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Thirteen short tales from one of the most blistering and innovative writers of the twentieth century. The small incidents of life become moments of inner revelation in the luminous writing of Clarice Lispector. A woman contemplating a vase of roses after a nervous breakdown; a tangled mother-daughter relationship; a man’s abandonment of a dog; an animal in a zoo; an egg: each one leads to mystery and self-discovery, delight and devastation.
In ‘Babylon Revisited’ a man goes to Paris to gain custody of his daughter, but his plans go disasterously awry. In ‘The Cut-Glass Bowl’ a wedding present becomes a curse for fading beauty. In ‘The Lost Decade’ a writers’ lunch becomes a meditation on the tragedy of lost time.
Published in 1899, ‘The Awakening’ ignited a firestorm of controversy. Reviewers criticized the book for its tacit endorsement of adultery, its frank depiction of a woman’s sexual frustration, and its overt rejection of conventional expectations for women’s roles and behaviour.
Cecile leads a hedonistic, frivolous life with her father and his young mistresses. On holiday in the South of France, she is seduced by the sun, the sand and her first lover. But when her father decides to remarry, their carefree existence becomes clouded by tragedy.
A special edition of Jane Austen’s elegant novel of family, society and manners with illustrations by Hugh Thomson and bonus material by Jane Austen expert Sophie Reynolds.
A gorgeous special edition of Jane Austen’s most enduring and popular novel, with original illustrations by Hugh Thomson and bonus material by Jane Austen expert Sophie Reynolds.
Austen’s feistiest heroine in a gorgeous special edition, illustrated by Hugh Thomson and featuring bonus material by Jane Austen expert Sophie Reynolds.
An electrifying anthology of queer poetry through the ages, edited by Dr Simon Avery, specialist in queer history and culture.
Here is a collection featuring 26 of Gertrude Stein’s most enrapturing and essential short writings – a carefully curated, accessible entry point into her best and most joyful works. In the collection, readers will rediscover Gertrude Stein as the bearer of a joyfully radical literary vision.
Elizabeth Smart’s passionate fictional account of her intense love-affair with the poet George Barker, described by Angela Carter as ‘Like Madame Bovary blasted by lightening ? A masterpiece’.
*WATERSTONES WELSH BOOK OF THE MONTH*
Paris, 1891Â Laura is living on the streets, far from the American Prairies where she was born. When rescued by the entrancing aerialists, Ena and Auguste Gaudron, she soon finds herself ensconced in the family hot air balloon business, and offered the chance to learn how to fly.
A delightful collection of prose and poetry celebrating the rich literary history of Yorkshire.
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