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  • Mansfield

    A Novel

    by C. K. Stead ...
    'A vivid and engrossing historical novel' Daily TelegraphSpanning three years in the life of the writer Katherine Mansfield during the First World War, Mansfield follows the ups and downs of her relationship with Jack Middleton Murry and her struggle to write the 'new kind of fiction' which she felt the times demanded. She is restless, constantly on the move, in and out of London, to and from ... Read more

    $10.99 CAD

  • My Name Was Judas

    by C. K. Stead ...
    We all know the story of Jesus told by Matthew, Mark, Luke and John, but what about the version according to Judas?In this witty, original and teasingly controversial account, some forty years after the death of Jesus, Judas finally tells the story as he remembers it. Looking back on his childhood and youth from an old age the gospel writers denied him, Judas recalls his friendship with Jesus; ... Read more

    $10.99 CAD

  • Death Of The Body

    by C. K. Stead ...
    "Will appeal to lovers of the wayward novel game as it is played by Lawrence Sterne or Italo Calvino" - Jackie Wullschläger, Financial TimesProfessor Harry Butler is obsessed with the Mind/Body problem. Unfortunately, this is not the least of his problems. Harry's wife has turned his study into a sufi shrine where she sits cross-legged and chants for hours on end: "I am not this body..." And Harry ... Read more

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  • All Visitors Ashore

    by C. K. Stead ...
    As their freinds leave for Europe and the government gets tough with the unions, a bohemian community is enjoying the euphoria of youth.It was their dreamtime. The wider world beckoned from the white ships sailing past Rangitoto Island, but the dream was also here on the Takapuna shoreline of Auckland, where the artist Melior Farbro grew his vegetables and let Cecilia Skyways follow her own form ... Read more

    $10.99 CAD

  • Say I Do This

    Poems 2018–2022

    by C. K. Stead ...
    A poignant collection of poems from one of New Zealand's most celebrated voices.C.K. Stead's Say I Do This offers a reflective journey through memory, aging, and friendship. These poems, written between 2018 and 2022, explore personal and cultural identity with intimacy and humor. Stead's keen observations and masterful use of language create a landscape of both melancholy and appreciation.For ... Read more

    $20.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Necessary Angel

    by C.K. Stead ...
    Award-winning author C.K. Stead takes us to the heart of contemporary Paris and into a world of books and witty conversation. The Necessary Angel is a story of people grappling with love and fidelity; a story about the importance of books; a commentary on living in complex modern-day Europe; and a page-turning mystery. With a surprising twist at the end, this is a sophisticated novel that shows ... Read more

    $9.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Risk

    by C.K. Stead ...
    Recently divorced New Zealander Sam Nola returns to London, where he spent two years in his early twenties. It is early 2003, and on both sides of Atlantic the case for military intervention in Iraq is being made - or fabricated.But life for Sam has never been better: a grown-up, half-French daughter from a long ago affair has recently got in touch, and he has walked into a lucrative role in the ... Read more

    $7.99 CAD

  • The Secret History Of Modernism

    by C. K. Stead ...
    A chance meeting has New Zealand writer Laszlo Winter thinking back to his time in London in the late 1950s. The Empire might be in a state of collapse, but for young 'colonials', England remains a mythical place that draws them from the farthest corners of the globe.There was Australian Samantha Conlan, clever, desirable, hopelessly in love with married Jewish New Zealander Freddy Goldstein, who ... Read more

    $10.99 CAD

  • That Derrida Whom I Derided Died

    Poems 2013–2017

    by C.K. Stead ...
    In his 85th year, C. K. Stead's new collection leads us deep inside the life of the poet. He looks back at his younger self, remembering old loves and cringing at his 'sonnets' lugubrious rhyming'. He tells us of those who have gone – Derrida ('that Derrida whom I derided died') and Curnow ('Allen's as dead now / as an old friend can be which is / hardly at all), Peter Porter and Lucien Freud. And ... Read more

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  • What You Made of It

    A Memoir, 1987–2020

    by C. K. Stead ...
    Having left the university to write full-time at the end of volume two, Stead throws himself into his work. In novels like Sister Hollywood and My Name Was Judas, criticism in the London Review of Books and the Financial Times, poetry and memoir, Stead establishes his international reputation as novelist, poet, and critic. It is also a period when Stead's fearless lucidity on matters literary and ... Read more

    $31.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • In the Half Light of a Dying Day

    Catullus 2023

    by C. K. Stead ...
    A poignant reflection on life, love, and loss through the lens of classical poetry.C.K. Stead returns with a collection of poems inspired by Catullus, meditating on themes of aging, memory, and the enduring power of art. Through vivid imagery and heartfelt reflection, Stead explores the complexities of love, the inevitability of loss, and the beauty found in the half light of a dying day.For ... Read more

    $20.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • In the Glass Case

    Essays on New Zealand Literature

    by C. K. Stead ...
    Over a quarter of a century, C. K. Stead has built up a widely accessible collection of reviews and critical essays on New Zealand literature. In the Glass Case covers a wide spectrum of New Zealand writers, who are examined from a remarkably consistent viewpoint. The title is symbolic: New Zealand books were once held in a glass-fronted bookcase at the University of Auckland library. These were ... Read more

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