y Gilgamesh : A Novel single work   novel  
Issue Details: First known date: 2001 2001

Notes

  • Listed in The New York Times Book Review's list of Notable Books for 2003.

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Works about this Work

Old Story, New Twist Russell Wenholz , 2013 single work review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 28 April 2013;

— Review of Gilgamesh : A Novel Joan London 2001 single work novel ;
Local Classics Belle Taylor , 2009 single work review
— Appears in: The West Australian , 12 September 2009;

— Review of Cloudstreet Tim Winton 1991 single work novel ; Sixty Lights Gail Jones 2004 single work novel ; Gilgamesh : A Novel Joan London 2001 single work novel ; The Shark Net : Memories and Murder Robert Drewe 2000 single work autobiography ; A Fortunate Life A. B. Facey 1980 single work autobiography ; The Well Elizabeth Jolley 1986 single work novel ; The Merry-Go-Round in the Sea Randolph Stow 1965 single work novel ;
Criticism and Fiction in Australia Ken Gelder , 2008 single work criticism
— Appears in: Overland , Spring no. 192 2008;
This paper is a reworked version of Ken Gelder's presentation for his debate with Peter Craven during the 2008 Sydney Writers' Festival.
Fremantle : The Port as a Threshold of Consciousness in the Novel Graham Nowland , 2006 single work criticism
— Appears in: Westerly , November vol. 51 no. 2006;
Explores the David Lodge q.v. notion of the narrative nature of consciousness in fiction with regard to literature set in the Western Australian Port of Fremantle. Discussion ranges over a period from 1879 to 2006.
Orange for Girls Joan London , 2004 single work column
— Appears in: The Age , 20 March 2004;
Coming and Going : A Literature of Place - Australian Fiction 2001-2002 Shirley Walker , 2002 single work review
— Appears in: Westerly , November vol. 47 no. 2002;

— Review of Gould's Book of Fish: A Novel in Twelve Fish Richard Flanagan 2001 single work novel ; A Child's Book of True Crime Chloe Hooper 2002 single work novel ; Gilgamesh : A Novel Joan London 2001 single work novel ; The City of Sealions Eva Sallis 2002 single work novel ; Cafe Scheherazade Arnold Zable 2001 single work novel ; The Architect : A Tale John Scott 2001 single work novel ; An Innocent Gentleman Elizabeth Jolley 2001 single work novel ; The Fog Garden Marion Halligan 2001 single work novel ; Faith Singer Rosie Scott 2001 single work novel ; The Blind Eye Georgia Blain 2001 single work novel ; The Bone Flute N. A. Bourke 2001 single work novel ; Bitin' Back Vivienne Cleven 2001 single work novel ; Dirt Music Tim Winton 2001 single work novel ;
Books Lucy Sussex , 2002 single work review
— Appears in: The Sunday Age , 19 May 2002;

— Review of Gilgamesh : A Novel Joan London 2001 single work novel ;
Bach-Like Indirection Stephanie Trigg , 2001 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , July no. 232 2001;

— Review of Gilgamesh : A Novel Joan London 2001 single work novel ;
Missed Myth Rebekah Scott , 2001 single work review
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 8 September 2001;

— Review of Gilgamesh : A Novel Joan London 2001 single work novel ;
Two Worlds United by an Ancient Epic Amanda Lohrey , 2001 single work review
— Appears in: The Age , 25 August 2001;

— Review of Gilgamesh : A Novel Joan London 2001 single work novel ;
How Deep Does the Yellow Sand Go? Joan London , 2002 single work essay
— Appears in: Westerly , November vol. 47 no. 2002;
Book of Dreams Jane Sullivan , 2002 single work criticism
— Appears in: The Age , 24 August 2002;
Book Focus : Gilgamesh : Week III : Discussion Points 2002 single work column
— Appears in: The Sunday Age , 18 August 2002;
Book Focus : Gilgamesh : Week II : What the Critics and Author Say 2002 single work column
— Appears in: The Sunday Age , 11 August 2002;
Book Focus : Gilgamesh : Week 1 : The Book and the Author 2002 single work column
— Appears in: The Sunday Age , 4 August 2002;
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