Mantel Pieces: Royal Bodies And Other Writing From The London Review Of Books by Hilary Mantel
28.00 NZD
Category: Literary Criticism / Essays & Journalism
A stunning collection of essays and memoir from twice Booker Prize winner Hilary Mantel, author of The Wolf Hall trilogy. In 1987, when Hilary Mantel was first published in the London Review of Books, she wrote to the editor, Karl Miller, ‘I have no critical training whatsoever, so I am forced to be mo ...Show more
Lines in the Sand: Collected Journalism by A. A. Gill
38.00 NZD
Category: Literary Criticism / Essays & Journalism
A. A. Gill's writing: an embarrassment of riches. This selection of some of his recent pieces, spanning the last five years, sees him at his most perceptive, brilliant and funny. His subjects range from the controversial - fur - to the heartfelt - a fantastic crystallisation of what it means to be Europ ...Show more
Wonderworks : Literary invention and the science of stories by Angus Fletcher
28.00 NZD
Category: Literary Criticism / Essays & Journalism
'Fascinating. It blew my mind!' - Malcolm GladwellWonderworks reveals that literature is among the mightiest technologies that humans have ever invented, precision-honed to give us what our brains most want and need.
The Art of Solitude: Selected Writings by VARIOUS
23.00 NZD
Category: Literary Criticism / Essays & Journalism | Series: Macmillan Collector's Library
In a world where we're more connected than ever, why is it that we're also more lonely? Dip into this anthology of classic writing to reclaim the pleasure of your own company.Part of the Macmillan Collector's Library; a series of stunning pocket size classics. These beautiful books make perfect gifts or ...Show more
Daemon Voices: On Stories and Storytelling by Philip Pullman
27.00 NZD
Category: Literary Criticism / Essays & Journalism
Inspired meditations on storytelling from one of the worlds finest, most accomplished and adored writers. Pullman is a master of fiction and shares his thoughts on the origin of his own stories, the craft of writing and the storytellers who have meant the most to him. The art of storytelling is everywhe ...Show more
This is Shakespeare by Emma Smith
26.00 NZD
Category: Literary Criticism / Essays & Journalism | Series: Pelican Bks.
THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER'An outstanding book ... lively, curious and passionate' Literary Review Why should you read a book about Shakespeare and his plays?Because he is a timeless genius whose work encapsulates the human condition?Or is it something more unexpected?
Yellow Notebook: Diaries Volume I 1978-1987 by Helen Garner
30.00 NZD
Category: Literary Criticism / Essays & Journalism | Series: Diaries
Finally, Helen Garner has opened her diaries and invited readers into the world behind her novels and works of non-fiction. Recorded with frankness, humour and steel-sharp wit, these accounts of her everyday life provide an intimate insight into the work of one of Australia's greatest living writers. Ye ...Show more
Twenty-First Century Tolkien - What Middle-Earth Means to Us Today by Nick Groom
37.00 NZD
Category: Literary Criticism / Essays & Journalism
An engaging, original and radical reassessment of J.R.R. Tolkien, revealing how his visionary creation of Middle-Earth is more relevant now than ever before.
Dear Ijeawele, Or A Feminist Manifesto In Fifteen Suggestion by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
15.00 NZD
Category: Literary Criticism / Essays & Journalism
A powerful statement about feminism today from "one of the world's great contemporary writers" (Barack Obama), the author of Americanah and We Should All Be Feminists.A few years ago, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie received a letter from a childhood friend, a new mother who wanted to know how to raise her bab ...Show more
The Bad Boy of Athens: Classics from the Greeks to Game of Thrones by Daniel Mendelsohn
28.00 NZD
Category: Literary Criticism / Essays & Journalism
'Mendelsohn takes the classical costumes off figures like Virgil and Sappho, Homer and Horace ... He writes about things so clearly they come to feel like some of the most important things you have ever been told.' - Sebastian Barry. Over the past three decades, Daniel Mendelsohn's essays and reviews h ...Show more
Mastering the Process - From Idea to Novel by Elizabeth George
28.00 NZD
Category: Literary Criticism / Essays & Journalism
As the author of twenty-four novels, Elizabeth George is one of the most successful--and prolific--novelists today. In Mastering the Process, George offers readers a master class in the art and science of crafting a novel. This is a subject she knows well, having taught creative writing both nationally ...Show more
Meaty: Essays by Samantha Irby
27.00 NZD
Category: Literary Criticism / Essays & Journalism
'This is an unforgettable book, the kind where the author unapologetically bares her heart and asks you to hold it tenderly, with care.' Roxane Gay Meditations on the terror of love; tips for getting your disgusting meat carcass ready for some new, hot sex; a frank self-evaluation upon the occasion of o ...Show more