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Liane Shavian Liane Shavian i(A36070 works by)
Born: Established: 1943 ;
Gender: Female
Arrived in Australia: 1983
Heritage: American
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1 Serious Under the Froth Liane Shavian , 2000 single work column
— Appears in: The West Australian , 1 July 2000; (p. 7)
1 6 y separately published work icon Surfing Antarctica : A Novel Liane Shavian , North Fremantle : Fremantle Press , 1999 Z309138 1999 single work novel humour Another emigré from the US, Liane Shavian's 'eco-warrior' first novel, Surfing Antarctica ..., roisters around the wilds of the west ... and Perth. Impudent and far from politically correct (despite its Greenie credentials), it's a breathless, irreverent romp treating serious issues with admirable anarchy. Easy perceptions and stereotypes are played with, and frequently subverted. Essentially a morality tale, it is swept along on an avalanche of wisecracks (some recycled), saucy sex, sassy cynicism and ambiguities. Shavian's raw-boned Aussie heroine is a riot, her raunchy self-doubts and grrl-ish ambitions undermined by a bias for truth-telling: the other characters are high camp anti-heroes with attitude. Stark fans will embrace this with gusto. (Murray Waldron's 'Other Voices' 26.6.1999).
1 Chute d'Icare Selon Pieter Brueghel Peasant Painter i "Yo, Icarus!", Liane Shavian , 1992 single work poetry
— Appears in: Westerly , Spring vol. 37 no. 3 1992; (p. 52-53)
1 Love Poem (for Lia) i "The women in Japan", Liane Shavian , 1992 single work poetry
— Appears in: Westerly , Spring vol. 37 no. 3 1992; (p. 50-51) Sudden Alchemy : Selected Australian Poetry 1998; (p. 113-114)
1 Sam Liane Shavian , 1986 single work short story
— Appears in: The Australian Literary Magazine , 13 June 1986; (p. 8)
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