Jean-Jacques Portail Jean-Jacques Portail i(A86008 works by)
Born: Established: Marseilles,
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France,
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Western Europe, Europe, ;
Gender: Male
Arrived in Australia: 1979
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3 79 y separately published work icon Monkey Grip Helen Garner , ( trans. Jean-Jacques Portail )expression Paris : des Femmes , 1987 Z115661 1977 single work novel (taught in 12 units)

Set in inner suburban 1970s Melbourne, Monkey Grip describes the fluid relationships of a community of friends who are living and loving in new ways. Single parent Nora falls in love with Javo, a heroin addict, and together they try to make sense of their lives and the choices they have made.
1 Melicertes Jean-Jacques Portail , 1986 single work short story
— Appears in: Australian Short Stories , no. 13 1986; (p. 103-106)
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