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The Letter for the King by Tonke Dragt (Illustrator); Laura Watkinson
35.00 AUD
Category: Middle Readers | Series: Pushkin Children's Collection
A young messenger. A secret mission. A kingdom in peril. It is the dead of night. Sixteen-year-old Tiuri must spend hours locked in a chapel in silent contemplation if he is to be knighted the next day. But, as he waits by the light of a flickering candle, he hears a knock at the door and a voice despe ...Show more
The Marquise of O— by Heinrich von Kleist; Nicholas Jacobs (Translator)
24.99 AUD
Category: Fiction | Series: Pushkin Collection
A vivid new translation of a timeless classic: Kleist's tense, ambiguous novella about an unexpected pregnancy In a Northern Italian town during the Napoleonic Wars, Julietta, a young widow and mother of impeccable reputation, finds herself unexpectedly pregnant. This follows an attack on the town's ci ...Show more
The New Sorrows of Young W. by Ulrich Plenzdorf
24.99 AUD
Category: Fiction | Series: Pushkin Collection
'I was just a regular idiot, a nutcase, a show-off and all that. Nothing to cry about. Seriously' Edgar W., teenage dropout, unrequited lover, unrecognized genius - and dead - tells the story of his brief, spectacular life. It is the story of how he rebels against the petty rules of communist East Germa ...Show more
The Pointless Leopard: What Good are Kids Anyway? by Colas Gutman
14.99 AUD
Category: Middle Readers | Series: Pushkin Children's Collection
A walk in the woods turns into a funny, philosophical and irresistibly charming mini-adventure.In this witty tale of insistent parents and talking animals, a child questions his purpose.In the country, there's nothing to do, except: admire. It's the same as being bored, but with your eyes wide open.The ...Show more
The Unhappiness of Being a Single Man - Essential Stories by Franz Kafka
21.99 AUD
Category: Fiction | Series: Pushkin Collection
New translations of the best stories by the one of the twentieth century's greatest and most influential writers Kafka, whose name has generated an adjective, is one of the best loved writers of the twentieth century. Known for his dark, enigmatic stories, for the absurd nightmares he depicts, his e ...Show more
Yevgeny Onegin by Alexander Pushkin
29.99 AUD
Category: Fiction | Series: Pushkin Collection
A brand new translation of this classic Russian work. Bored and aloof, tired of St Petersburg high society, Yevgeny Onegin goes to live on the country estate he has just inherited from his uncle. There he encounters Tatyana, who becomes hopelessly infatuated with him. From this story Pushkin creates hi ...Show more