Search Results for: “lorrie moore”

Lorrie Moore's dazzling new collection is remarkable for its range, emotional force and dark humour, and for the sheer beauty and power of its language. It unfolds a startlingly brilliant...

Lorrie Moore's dazzling collection of stories is remarkable for its range, emotional force and dark humour, and for the sheer beauty and power of its language. It unfolds a startlingly...

NB: This is a secondhand book in very good condition. See our FAQs for more information. Please note that the jacket image is indicative only. A description of our secondhand...

Author: Lorrie Moore Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 432 'When in 1999 I began writing for The New York Review of Books ... my stance became that of the ingenuous...

This absorbing, ironic, bitter-sweet collection of nine stories marks Lorrie Moore's talented debut. Sharp, cruel and funny, the stories are presented as a highly idiosyncratic guide to female existence: 'How...

Author: Lorrie Moore Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 208 Finn is in the grip of middle-age and on an enforced break from work: it might be that he's too emotional...

NB: This is a secondhand book in very good condition. See our FAQs for more information. Please note that the jacket image is indicative only. A description of our secondhand...

This novel follows the lives of two 11-year-olds intent on escaping childhood. As the strength of their friendship is tested repeatedly, they begin to take their first, exhilarating steps towards...

In her best-selling story collection, "Birds of America" ("[it] will stand by itself as one of our funniest, most telling anatomies of human love and vulnerability" --James McManus, front page...

NB: This is a secondhand book in very good condition. See our FAQs for more information. Please note that the jacket image is indicative only. A description of our secondhand...

In this brilliant collection of stories Lorrie Moore addresses herself to a contemporary emotional dilemma - the widening gulf between men and women, and the simultaneous yearning for and fear...

In these eight masterful stories, Lorrie Moore, explores the passage of time, and summons up its inevitable sorrows and comic pitfalls. In 'Debarking', a newly divorced man tries to keep...

The watcher spies late into the night on the enviably cosy domesticity of the Titmuss household. The seemingly happy couple, the loving children, the ordered normality of it all strikes...

'America's first lady of darkness and mirth.' Guardian'The best American writer of her generation.' Nick Hornby 'Unmissable.' Marie ClaireFrom one of the most celebrated imaginations in American literature, Lorrie Moore's...

Gritty and moving crime thriller, for fans of THE WIRE and LINE OF DUTY from the critically-acclaimed author of HEFT. **NOW A MAJOR CHANNEL 4 TV SERIES** SELECTED BY BARACK...

Author: C.L. Moore Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 208 With her red hair flowing, her yellow eyes glinting like embers, and her face streaked with blood, Jirel is strong, fearless,...

The short story is one of the most varied and exciting genres in American literature. This collection brings together many of its finest examples from the early nineteenth century to...

Author: C.L. Moore Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 256 Comus, the communications network/police force, has spread its web of power all across an America paralyzed by the after-effects of limited...

The author examines his life to find out who and why he is.

A wide-ranging and eclectic collection of short stories on the theme of love in its various forms: romantic, erotic, impossible, undying and exhausted. No other aspect of the human experience...

Edition: 1st us ed.,Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Wear and tearPages: Yellowed Markings: No markingsCondition remarks: Boards - fair; some marks. Binding - tight. A darkly satirical work of science fiction,...

The bestselling author of 'Maharanis' recreates the lives of six remarkable women who, in a time of violent revolution, leapt at the chance to exercise their considerable charm, intelligence and...

Author: C.L. Moore Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 256 Comus, the communications network/police force, has spread its web of power all across an America paralyzed by the after-effects of limited...

Author: Gloria Jean MooreBinding: HardbackPublished: AE Press, 1986Condition remarks:Book: Very goodJacket: UnblemishedPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis book delves into the complex identities of Anglo-Indians, exploring their unique cultural heritage and the...

Jessie is the only daughter of the vicar of Abbot's Cove, an idyllic, sleepy village on the Cornish coast. At seventeen, she struggles to be recognised as an adult by...

The book titled Lies of Silence by the author Brian Moore. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information.

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodWhat does it truly cost to be Lord Byron — in pounds, shillings, and pence, as well as in passion, scandal, and legend? Lord...

Finalist for the 2021 National Book Award (Fiction) "It was Indiana, it was the dirt she had bloomed up out of, it was who she was, what she felt, how...

NB: This is a secondhand book in very good condition. See our FAQs for more information. Please note that the jacket image is indicative only. A description of our secondhand...

NB: This is a secondhand book in very good condition. See our FAQs for more information. Please note that the jacket image is indicative only. A description of our secondhand...

Edition: First EditionCondition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacket - some marks on spine and cornersPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Boards: fair with some marks and specks; slight discolouration...

'Dettmann at her hilarious and heartwarming best.' Tim Minchin When Margot receives an email from her best friend it comes as a shock ... seeing as Tess died twenty years...

'Dettmann at her hilarious and heartwarming best.' Tim Minchin When Margot receives an email from her best friend it comes as a shock ... seeing as Tess died twenty years...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: N/APages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerAt the heart of the Victorian aesthetic revolution stands Morris & Co., the legendary design firm founded by William Morris whose radical vision transformed...

Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Good Markings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: A vibrant 1966 first edition in Very Good condition. The binding is remarkably tight and the jacket shows...

Condition remarks:Book: FairJacket: Wear and tear with damagePages: Some moisture damageWhen hundreds of thousands of American servicemen flooded into Australia between 1941 and 1945, they brought with them a culture,...

OVER 5 MILLION COPIES SOLD WORLDWIDE. THE SIZZLING FINALE TO THE NO 1 BESTSELLING ROMANTASY TRILOGY PHENOMENON! ? Paedyn Gray and Kai Azer return to the Kingdom of Ilya... ?...

The Italian's mandate: she will fulfil her vows! Heir to Italy's most illustrious estate, power is at Ettore Marchesi's fingertips. Yet, an inheritance clause demands he has a wife by...

Throughout his distinguised career, Patrick Moore has, without a doubt, done more to raise the profile of astronomy amoung the British public than any other figure in the scientific world.As...

Condition remarks:Book: FairJacket: No dust jacketPages: YellowedCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageFrom the classrooms of Melbourne's Church of England Grammar School to the wider world of literary appreciation, Modern...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: N/APages: GoodA darkness stalks the edges of sanity in James Herbert's Moon, a gripping horror thriller that follows Jon Childes, a man haunted by terrifying psychic visions...

Classic tales by Laura Ingalls Wilder about life on the frontier and America's best-loved pioneer family. The sun-kissed prairie stretches out around the Ingalls family, smiling its welcome after their...