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- Dedication: For Chitra Fernando, 1935-1998.
- A photograph of Chitra Fernando (courtesy of Ernest Macintyre, Raina Macintyre and Nic Witton) follows the dedication.
- Contents indexed selectively.
Contents
* Contents derived from the 2000 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
- From the Journals of Chitra Fernando, Shelagh Goonewardene , Suvendrini Perera (editor), extract diary (p. 9-12)
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'We Can Be Killed but We Can Never Be Silenced' : Narratives of Co-existence in Recent Sri Lankan Fiction,
single work
criticism
(p. 13-23)This review discusses three Sri Lankan expatriate texts - When Memory Dies by A. Sivanandan, North South and Death by Bamini Selladurai and Cousins by Chitra Fernando.In her discussion, the author outlines the way in which stories of small places have been used to articulate alternative understandings of Sri Lankan history. Against the official histories of partition are complex, entwined histories and relationships of Sri Lankan people. She encourages the reader to be ready to listen to multiple unfashionable histories; to be able to think different pasts in order to be able to make new futures.
- In Herbert's Study (from Tsunami, a Work-in-Progress), extract novel (p. 24-27)
- Morning Teai"Morning's grey face, wrinkled", single work poetry (p. 28-29)
- Absencesi"Writing about the dead", single work poetry (p. 30-31)
- He Still Comes from Jaffna, extract drama (p. 32-37)
- Kitei"I'd make crossbow ribs from supple bamboo;", single work poetry (p. 38)
- Her Red Scarf Her Deep Red Scarf, single work short story (p. 39-41)
- The Phases and Guises of the Twentieth-century Sri Lankan Expatriate Novel, single work criticism (p. 52-60)
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So Fleeting the Smile,
single work
review
— Review of If the Moon Smiled 2000 single work novel ; (p. 61-63) -
Fiji: Republican Rome in the Pacific?,
single work
review
— Review of Fiji : Paradise in Pieces - Writing Ethics-Politics 2000 selected work criticism autobiography extract short story ; (p. 73-74) -
Evocative and Gently Haunting,
single work
review
— Review of The Rose Grower 1999 single work novel ; (p. 96-97) -
Equal and Opposite,
single work
criticism
(p. 98-108)In comparing Vikram Seth's An Equal Music and Lokuge's If the Moon Smiled, Hosking notes the way both works explore the meeting ground between East and West, tradition and modernity.
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Personal Responses to India,
single work
review
— Review of Unfinished Journeys : India File From Canberra 1998 anthology essay ; (p. 109-110) -
Searching for Clues,
single work
review
— Review of Hymns for the Drowning 1999 single work novel ; (p. 128-129) -
Macintyre's Map of a Close Relationship : 1983-2000,
single work
review
— Review of He Still Comes from Jaffna 2000 single work drama ; Rasanayagam's Last Riot : A Political Fiction for the Theatre 1993 single work drama ; (p. 143-146) -
Celebrating Interaction,
single work
review
— Review of Celebrations : Fifty Years of Sri-Lanka-Australia Interactions 1999 anthology poetry autobiography short story ; (p. 155-157) - That's a Fair Thoughti"The touch inside this touch", single work poetry (p. 157)
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Making Flesh,
single work
review
— Review of Homework 1999 single work novel ; (p. 160-161) -
Australia, South Asia, and Self-Inflicted Otherness,
single work
criticism
(p. 164-170)The author examines Asia-Australia relationships between 1997 and 2000, noting changing political attitudes of the times. She compares Asian attitudes towards Australia at the time of the East Timor crisis with those observed in the fiction of the Asian diaspora in Australia.
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Works about this Work
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Untitled
1999
single work
review
— Appears in: World Literature Written in English , vol. 38 no. 1 1999; (p. 123-124)
— Review of CRNLE Journal 2000 periodical issue
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Untitled
1999
single work
review
— Appears in: World Literature Written in English , vol. 38 no. 1 1999; (p. 123-124)
— Review of CRNLE Journal 2000 periodical issue
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