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'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)
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Living in a Hyphe-Nation : Exploring the Greek-Australian Identity through Literature
2017
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Great Expectations
2010
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— Appears in: Australian Author , December vol. 42 no. 3 2010; (p. 6-9) - y States of Imagination : Nationalism and Multiculturalism in Australian and Southern Asian Literature New Delhi : Prestige Books Australian Scholarly Publishing , 2001 Z954104 2001 single work criticism
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Talking to Writers: The Year Her Voice Spoke: Fotini Epanomitis
1996
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Vogel Winner Now Writing Fellow
1996
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— Appears in: ANU Reporter , 1 May vol. 27 no. 7 1996; (p. 5)
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A World of Magic Realism
1993
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— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 25-26 September 1993; (p. rev 8)
— Review of Letter to Constantine 1993 selected work short story ; The Mule's Foal 1993 single work novel -
Untitled
1993
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— Appears in: Span , December no. 37 1993; (p. 246-248)
— Review of Letter to Constantine 1993 selected work short story ; The Mule's Foal 1993 single work novel -
Personal Dispatches
1994
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— Appears in: The Independent Monthly , April vol. 5 no. 9 1994; (p. 86-89)
— Review of Au Pair 1993 single work novel ; Praise 1992 single work novel ; The Mule's Foal 1993 single work novel ; Nature Strip 1994 single work novel -
A Strange Kind of Joy
1993
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— Appears in: Australian Book Review , September no. 154 1993; (p. 9-10)
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Brought to Book, by Two Entirely Different Writers
1993
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— Appears in: The Sunday Age , 15 August 1993; (p. 9)
— Review of The Mule's Foal 1993 single work novel ; The Ruthless Garden 1993 single work novel -
Talking to Writers: The Year Her Voice Spoke: Fotini Epanomitis
1996
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biography
— Appears in: Redoubt , no. 23 1996; (p. 84-88) -
Great Expectations
2010
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— Appears in: Australian Author , December vol. 42 no. 3 2010; (p. 6-9) -
The Mule's Foal
1994
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interview
— Appears in: Fremantle Arts Review , December 1993 and January vol. 8 no. 9 1994; (p. 10) -
Mixed Relations in a Tale of the Times
1993
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— Appears in: The West Australian , 9 September 1993; (p. 5) -
Paradise Lost Helps Fotini to Achieve Literary Success
1992
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— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 3 September 1992; (p. 6)
Awards
- 1997 joint winner The Sydney Morning Herald Best Young Novelist of the Year
- 1994 winner Diabetes Australia Prize for Innovative Writing and the Sheaffer Pen Prize
- 1994 winner Victorian Premier's Literary Awards — Sheaffer Pen Prize for Young Adult Fiction
- 1994 winner Commonwealth Writers Prize — South-East Asia and South Pacific Region — Best First Book Award
- 1992 winner The Australian / Vogel National Literary Award (for an unpublished manuscript)
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