The Paris Review Interviews: vol. 3 by Philip Gourevitch (ed)
$34.95 AUD
Category: Anthologies & Journals | Series: The Paris Review
This is the third volume of the acclaimed "Paris Review Interviews", described by Gary Shteyngart as a 'colossal literary event'.Since "The Paris Review" was founded in 1953, it has given us invaluable conversations with the greatest writers of our age, vivid self-portraits that are themselves works of ...Show more
The Antarctic : An anthology by Francis Spufford (ed)
$24.95 AUD
Category: Anthologies & Journals
"The Antarctic" features an international mix of classic first-person accounts of exploration, literary travelogues and works of cultural history, natural science and fiction about the South Pole. Contributors include British, American, Australian, Scandinavian, Japanese and Russian explorers such as Er ...Show more
A Confession by Leo Tolstoy
$9.95 AUD
Category: Anthologies & Journals | Series: Penguin Great Ideas
Describing Tolstoy's crisis of depression and estrangement from the world, A Confession is an autobiographical work of exceptional emotional honesty. It describes his search for 'a practical religion not promising future bliss but giving bliss on earth'. Although A Confession led to his ex-communication ...Show more
Other Colours by Orhan Pamuk
$26.95 AUD
Category: Anthologies & Journals
"Other Colours" is a collection of immediate relevance and timeless value, ranging from lyrical autobiography to criticism of literature and culture, from humour to political analysis, from delicate evocations of his friendship with his daughter Ruya to provocative discussions of Eastern and Western art ...Show more
Heartsick for Country by Blaze Kwaymullina, Tjalaminu Mia, and Sally Morgan
$27.95 AUD
Category: Anthologies & Journals
The stories in this anthology speak of the love between Aboriginal peoples and their countries. They are personal accounts that share knowledge, insight and emotion, each speaking of a deep connection to country and of feeling heartsick because of the harm that is being inflicted on country even today, ...Show more
At the Same Time by Susan Sontag
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Category: Anthologies & Journals
The sixteen essays gathered here represent the last pieces written by Susan Sontag in the years before her death in 2004. Reflecting on literature, photography and art, post-9/11 America and political activism, these essays encompass the themes that dominated Sontag's life and work, revealing why she re ...Show more
Granta 101 One Hundred and One by Jason Cowley
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Category: Anthologies & Journals | Series: Granta: The Magazine of New Writing
Granta 101 features incisive reportage and investigative journalism alongside fiction and a photo essay from the Arctic by Gautier Deblonde. Andrew Hussey reports from the troubled Parisian suburbs; Tim Lott explores the brutal murder of his agent; Xan Rice travels to Angola in search of a missing fathe ...Show more
Great Australian Eulogies by WALSH Richard
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Category: Anthologies & Journals
A brilliant collection of moving, compelling and entertaining eulogies given at funerals all over Australia, some famous and others not so. Read this to remember fondly those passed on, to be inspired and to gain confidence that you too can paint a humorously affectionate portrait of your dearly departe ...Show more
Macquarie PEN Anthology of Aboriginal Literature by Anita Heiss, Peter Minter
$35.00 AUD
Category: Anthologies & Journals
An authoritative collection of Australian Aboriginal writing over two centuries, across a wide range of fiction and non-fiction genres. Including some of the most distinctive writing produced in Australia, it offers rich insights into Aboriginal culture and experience.
The Paris Review Interviews: vol. 1 by Paris Review editors (eds)
$34.95 AUD
Category: Anthologies & Journals | Series: The\Paris Review Ser.
How do great writers do it? From James M Cain's hard-nosed observation that "writing a novel is like working on foreign policy. There are problems to be solved. It's not all inspirational," to Joan Didion's account of how she composes a book - "I constantly retype my own sentences. Every day I go back t ...Show more
Portable Dorothy Parker (Deluxe Edition) by Dorothy Parker
$45.00 AUD
Category: Anthologies & Journals | Series: Penguin Classics S.
The second revision in sixty years, this sublime collection ranges over the verse, stories, essays, and journalism of one of the twentieth centurys most quotable authors.
The Best American Essays 2009 by Mary Oliver
$22.95 AUD
Category: Anthologies & Journals
Edited by award-winning poet and essayist Mary Oliver, the latest edition of this "rich and thoughtful collection" ("Publishers Weekly") offers the finest essays "judiciously selected from countless publications" ("Chicago Tribune").