Granta 161: Sister, Brother by Sigrid Rausing (Editor)
33.00 NZD
Category: Short Stories
This issue of Granta tells the story of siblings: chaotic hierarchies, zero-sum games of competition alternating with tenderness, lifelong relationships that nevertheless can sometimes break.
This Is Salvaged by Vauhini Vara
33.00 NZD
Category: Short Stories
Pushing intimacy to its limits in prose of unearthly beauty, Vauhini Vara explores the nature of being a child, parent, friend, sibling, neighbour or lover, and the relationships between self and others. A young girl reads the encyclopedia to her elderly neighbour, who is descending into dementia. A pai ...Show more
Standing Her Ground: Classic Short Stories by Trailblazing Women by Various
20.00 NZD
Category: Classics | Series: Macmillan Collector's Library
All the stories in Standing Her Ground have been chosen to celebrate the skill, the passion and achievements of women writers spanning one hundred years of innovation. Part of the Macmillan Collector's Library; a series of stunning, clothbound, pocket-sized classics with gold foiled edges and ribbon mar ...Show more
50 Shades of Weird by Derrick von Orspe
30.00 NZD
Category: NZ - Fiction
Have you ever looked up at the stars at night and wondered why of all the planets in all the solar systems in all the galaxies, you got this one? Have you ever considered that the status of a nation is judged not by how civilised or sophisticated its society but on its capability to destroy its neighb ...Show more
Landfall 246 by Edited by Lynley Edmeades
30.00 NZD
Category: Short Stories
Landfall is New Zealand's foremost and longest-running arts and literary journal. Published twice a year, each volume showcases two full-colour art portfolios and brims with vital new fiction, poetry, cultural commentary, reviews, and biographical and critical essays. Bringing together a range of voices ...Show more
Sands of Dune: Novellas from the world of Dune by Brian Herbert, Kevin J. Anderson
28.00 NZD
Category: Fiction - Sci-Fi/Fantasy
Collected for the first time, these Dune novellas by bestselling authors Brian Herbert and Kevin J. Anderson shine a light upon the darker corners of the Dune universe. Spanning space and time, Sands of Dune is essential reading for any fan of the series. The world of Dune has shaped an entire generatio ...Show more
Wild Places: Selected Stories by Katherine Mansfield
40.00 NZD
Category: Short Stories
A gorgeous hardback of Katherine Mansfield's best stories, selected by her biographer Claire Harman. Katherine Mansfield was the only writer Virginia Woolf envied. Mansfield transformed the short story genre with her work, creating stories miraculous in their intensity yet seemingly so simple. The shif ...Show more
Evening in Paradise: More Stories by Lucia Berlin
25.00 NZD
Category: Short Stories
The chance to join 'the Revival of the Great Lucia Berlin' (New York Times)... 'Raw, elliptical , devilishly funny tales' Observer Ranging from Texas, to Chile, to New Mexico and New York, in Evening in Paradise Berlin writes about the good, the bad and everything in between: struggling young mothers, ...Show more
Property: A Collection by Lionel Shriver
25.00 NZD
Category: Short Stories
The first ever story collection from the inimitable Lionel Shriver 'Genius' Stylist'Phenomenal' Observer'Brilliant' The TimesIn her first ever story collection, Lionel Shriver illuminates one of the modern age's most enduring obsessions: property. A woman creates a deeply personal wedding present for he ...Show more
Granta 153: Second Nature by SIGRID. RAUSING
33.00 NZD
Category: Literary Criticism / Essays & Journalism
Guest-edited by Isabella Tree, author of Wilding, this nature issue touches on every continent in the world and features award-winning writers, expert scientists and activists from the frontlines of the climate crisis.
The Author's Cut - Short Stories by Owen Marshall
37.00 NZD
Category: NZ - Fiction | Reading Level: very good
Chosen by the author, this latest selection of stories includes 'Coming Home in the Dark', the inspiration for a new feature film. Owen Marshall is regarded as one of our finest living writers. His stories capture the imagination of readers and refuse to let go. From dark to funny, acerbic to warm, they ...Show more
Filthy Animals by Brandon Taylor
23.00 NZD
Category: Short Stories | Reading Level: near fine
A hotly charged new work of fiction from the Booker Prize shortlisted author of Real Life. In the series of linked stories at the heart of Filthy Animals, set among young adults in the American midwest, a young man treads delicate emotional waters as he navigates a series of sexually fraught encounters ...Show more