{"product_id":"the-fish-girl-by-mirandi-riwoe","title":"'The Fish Girl' by Mirandi Riwoe","description":"\u003ch4 data-start=\"56\" data-end=\"549\" class=\"PDq2pG_selectionAnchorContainer\"\u003e\n\u003cem data-start=\"106\" data-end=\"121\"\u003eThe Fish Girl\u003c\/em\u003e is a compact historical novel that draws on the overlooked history of Dutch colonial Indonesia.\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"56\" data-end=\"549\" class=\"PDq2pG_selectionAnchorContainer\"\u003eSet in the 1940s on a wealthy household's estate in Java, it follows Mina, a young island girl taken from her fishing village to work as a servant. As political tensions rise and the certainties of empire begin to fracture, Mina finds herself caught between desire, duty and the violent hierarchies that govern both race and class.\u003cspan aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"PDq2pG_selectionAnchor\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"551\" data-end=\"1099\"\u003eThe novella remains close to Mina's interior life, revealing colonialism through the textures of domestic labour, language, gender and everyday power. The result is an elegant, quietly devastating work that has become one of the standout Australian historical novellas of recent years, perfect for readers of Michelle de Kretser, Yumna Kassab and Madeleine Thien.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"551\" data-end=\"1099\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eXoum Publishing paperback. Very good condition, with clean pages and only light shelf wear.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"bower studio","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45766635585619,"sku":null,"price":12.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0689\/0268\/2707\/files\/Untitleddesign-2026-07-03T175846.682.png?v=1783065560","url":"https:\/\/bowerbooks.com\/products\/the-fish-girl-by-mirandi-riwoe","provider":"bower books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}