 First edition | |
| Author | Melissa Lucashenko |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Genre | Novel |
| Published | 1997 (University of Queensland Press) |
| Publication place | Australia |
| Media type | Print (hardback) |
| Pages | 245 |
| ISBN | 978-0-702-22935-0 |
| OCLC | 1088063432 |
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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]
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