Women with Men by Richard Ford
$19.99 AUD
Category: Literature
The landscape of "Women with Men" ranges from the northern plains of Montana to the streets of Paris and the suburbs of Chicago. The tragedies that stalk the characters are unfolded with an indelible wit and clarity. So merciless is Ford's lingering gaze upon human, mostly male, weakness, so understandi ...Show more
The Favourite Game by Leonard Cohen
$23.95 AUD
Category: Literature
In this, his much-loved first novel, Leonard Cohen etches the youth and early manhood of Lawrence Breavman, the only son of wealthy Jewish parents in Montreal. Finding literary fame as a student, Breavman does penance through manual labour, before eventually fleeing to New York to escape the claims of h ...Show more
Ice: A Love Story by Louis Nowra
$23.99 AUD
Category: Literature
You have possessed me, let me go. An iceberg is towed through the Heads to the astonishment of colonial Sydney. As it melts, the iceberg is revealed as a tomb to the perfectly preserved body of a young sailor, who died forty years before. A man lost in grief for his wife is haunted by his memories of he ...Show more
Stone Woman: A Novel by Tariq Ali
$22.95 AUD
Category: Literature
The Stone Woman is the third novel of Tariq Ali's "Islam Quartet." Like its predecessors - Shadows of the Pomegranate Tree and The Book of Saladin - its power lies both in the story-telling and the challenge it poses to stereotyped images of life under Islam.
The Darkness of Wallis Simpson, and other stories by Rose Tremain
$24.95 AUD
Category: Literature
Wallis Simpson, the twice-divorced American woman for whom Edward Vlll abdicated in 1936, ended her life (as the Duchess of Windsor) as the prisoner of her lawyer who would not allow anyone - friend, foe or journalist - to visit her in her Paris flat. Rose Tremain takes this true story and transforms it ...Show more
Fire in the Blood by Irene Nemirovsky
$24.95 AUD
Category: Literature
This perfect gem of a novel by the author of the posthumously acclaimed and bestselling "Suite Francaise" has never previously been published and was discovered only recently in separate archive files. A couple of pages were in the famous suitcase which her daughters saved, and the balance had been depo ...Show more
Nova Express by William S. Burroughs
$24.95 AUD
Category: Literature
The diabolical Nova Criminals now include the nightmarish characters of Sammy the Butcher, Iron Claws, Izzy the Push and the Brown Artist, and are poised to wreak untold destruction on the world with their new-found control. Only Inspector Lee of the Nova Police has any chance of stopping them, by disma ...Show more
The Comfort of Figs by Simon Clearly
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Category: Literature
'A poignant tale of secret histories and the mechanics of forgiveness' The Age 1939: a city springs from a country town in the making of a steel bridge. Three young men work on the construction, labouring precariously high above the river. Close bonds develop between them but one slip alters their lives ...Show more
After China by Brian Castro; Katharine England (Introduction by)
$24.95 AUD
Category: Literature
Novel exploring the relationship between a Chinese architect who has fled his homeland and a woman who is dying of cancer. Winner of the 1993 Victorian Premier's Award. New edition includes an introduction by Adelaide-based reviewer and critic, Katherine England, and brief explanatory notes. Author is w ...Show more
The Last Thread by Michael Sala
$24.95 AUD
Category: Literature
This poignant, haunting and beautiful novel retells Michael Sala's fascinating life through fiction. From his early years in the Netherlands to moving (twice) to Australia in the 1980s, 'Michaelis' recalls the mysterious secret surrounding his estranged father, the relentless bullying of his stepfather, ...Show more
Strange Things - The Malevolent North in Canadian Literature by Margaret Atwood
$24.95 AUD
Category: Literature
The internationally celebrated author of more than twenty-five books of fiction, poetry, essays, and criticism, Margaret Atwood is one of Canada's most esteemed literary figures. She has won many literary awards, her work has been translated into twenty-two languages, her novel The Handmaid's Tale was a ...Show more