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'A young Greek fisherman, Ilias's first experience as a migrant in Australia in the 1920s is working on the docks as a 'skeb' labourer. He attempts to make his way, learning English from his workmates as he goes. With help from his Chinese friend Harry he buys a greengrocer's shop, but this venture later fails when his regular customers prefer to buy from an 'Aussie' further up the road. Pushed by prejudice and the Depression to a Victorian country town, he finds work in a timber mill. His young wife and three children settle down to a regular life. They are 'at home'.
'But Ilias longs for the sound and movement of the sea, and dreams of returning to his father's home as a success.
'Ilias is a powerfully written first novel of a young man's rites of passage in a land and time where assimilation is valued and multiculturalism unknown.'
Source: Publisher's blurb.
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Other Formats
- Also sound recording, braille, large print.
Works about this Work
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Living in a Hyphe-Nation : Exploring the Greek-Australian Identity through Literature
2017
single work
essay
— Appears in: Meanjin Online 2017; -
In Short
1990
single work
review
— Appears in: The New York Times Book Review , 27 May 1990; (p. 15)
— Review of Ilias 1988 single work novel -
Aussification
1990
single work
review
— Appears in: Village Voice , 24 April 1990; (p. 24)
— Review of Ilias 1988 single work novel -
Untitled
1989
single work
review
— Appears in: The Good Reading Guide 1989; (p. 234)
— Review of Ilias 1988 single work novel -
Tragedy of an Ordinary Man
1989
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , March no. 108 1989; (p. 36-37)
— Review of Ilias 1988 single work novel
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Flashy Comet and a Rising Star
1988
single work
review
— Appears in: The Age , 17 December. 1988; (p. 13)
— Review of Ilias 1988 single work novel ; Carmody Comes Home 1988 single work novel -
The Old and the New
1989
single work
review
— Appears in: Southerly , December vol. 49 no. 4 1989; (p. 667-671)
— Review of The Hills of Apollo Bay 1989 single work novel ; Ilias 1988 single work novel -
Award for Competence Rather than Brilliance
1988
single work
review
— Appears in: The Advertiser , 26 November 1988; (p. 8)
— Review of Ilias 1988 single work novel -
Harsh Landscapes of the Mind
1988
single work
review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 17-18 December 1988; (p. 7)
— Review of Ilias 1988 single work novel ; Broken Words 1988 single work novel -
The Ouzo Must Out
1988
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Society , December-January 1988-1989. 1988; (p. 58)
— Review of Ilias 1988 single work novel -
Reviewing / Genre / Gender
1989
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Island Magazine , Winter no. 39 1989; (p. 86-90) -
An Immigrants Story
1989
single work
interview
— Appears in: Ethnos , May no. 67 1989; (p. 6-8) -
Living in a Hyphe-Nation : Exploring the Greek-Australian Identity through Literature
2017
single work
essay
— Appears in: Meanjin Online 2017;
Awards
- Country towns,
- Urban,
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cGreece,cWestern Europe, Europe,
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cAustralia,c
- Melbourne, Victoria,
- 1920s
- 1930s
- 1940s