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Yasmine Gooneratne Yasmine Gooneratne i(A29562 works by) (a.k.a. Malini Yasmine Dias Bandaranaike Gooneratne)
Also writes as: Tilak Gunawardena
Born: Established: 1935 Colombo,
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Sri Lanka,
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South Asia, South and East Asia, Asia, ;
Gender: Female
Arrived in Australia: 1972
Heritage: Sri Lankan
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1 A Little Light Reading Yasmine Gooneratne , 2022 single work prose
— Appears in: Relatively True : Stories of Truth, Deception, Post Truth from the Indian Subcontinent and Australia 2022;
1 Barry and Jean Make Peace Yasmine Gooneratne , 2009 extract novel (A Change of Skies)
— Appears in: Biblio : A Review of Books , November-December vol. 14 no. 11 & 12 2009; (p. 33)
1 Fabricated Stereotypes : Asia in the Australian Imagination Yasmine Gooneratne , 2009 single work criticism
— Appears in: Reading Down Under : Australian Literary Studies Reader 2009; (p. 503-512)
1 In Search of 'Home' : Interpreting Homes in South Asian Literature Yasmine Gooneratne , 2008 single work review
— Appears in: Postcolonial Text , vol. 4 no. 1 2008;
— Review of Interpreting Homes in South Asian Literature 2007 anthology criticism
1 4 y separately published work icon The Sweet and Simple Kind Yasmine Gooneratne , Colombo : Perera Hussein Publishing House , 2006 Z1333917 2006 single work novel

'"Loyalty (and the damnable lack of it in his wife) was the thought uppermost in the mind of Sir Andrew Millbanke as he looked down at Lady Alexandra's dead body, spread-eagled on the paved pathway of the Residency."

'And so begins an engrossing and dramatic family drama, set against the backdrop of Ceylon's bumpy evolution into Sri Lanka, as the Wijesinha clan struggle to balance their staunch political ambition against the ignominy of an embarrassing family scandal. And when two young family members, cousins Tsunami and Latha, meet and become firm friends no one can guess that their triumphant friendship will be played out over the passing years against both the best and the worst the newly independent Sri Lanka can offer as these two smart and Westernised young women pursue their own personal freedoms. (Provided by Little, Brown, 2009 publication.)
1 Travelling First Yasmine Gooneratne , 2004 extract novel
— Appears in: Postcolonial Text , vol. 1 no. 1 2004;
1 Masterpiece Yasmine Gooneratne , 2002 single work short story
— Appears in: Masterpiece and Other Stories 2002; Of Sadhus and Spinners : Australian Encounters with India 2009; (p. 192-198)
1 3 y separately published work icon Masterpiece and Other Stories Yasmine Gooneratne , New Delhi : Indialog Publications , 2002 Z980807 2002 selected work short story
1 Love Thy Enemy Yasmine Gooneratne , 2002 single work review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 1-2 June 2002; (p. 12)
— Review of The Bread with Seven Crusts Susan Temby , 2002 single work novel
1 In Herbert's Study (from Tsunami, a Work-in-Progress) Yasmine Gooneratne , 2000 extract novel
— Appears in: CRNLE Journal 2000; (p. 24-27)
1 Made in England Yasmine Gooneratne , 1997 single work short story
— Appears in: Influence : Australian Voices 1997; (p. 5-15) Celebrations : Fifty Years of Sri-Lanka-Australia Interactions 1999; (p. 276-283)
1 What Will They Do With My Book? - An Author's View of Talking Books Yasmine Gooneratne , 1996 single work biography
— Appears in: Newswrite : The Newsletter of the New South Wales Writers' Centre , December-January (1996-1997) no. 56 1996; (p. 14-15)
1 Asian Culture and Australian Identity Yasmine Gooneratne , 1996 single work criticism
— Appears in: Hecate , vol. 22 no. 2 1996; (p. 49-55)
1 Do Not Show Me the Graves i "Do not show me the graves of my nine dead companions", Yasmine Gooneratne , 1996 single work poetry
— Appears in: A Talent(ed) Digger : Creations, Cameos, and Essays in Honour of Anna Rutherford 1996; (p. 110)
1 Fantasy Island Yasmine Gooneratne , 1996 single work review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 9 November 1996; (p. 11s)
— Review of The Island in the Mind Rodney Hall , 1996 selected work novel
1 32 y separately published work icon The Pleasures of Conquest Yasmine Gooneratne , Milsons Point : Vintage Australia , 1996 Z254253 1996 single work novel
1 Extract - A Change of Skies Yasmine Gooneratne , 1995 extract novel (A Change of Skies)
— Appears in: An Anthology of Australian Literature 1995; (p. 199-210)
1 Bharat Changes His Image Yasmine Gooneratne , 1995 single work short story humour
— Appears in: Rubicon , vol. 1 no. 2 1995; (p. 45-53)
1 Family Histories as Post-Colonial Texts Yasmine Gooneratne , 1994 single work prose
— Appears in: Unbecoming Daughters of the Empire 1994; (p. 95-100)
1 From a Novel in Progress Yasmine Gooneratne , 1994 extract
— Appears in: Kunapipi , vol. 16 no. 1 1994; (p. 169-172) Into the Nineties: Post-Colonial Women's Writing 1994; (p. 169)
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