{"product_id":"2026200006336-secondhand-theory-practice-signed","title":"Theory \u0026 Practice [signed]","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition remarks:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBook: Good                          \u003cbr\u003eJacket: No dust jacket\u003cbr\u003ePages: Good                  \u003cbr\u003eMarkings: Previous owner\u003cbr\u003eCondition remarks: Condition as shown in image\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA sharp and intellectually playful work of autofiction, Theory \u0026amp; Practice chronicles the coming-of-age of a young Sri Lankan woman navigating the heady world of literary theory in 1980s Melbourne, where ideas about feminism, postcolonialism, and desire collide with the messy realities of everyday life. De Kretser presents her narrator's immersion in academic thought with both affection and irony, illustrating how the grand theories absorbed in seminar rooms often crumble against the lived textures of love, ambition, and displacement. The novel unfolds with De Kretser's characteristic wit and precision, drawing a vivid portrait of a woman caught between the seductive certainty of intellectual frameworks and the irreducible complexity of her own experience. Compact yet richly layered, it argues that the distance between how we think we should live and how we actually live is where the most honest self-knowledge begins.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Secondhand Stock","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48820227506395,"sku":"2026200006336-SECONDHAND","price":15.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0523\/7646\/9701\/files\/fe7c97ce-f052-4ddb-a073-cc4edd5d6653.png?v=1780054710","url":"https:\/\/bookgrocer.com\/products\/2026200006336-secondhand-theory-practice-signed","provider":"Book Grocer","version":"1.0","type":"link"}