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Issue Details: First known date: 1990... 1990 Tiger Country
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Set in Sydney in the 1950s this is the story of Matti, an unloved child. She is subjected to the routine sadism of her father's child-raising techniques, and her mother's bitter submission. However, Matti continues to try and win their love. Years later, an adult Matti has to come to terms with her childhood when her desperately ill father calls her to his deathbed.

Notes

  • Dedication: For my daughters and my beloved friends / who have walked with me / through tiger country - and beyond.

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

    • North Sydney, North Sydney - Lane Cove area, Sydney Northern Suburbs, Sydney, New South Wales,: Allen and Unwin , 1990 .
      Extent: 171p.
      Description: illus., port.
      Note/s:
      • Cover sub-title: A Novel.
      ISBN: 0044422784 (pbk), 9780044422785
    • London,
      c
      England,
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      c
      United Kingdom (UK),
      c
      Western Europe, Europe,      :       Women's Press ,       1992 .
      Extent: 167p.
      ISBN: 070434307X (pbk), 9780704343078
Alternative title: Tigerland : Roman
Language: German
    • Munich,
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      Germany,
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      Western Europe, Europe,      :       Droemer Knaur ,       1994 .
      Extent: 256p.
      ISBN: 9783426650080, 3426650088
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Works about this Work

The Body and the Text : Extra and Infra Textual Scars Chantal Kwast-Gref , 2002 single work criticism
— Appears in: Commonwealth , vol. 25 no. 1 2002; (p. 15-25) Author's abstract : In the autobiographical text, the madwoman articulates a space from which to speak. The writing of madness is neither about introspection nor about escapism but is much more concerned with translating inner states. Autobiography functions like a mirror in which we see a Gestalt, a global image of our selves.
Imprinting/Erasing Women Carol Merli , Paul Salzman , 1996 single work criticism
— Appears in: Crossing Lines : Formations of Australian Culture : Proceedings of Association for the Study of Australian Literature Conference, Adelaide, 1995 1996; (p. 175-181)
Little Braveries, Flawed Characters Abbie Thomas , 1992 single work criticism
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 6 June 1992; (p. 42)
Childhood's Hardships Revisited Dianne Johnson , 1991 single work review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 19 January 1991; (p. 43)
— Review of Tiger Country Penelope Rowe , 1990 single work novel ; The Baby-Farmer Margaret Scott , 1990 single work novel
Homeland of Family Life is Dangerous Terrain Katharine England , 1991 single work review
— Appears in: The Advertiser Magazine , 5 January 1991; (p. 10)
— Review of Schemetime Sara Dowse , 1990 single work novel ; Tiger Country Penelope Rowe , 1990 single work novel
Homeland of Family Life is Dangerous Terrain Katharine England , 1991 single work review
— Appears in: The Advertiser Magazine , 5 January 1991; (p. 10)
— Review of Schemetime Sara Dowse , 1990 single work novel ; Tiger Country Penelope Rowe , 1990 single work novel
How Women Go Wrong Steven Kafkarisos , 1990 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Bookseller & Publisher , August vol. 70 no. 1007 1990; (p. 18)
— Review of Tiger Country Penelope Rowe , 1990 single work novel
Mistress of Discipline Patricia Rolfe , 1990 single work review
— Appears in: The Bulletin , 4 December vol. 112 no. 5748 1990; (p. 158-159)
— Review of Tiger Country Penelope Rowe , 1990 single work novel
Potent Mix of Religion, Melodrama and Sordid Commerce Dennis Davison , 1990 single work review
— Appears in: The Australian Magazine , 29-30 December 1990; (p. 4)
— Review of Tiger Country Penelope Rowe , 1990 single work novel ; Medium Flyers Penelope Nelson , 1990 single work novel ; The Baby-Farmer Margaret Scott , 1990 single work novel
Childhood's Hardships Revisited Dianne Johnson , 1991 single work review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 19 January 1991; (p. 43)
— Review of Tiger Country Penelope Rowe , 1990 single work novel ; The Baby-Farmer Margaret Scott , 1990 single work novel
The Body and the Text : Extra and Infra Textual Scars Chantal Kwast-Gref , 2002 single work criticism
— Appears in: Commonwealth , vol. 25 no. 1 2002; (p. 15-25) Author's abstract : In the autobiographical text, the madwoman articulates a space from which to speak. The writing of madness is neither about introspection nor about escapism but is much more concerned with translating inner states. Autobiography functions like a mirror in which we see a Gestalt, a global image of our selves.
Imprinting/Erasing Women Carol Merli , Paul Salzman , 1996 single work criticism
— Appears in: Crossing Lines : Formations of Australian Culture : Proceedings of Association for the Study of Australian Literature Conference, Adelaide, 1995 1996; (p. 175-181)
Little Braveries, Flawed Characters Abbie Thomas , 1992 single work criticism
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 6 June 1992; (p. 42)
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