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Toula Nikolaou Toula Nikolaou i(A19399 works by) (a.k.a. Christoula Nikolaou)
Gender: Female
Heritage: Greek
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1 Casting a Net to Capture Memories Toula Nikolaou , 2015 single work poetry
— Appears in: Kingston My City : An Anthology of Personal Essays 2015;
1 y separately published work icon En ti polei tis Melvournis Words and Memories in Melbourne Dionysia Mousoura-Tsoukala , Dean Kalimniou (translator), Toula Nikolaou (translator), Melbourne : Ekdoseis Tsone , 2007 Z1505498 2007 selected work poetry
2 27 y separately published work icon The Mule's Foal Fotini Epanomitis , St Leonards : Allen and Unwin , 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)
1 Arthur i "The bells struck in the distance.", Toula Nikolaou , 1992 single work poetry
— Appears in: Redoubt , Winter-Spring no. 14-15 1992; (p. 83)
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