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Tipping The Velvet by Sarah Waters
$34.99 NZD
Category: LGBTQI+ | Series: Virago Modern Classics
'Piercing the shadows of the naked stage was a single shaft of rosy limelight, and in the centre of this was a girl: the most marvellous girl - I knew it at once! - that I had ever seen.' A saucy, sensuous and multi-layered historical romance set in the 'roaring' 1890s, Tipping the Velvet follows the gl ...Show more
Towards Another Summer by Janet Frame
$24.99 NZD
$39.00 (35% off)
Category: NZ Fiction | Series: Virago Modern Classics Ser.
Self-styled writer Grace Cleave has writer's block, and her anxiety is only augmented by her chronic aversion to leaving her home, to be "among people, even for five or ten minutes." And so it is with trepidation that she accepts an invitation to spend a weekend away from London in the north of England. ...Show more
Valley of the Dolls by Jacqueline Susann
$29.99 NZD
Category: Fiction | Series: Virago Modern Classics Ser.
The 50th Anniversary Edition of Jacqueline Susann's All-Time Pop-Culture Classic The perfect gift for any Valley fan or your favorite Doll, featuring a new cover design - introduction by Simon Doonan - never-before-seen archival material - an essay from Jackie, "My Book Is Not Dirty " At a time when wom ...Show more
When Rain Clouds Gather and Maru Omnibus by Bessie Head
$29.99 NZD
Category: Fiction | Series: Virago Modern Classics Ser.
When Rainclouds Gather: Escaping South Africa and his troubled past, Makehaya crosses the border to Botswana, in the hope of leading a peaceful, purposeful life. In the village of Golema Mmidi he meets Gilbert, a charismatic Englishman who is trying to modernise farming methods to benefit the community. ...Show more
Writers as Readers: A Celebration of Virago Modern Classics by Virago Press
$39.99 NZD
Category: Non-fiction | Series: Virago Modern Classics Ser. | Reading Level: near fine
Margaret Drabble | Beryl Bainbridge | Angela Carter | Maggie O'Farrell | Elizabeth Jane Howard | A. S. Byatt | Penelope Lively | Sarah Waters | Jonathan Coe | Diana Souhami | Jilly Cooper | Elizabeth Bowen | Mark Bostridge | Alexander McCall Smith | Sarah Dunant | Rachel Cooke | Zadie Smith | Anita Desa ...Show more