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Author | Mirandi Riwoe |
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Genre | Fiction |
Publisher | Xoum Publishing |
Publication date | 2017 |
Publication place | Australia |
Pages | 97 |
ISBN | 9781925589061 |
The Fish Girl is a 2017 novella by Mirandi Riwoe. [1] The story follows an Indonesian girl named Mina who is recruited to work in the kitchen of a Dutch merchant. It was written as a postcolonial subversion of the short story "The Four Dutchmen" by W. Somerset Maugham. [2] The novella was shortlisted for the 2018 Stella Prize. [2]
The Fish Girl received positive reviews in Australian Women's Book Review, [3] The Australian , [4] and X-Press Magazine. [5]
Year | Award | Category | Result | Ref. |
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2018 | Stella Prize | — | Shortlisted | [2] [6] [7] |
Queensland Literary Awards | University of Queensland Fiction Book Award | Shortlisted | [8] |