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Cleopatra: Her History, Her Myth by Francine Prose
$22.95 AUD
Category: Ancient History | Series: Ancient Lives Ser.
A feminist reinterpretation of the myths surrounding Cleopatra casts new light on the Egyptian queen and her legacy
Cleopatra - Her History, Her Myth by Francine Prose
$39.95 AUD
Category: Ancient History | Series: Ancient Lives Ser.
A feminist reinterpretation of the myths surrounding Cleopatra casts new light on the Egyptian queen and her legacyThe siren passionately in love with Mark Antony, the seductress who allegedly rolled out of a carpet she had herself smuggled in to see Caesar, Cleopatra is a figure shrouded in myth. Beyon ...Show more
Mavis Gallant Collected Stories by Mavis Gallant; Francine Prose (Introduction by)
$45.00 AUD
Category: Fiction
This generous collection of fifty-two stories selected from across her prolific career by the author, is preceded by a preface in which she discusses the sources of her art.With irony and an unfailing eye for the telling detail, Gallant weaves stories of spare complexity, often pushing the boundaries of ...Show more
Peggy Guggenheim - The Shock of the Modern by Francine Prose
$37.99 AUD
Category: Biography | Series: Jewish Lives
One of twentieth-century America's most influential patrons of the arts, Peggy Guggenheim (1898-1979) brought to wide public attention the work of such modern masters as Jackson Pollock and Man Ray. In her time, there was no stronger advocate for the groundbreaking and the avant-garde. Her midtown galle ...Show more
Peggy Guggenheim: The Shock of the Modern by Francine Prose
$24.99 AUD
Category: Biography | Series: Jewish Lives Ser.
A spirited portrait of the colorful, irrepressible, and iconoclastic American collector who fearlessly advanced the cause of modern art. One of twentieth-century America's most influential patrons of the arts, Peggy Guggenheim (1898-1979) brought to wide public attention the work of such modern masters ...Show more
The Vixen - A Novel by Francine Prose
$27.99 AUD
Category: Fiction
Named one of the best books of 2021 by NPR, The Washington Post, and Financial Times "No one states problems more correctly, more astutely, more amusingly and more uncomfortably than Francine Prose . . . The gift of her work to a reader is to create for us what she creates for her protagonist: the subt ...Show more
The Vixen: A Novel by Francine Prose
$32.99 AUD
Category: Fiction
Critically acclaimed, bestselling author Francine Prose returns with a dazzling new novel set in the glamorous world of 1950s New York publishing, the story of a young man tasked with editing a steamy bodice-ripper based on the recent trial and execution of Ethel and Julius Rosenberg - an assignment tha ...Show more
What to Read and Why by Francine Prose
$32.99 AUD
Category: Words and Writing
In this brilliant collection, the follow-up to her New York Times bestseller Reading Like a Writer, the distinguished novelist, literary critic, and essayist celebrates the pleasures of reading and pays homage to the works and writers she admires above all others, from Jane Austen and Charles Dickens to ...Show more
What to Read and Why by Francine Prose
$35.95 AUD
Category: Words and Writing
In this brilliant collection, the follow-up to her New York Times bestseller Reading Like a Writer, the distinguished novelist, literary critic, and essayist celebrates the pleasures of reading and pays homage to the works and writers she admires above all others, from Jane Austen and Charles Dickens to ...Show more
Women Who Write Are Dangerous by Stefan Bollman; Francine Prose (Foreword by)
$44.99 AUD
Category: Gift
A sequel to the best-selling Women Who Read Are Dangerous, presenting portraits and profiles of fearless women writers past and present Writing has not always been considered a suitable career for women. Indeed, it was once common for women authors to adopt a masculine pseudonym in order to be taken s ...Show more
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