Steam Pigs
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| Author | Melissa Lucashenko |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Genre | Novel |
| Published | 1997 (University of Queensland Press) |
| Publication place | Australia |
| Media type | Print (hardback) |
| Pages | 245 |
| ISBN | Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value). |
| OCLC | 1088063432 |
Steam Pigs is the 1997 debut novel by Melissa Lucashenko.[1] It concerns Sue Wilson, a young Murri woman, who explores her Indigenous identity while living in Brisbane.
Reception
[edit | edit source]A review in The Australian Journal of Indigenous Education wrote that "Steam Pigs takes us into the world of today's "untermensch" ...",[2] and that it "..is a woman's book set in a very particular place and at a very particular time; but it confronts themes that are eternal and universal.".[2] A Lesbians on the Loose review called it "...as unsentimental as it is empathetic.".[3]
Steam Pigs has also been reviewed by the Journal of the Association for the Study of Australian Literature,[4] Social Alternatives,[5] Australian Literary Studies,[6] Queensland Review,[7] and Ilha do Desterro.[8]
An excerpt appears in the Macquarie PEN Anthology of Australian Literature.[9]
Awards
[edit | edit source]- 1998 Dobbie Literary Award winner[10]
- 1998 Commonwealth Writers' Prize (South-East Asia and Pacific Region) – shortlist for Best First Book[11]
- 1999 New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards – Christina Stead Prize for Fiction, shortlist[11]
References
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Further reading
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