{"product_id":"2026200006744-secondhand-subtle-flame","title":"Subtle Flame","description":"\u003cp\u003eEdition: First Edition\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition remarks:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBook: Good                          \u003cbr\u003eJacket: Worn\/faded, no tears\u003cbr\u003ePages: Good                  \u003cbr\u003eMarkings: Previous owner\u003cbr\u003eCondition remarks: Pages clean and bright. Binding tight. Usual aging. Good copy\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA passionate work of Australian literary fiction, Subtle Flame chronicles the intense emotional and intellectual life of its protagonist as she navigates the competing demands of love, ambition, and social expectation in early twentieth-century Australia. Katharine Susannah Prichard, one of Australia's most celebrated and politically engaged novelists, brings her characteristic blend of lyrical prose and unflinching social realism to bear on themes of desire, identity, and the constraints placed upon women in a rapidly changing society. The narrative unfolds with a simmering intensity — the subtle flame of the title serving as a powerful metaphor for the restrained yet consuming passions that drive the characters forward. Prichard illustrates with remarkable psychological depth how personal yearning and ideological conviction can both liberate and destroy, rendering her characters as fully human and deeply contradictory. Readers familiar with her landmark works will find here the same courageous moral vision that defines her literary legacy.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Secondhand Stock","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48810571825371,"sku":"2026200006744-SECONDHAND","price":25.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0523\/7646\/9701\/files\/1b9e1308-0bfe-41ae-80c4-663da33cebcb.png?v=1779805404","url":"https:\/\/bookgrocer.com\/products\/2026200006744-secondhand-subtle-flame","provider":"Book Grocer","version":"1.0","type":"link"}