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Salonika Burning by Gail Jones
$34.99 AUD
Category: New Hardbacks
Greece, 1917. The great city of Salonika is engulfed by fire as all of Europe is ravaged by war.Amid the destruction, there are those who have come to the frontlines to heal- surgeons, ambulance drivers, nurses, orderlies and other volunteers. Four of these people-Stella, Olive, Grace and Stanley-are at ...Show more
Sixty Lights by Gail Jones
$19.99 AUD
Category: Fiction
Sixty Lights is the captivating chronicle of Lucy Strange, an independent girl growing up in the Victorian world. From her childhood in Australia through to her adolescence in England and Bombay and finally to London, Lucy is fascinated by light and by the new photographic technology. Her perception of ...Show more
Sorry by Gail Jones
$19.99 AUD
Category: Fiction
This is a story that can only be told in a whisper...In the remote outback of North-west Australia, English anthropologist Nicholas Keene and his wife Stella raise a curious child, Perdita. Her childhood is far from ordinary; a shack in the wilderness, with a distant father burying himself in books and ...Show more
Sorry by JONES Gail
$32.95 AUD
Category: Fiction
In the remote outback of Western Australia, during WWII, English anthropologist Nicholas Keene and his wife, Stella raise a lonely child, Perdita, whose childhood is far from ordinary. Through this story, the author explores the values of friendship, loyalty and sacrifice.
The Cockatoos: Text Classics by Patrick White; Gail Jones (Introduction by)
$12.95 AUD
Category: Fiction
These six short novels and stories achieve the majesty and power of the best of Patrick White's great novels. They probe beneath the surface of events - a sexual lapse, the unaccustomed climate of a foreign country, interruptions in a cherished routine, a death, a toothache - to expose a deeper, truer r ...Show more
The Death of Noah Glass by Gail Jones
$22.99 AUD
Category: Fiction
Shortlisted for the Miles Franklin Literary Award 2019 The art historian Noah Glass, having just returned from a trip to Sicily, is discovered floating face down in the swimming pool at his Sydney apartment block. His adult children, Martin and Evie, must come to terms with the shock of their father''s ...Show more
The Death of Noah Glass by Gail Jones
$29.99 AUD
Category: Fiction | Reading Level: very good
WINNER OF THE 2019 PM'S FICTION PRIZE The art historian Noah Glass, having just returned from a trip to Sicily, is discovered floating face down in the swimming pool at his Sydney apartment block. His adult children, Martin and Evie, must come to terms with the shock of their father''s death. But a scu ...Show more
The Piano by Gail Jones
$16.95 AUD
Category: Film & TV | Series: Australian Screen Classics Ser.
The Piano written and directed by Jane Campion, is one of the most honoured films of the new Australian cinema, and is considered, by many critics, a modern masterpiece. Campion won the Palme D'Or at Cannes in 1993 for the film, making her the first woman ever to win this prestigious award; it also won ...Show more