young woman, Clemence Overall resolved to learn first-hand the social and economic conditions most women in Latin America h ...more
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“Foreign lands never yield their secrets to a traveller. The best they offer are tantalising snippets, just enough to inflame the imagination. The secrets they do reveal are your own - the ones you have kept from yourself. And this is reason enough to travel, to leave home.”
― Graeme Sparkes

tags: travel

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“I have come to believe that the whole world is an enigma, a harmless enigma that is made terrible by our own mad attempt to interpret it as though it had an underlying truth.”
― Umberto Eco, Foucault’s Pendulum

tags: existentialism

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