Novels, Tales, Journeys by Alexander Pushkin
29.99 AUD
Category: Fiction
Puskin's masterpieces in prose, in sparkling new translations by the award-winning Pevear and Volokhonsky. The father of Russian literature, Pushkin is beloved not only for his poetry but also for his brilliant stories, which range from dramatic narratives of love, obsession and betrayal to lively comic ...Show more
The Man Who Would Not See by Rajorshi Chakraborti
32.99 AUD
Category: Fiction | Reading Level: very good
When family suddenly becomes your greatest challenge, mystery, rediscovery. As children in Calcutta, Ashim and Abhay made a small mistake that split their family forever. Thirty years later, Ashim has re-entered his brother's life, with blame and retribution on his mind. It seems nothing short of smashi ...Show more
The Dictionary of Animal Languages by Heidi Sopinka
29.99 AUD
Category: Fiction
A thrillingly elegant yet raw evocation of a woman clawing her way to a creative life, inspired by the story of surrealist artist Leonora Carrington.Born into a wealthy family in northern England, sent to boarding school, and educated by nuns, Ivory Frame escapes to interwar Paris where she finds hersel ...Show more
Look at Me by Mareike Krügel; Imogen Taylor (Translator)
29.99 AUD
Category: Fiction
The violent outbursts and unpredictable behavior of 11yo Helli have put an end to her mother's dream of continuing her career. Katharina holds on to her sanity by making lists for herself - lists of things that remind her she's more than a chauffeur and crisis-manager. Her older son, 17yo Alex, seems to ...Show more
Evacuation by Raphael Jerusalmy
19.99 AUD
Category: Fiction
Naor, a young filmmaker, is driving with his mother. He tells her about being in Tel Aviv after a recent evacuation.Everyone else has fled, except for Naor and Yael, his artist girlfriend, and Saba, his grandfather, who is a writer. The occasional missile explodes nearby. But Saba refuses to leave the p ...Show more
The Everlasting Sunday by Robert Lukins
29.95 AUD
Category: Fiction
During the freezing English winter of 1962, seventeen-year-old Radford is sent to Goodwin Manor, a home for boys who have been 'found by trouble'. Drawn immediately to the charismatic West, Radford soon discovers that each one of them has something to hide.Life at the Manor offers a refuge of sorts, but ...Show more
Trick of the Light by Laura Elvery
22.95 AUD
Category: Fiction
An art teacher sends four of her students on a guerrilla mission. A young runner struggles to make sense of his best friend's death. A health-food company adopts a farcical promotional strategy. A factory worker spends her days applying radioactive paint to watches, while dreaming of a future with her n ...Show more
The Missing Girl by Shirley Jackson
2.50 AUD
Category: Fiction | Series: Penguin Modern
Of course, no one would want to say anything about a girl like this that's missing . . . 'Malice, paranoia and creeping dread lie beneath the surface of ordinary American life in these chilling miniature masterworks of unease.
The Dialogue of Two Snails by Federico Garcia Lorca
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Category: Fiction | Series: Penguin Modern
My heart brims with billows and minnows of shadows and silver.' Beautiful, brutal, strange and lovely- this is Lorca reborn, in a selection of previously unpublished pieces and masterful new translations.
Lance by Vladimir Nabokov
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Category: Fiction | Series: Penguin Modern
The illegible signature of teetering disaster'Three great stories - The Aurelian, Signs and Symbols and Lance - the last both a derisive attack on science-fiction and an attempt to imagine the real pain and horror that would accompany space travel.
The Veiled Woman by Anais Nin
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Category: Fiction | Series: Penguin Modern
What did she expect of him? What was her quest? Did she have an unfulfilled desire?'Tales of transgressive desire and erotic adventure are recounted in these four shimmering pieces.
The Custard Heart (Mini Modern Classics) by Dorothy Parker
2.50 AUD
Category: Fiction | Series: Penguin Modern
Only when the littler, kinder hours had succeeded noon could she bring herself to come forth and face the recurrent sorrows of living'A collection of satirical short stories set in New York from the master of scathing wit Dorothy Parker.