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Dilan Gunawardana Dilan Gunawardana i(10639964 works by)
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1 [Essay Review] Songs of a War Boy : My Story Dilan Gunawardana , 2016 single work review essay
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , December no. 387 2016; (p. 58) 'Songs are of great importance to the Dinka people of South Sudan. ‘They’re our avatars, and our biographies. They precede us, introduce us, and live on after we die,’ writes the refugee advocate, Archibald muse, and NSW Australian of the Year for 2017, Deng Thiak Adut. His memoir, Songs of a War Boy, serves as a profound if disturbing ballad to his tragedies and triumphs.' (Introduction)
1 Dilan Gunawardana Reviews 'Wood Green' by Sean Rabin Dilan Gunawardana , 2016 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , November no. 386 2016; (p. 67)
— Review of Wood Green Sean Rabin , 2016 single work novel 'The cover of Sean Rabin’s first novel, Wood Green, depicts a foggy eucalypt forest at dawn (or dusk), and a ghostly figure in the glow of torchlight. With the added element of the story’s setting – a secluded town nestled in the shadows of Mount Wellington, Tasmania – one could be forgiven for assuming that Wood Green is ‘yet another bush gothic’, instead of a modern and humorous discourse on small town life and writing itself.' (Introduction)
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