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Terra Nostra is concerned with nothing less than the history of Spain and of South America

” –Philip Wylie

the ambiguous fusion of observation and invention disrupts the con- ventions of personal memoir and travel writing

“There’s no harm in that

In 2007 she was awarded the Prešeren Foundation Prize

Teethmarks on My Tongue LGBTQ+ Terra Nostra is concerned withThe gunning down of her mother in a Richmond street sets young Helen Stockton Defoe on a journey of self discovery. A physical feature she had first noticed when she was nine years old has made her feel apart and she has quietly capitalized on the privilege, never mind the aura, which surrounds her. She lives in her head and fills her thoughts and days with science, horses and art. The more intently she begins to observe her remote, detached father,