Born: Established: 1969 Perth, Western Australia, ;
Gender:
Female
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Author writes in these languages:ENGLISH
Awards for Works
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The Mule's Foal
St Leonards
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Allen and Unwin
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1993
Z922775
1993
single work
novel
'In one despairing moment Theodosios abandons his wife and gorilla child and then spends a lifetime trying to get them back. But what's a lifetime in a place like this?
'One minute you're a woman. The next you're a bear. There's a woman here who is neither man nor woman. And a man who's both man and beast.
'Here nothing belongs to you - not even your grief. People steal your letters and gossip your thoughts before you've spoken them. And when they're desperate - and at some point everyone is desperate - they go to the whorehouse. . . From the centre of chaos, Mirella, the ancient whore, finds a calm place to tell this unforgettable, timeless tale.' (Publication summary)
- 1994 winner Diabetes Australia Prize for Innovative Writing and the Sheaffer Pen Prize
- 1992 winner The Australian / Vogel National Literary Award (for an unpublished manuscript)
- 1994 winner Victorian Premier's Literary Awards — Sheaffer Pen Prize for First Fiction
- 1994 winner Commonwealth Writers Prize — South-East Asia and South Pacific Region — Best First Book Award
- 1997 joint winner The Sydney Morning Herald Best Young Novelist of the Year
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