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A Permanent Member of the Family by Russell Banks
$29.00 NZD
Category: World fiction
One of America's most prestigious writers, Russell Banks is a literary icon whose works probe the deepest recesses of American life. His profound and resonant stories of the lives of ordinary Americans have appeared regularly in anthologies and collections, including The Best American Short Stories. Rem ...Show more
Lost Memory of Skin by Russell Banks
$37.00 NZD
Category: World fiction
A mature and masterful work of contemporary fiction from a great American writer. Suspended in a strangely modern-day version of limbo, a young man must create a life for himself in the wake of incarceration. Known only as the Kid, and on probation after doing time for a liaison with an underage girl, h ...Show more
The Darling by Russell Banks
$35.00 NZD
Category: Miscellaneous | Reading Level: very good
Hannah Musgrave has left her family in Liberia during the civil war - now she must return and confront her ghosts Hannah Musgrave - enigmatic, tough, middle aged - has lived many lives. A member of the terrorist group, The Weathermen in the 60s, she was once a hardened radical, both sexually and poli ...Show more
The Darling by Russell Banks
$28.00 NZD
Category: World fiction
Hannah Musgrave has left her family in Liberia during the civil war - now she must return and confront her ghosts. Hannah Musgrave - enigmatic, tough, middle aged - has lived many lives. A member of the terrorist group, The Weathermen in the 60s, she was once a hardened radical, both sexually and politi ...Show more
The Reserve by Russell Banks
$40.00 NZD
Category: World fiction | Reading Level: very good
It is July, 1936, and it is the height of the Depression, and the looming threat of Fascism is spreading across Europe. And somewhere high above the Adirondack mountains, beautiful and doomed, floats the vast Hindenburg airship. Vanessa Cole is the stunning debutante daughter of the famous brain surgeon ...Show more
The Reserve by Russell Banks
$28.00 NZD
Category: World fiction | Reading Level: Adult
July, 1936. Vanessa Cole, notorious for her scandalous affairs with the rich and famous, has returned to her parents' home after the collapse of her second marriage. Rumours are rife as the family gathers to celebrate the 4th of July at the Adirondack Camp deep in their privately-owned wilderness, The R ...Show more
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