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Carnival Sky by Owen Marshall
$37.99 NZD
Category: NZ Fiction | Reading Level: Very Good
Beautifully written, brilliantly observed and ultimately optimistic, this novel by one of New Zealand's finest writers powerfully captures those times when death puts life on hold. Sheff is disillusioned with journalism, and with plans to travel overseas chucks in his job. But first he goes south to Ale ...Show more
Graham Sydney - Timeless Land by Grahame Sydney; Brian Turner; Owen Marshall
$99.99 NZD
Category: NZ Travel | Reading Level: very good
Timeless Land is a unique collaboration between three of New Zealand's most steadfast and individual talents painter Grahame Sydney, poet Brian Turner and writer Owen Marshall. Much of their best and most enduring work has grown out of their deep attachment to, and familiarity with, the essence of the m ...Show more
Harlequin Rex by Owen Marshall
$20.50 NZD
Category: NZ Fiction | Reading Level: very good
Winner of 2000 montana Fiction medal. With the advent of the new millenium comes a new disease - Harlequin Rex - and a variety of reactions to it. The men and women in Owen Marshall's new novel find themselves caught up in a terrifying novelty, and all must cope as best they can. Their response is influ ...Show more
Landmarks by Owen Marshall; Grahame Sydney; Brian Turner
$75.00 NZD
Category: NZ Art | Reading Level: near fine
A handsome, landmark book celebrating the work of three of our literary and artistic heavyweights. The complementary work of artist Grahame Sydney, fiction writer Owen Marshall and poet Brian Turner was first brought together in the hugely successful Timeless Land in 1995. Its pages showed their shared, ...Show more
Living as a Moon by Owen Marshall
$14.00 NZD
$26.50 (47% off)
Category: FICTION | Reading Level: Very Good
Being a celebrity impersonator, says the Aussie Elton John, is like living your life as a moon. 'We give up identity and become just a reflection of another personality, like the moon having no fire of its own and be just a pale reflection of the sun when it's not there.' This new collection of stories ...Show more
Love as a Stranger by Owen Marshall
$37.99 NZD
Category: NZ Fiction | Reading Level: very good
Brilliantly tracing the progress of unexpected love and the perils of relationships, this gripping novel is a tour de force. Temporarily in Auckland while her husband is undergoing treatment, Sarah enjoys a walk in the coolness of the Symonds Street Cemetery. As she pauses at the grave of Emily Keeling, ...Show more
Owen Marshall: Selected Stories by Owen Marshall
$29.99 NZD
Category: NZ Fiction
A generous selection from New Zealand's foremost writer of short stories. Peter Simpson in reviewing Owen Marshall's stories in the New Zealand Listener wrote: 'Marshall is held in uncommon affection by New Zealand readers - generally we admire and respect rather than love our writers.' This love is per ...Show more
Owen Marshall - Selected Stories by Owen Marshall; Vincent O'Sullivan (ed.)
$29.99 NZD
Category: NZ Fiction | Reading Level: Very Good
Peter Simpson in reviewing Owen Marshall's stories in the New Zealand Listener wrote: 'Marshall is held in uncommon affection by New Zealand readers -- generally we admire and respect rather than love our writers.' This love is perhaps evoked not just by the superb quality of Marshall's writing but beca ...Show more
Pearly Gates by Owen Marshall
$38.00 NZD
Category: NZ Fiction | Reading Level: near fine
Funny, intriguing, lyrical and ultimately moving, this entertaining and insightful novel from one of this country's best writers both skewers and celebrates small town New Zealand. Pat `Pearly' Gates has achieved a lot in his life and evinces considerable satisfaction in his achievements. He has a reput ...Show more
Return to Harikoa Bay by Owen Marshall
$37.00 NZD
Category: NZ Fiction | Reading Level: very good
Second hand. New work from the master of the short story and author of the story 'Coming Home in the Dark' made into a major feature film. 'Whenever I think of coming to punish my father, it's always in a strong wind, and that's blowing now as I drive up the long, unsealed track to the house and sheds. ...Show more
Sleepwalking In Antarctica and Other Poems by Owen Marshall
$5.00 NZD
Category: NZ Poetry | Reading Level: Near Fine
This fine new collection of poetry, Owen Marshall's second, is rich in the themes and preoccupations that have made his short stories and novels so admired. Here are wise, elegiac poems on love and loss, longing and regret, and ageing; beautifully observed, affectionate poems about New Zealand countrysi ...Show more
The Author's Cut - Short Stories by Owen Marshall
$36.00 NZD
Category: Sarah Bestsellers | Reading Level: very good
Chosen by the author, this latest selection of stories includes 'Coming Home in the Dark', the inspiration for a new feature film. Owen Marshall is regarded as one of our finest living writers. His stories capture the imagination of readers and refuse to let go. From dark to funny, acerbic to warm, they ...Show more