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Issue Details: First known date: 1999... 1999 Hymns for the Drowning
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    • This novel is named Hymns for the Drowning in honour of the saint-poet Nammalvar. His book of poems for Vishnu was translated from Tamil by the poet and scholar A. K. Ramanajun. First published by Princeton University Press 1981 and subsequently by Penguin Books India, 1993. Ramanajun's book was first called Hymns For The Drowning (inside cover).
    • Dedication: For Francis and Agnes, Joseph and Edith.

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    • St Leonards, North Sydney - Lane Cove area, Sydney Northern Suburbs, Sydney, New South Wales,: Allen and Unwin , 1999 .
      Extent: 193p.p.
      ISBN: 1865080438
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Some Reflections on Selected Writings by Indian Writers in Australia R. K. Dhawan , 2005 single work criticism
— Appears in: Diaspora : The Australasian Experience 2005; (p. 169-176) This short article provides a comparative analysis of the works listed. Dhawan concludes that the differences depicted in the literary works examined (which he reads as largely autobiographical) override any superficial similarities, regardless of the fact that each of the Australian-born writers has their 'original base-inheritance' in India.
Christopher Cyrill's Hymns for the Drowning : A Cultural Odyssey Eugenie Pinto , 2003 single work criticism
— Appears in: Austral-Asian Encounters : From Literature and Women's Studies to Politics and Tourism 2003; (p. 397-407)
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— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 29 May 1999; (p. 23)
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— Appears in: Austral-Asian Encounters : From Literature and Women's Studies to Politics and Tourism 2003; (p. 397-407)
The Ever-Present Past : Asian Mythology in Contemporary Australian Writings 2001 single work review
— Appears in: Asia Society AustralAsia Centre Newsletter , Spring 2001; (p. 5)
Some Reflections on Selected Writings by Indian Writers in Australia R. K. Dhawan , 2005 single work criticism
— Appears in: Diaspora : The Australasian Experience 2005; (p. 169-176) This short article provides a comparative analysis of the works listed. Dhawan concludes that the differences depicted in the literary works examined (which he reads as largely autobiographical) override any superficial similarities, regardless of the fact that each of the Australian-born writers has their 'original base-inheritance' in India.
Australia, South Asia, and Self-Inflicted Otherness Alison Broinowski , 2000 single work criticism
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