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A Literary Tour of Italy by Tim Parks
35.00 AUD
Category: Travel Literature | Reading Level: near fine
An acclaimed author of novels and short stories, Tim Parks - who was described in a recent review as "one of the best living writers of English" - has delighted audiences around the world with his finely observed writing on all aspects of Italian life and customs. This volume contains a selection of his ...Show more
A Literary Tour of Italy by Tim Parks
21.99 AUD
Category: Travel Literature
An acclaimed author of novels and short stories, Tim Parks - who was described in a recent review as "one of the best living writers of English" - has delighted audiences around the world with his finely observed writings on all aspects of Italian life and customs. This volume contains a selection of hi ...Show more
Erotic Tales by Alberto Moravia; Tim Parks (Translator)
49.99 AUD
Category: Fiction
This collection of erotic short stories examines human desire and explores the boundaries between reality and fantasy. The stories explore Freudian obsessions, the innocence of youth, frustration and man's addiction to success. The author has also written The Woman of Rome.
Hotel Milano by Tim Parks
35.00 AUD
Category: Fiction
Set in a grand hotel as Milan shuts down in early 2020, this is a classic story of a man's emotional reckoning and the unexpected kindness of strangers From the bestselling writer of Italian Ways, Europa and The Hero's Way, a story set during the first days of lockdown in Europe, about the unexpected k ...Show more
Hotel Milano by Tim Parks
24.99 AUD
Category: Fiction
From the bestselling writer of Italian Ways, Europa and The Hero's Way, a story set during the first days of lockdown in Europe, about the unexpected kindness of strangers and one man's emotional reckoning.Milan, 2020. Drawn abruptly from his reclusive life in London for a friend's funeral, Frank finds ...Show more
In Extremis by Tim Parks
39.99 AUD
Category: Fiction
In Extremis is one of the most implacable, but also one of the funniest, novels about death and family you will ever read. Thomas knows there is something he needs to say to his mother before she dies. But will he reach her in time? And will he have the courage to say what he couldn't say before? His ph ...Show more
In Extremis by Tim Parks
19.99 AUD
Category: Fiction
In Extremis is one of the most implacable, but also one of the funniest, novels about death and family you will ever read.Thomas knows there is something he needs to say to his mother before she dies. But will he reach her in time? And will he have the courage to say what he couldn't say before? His pho ...Show more
Italian Life: A Modern Fable of Loyalty and Betrayal by Tim Parks
22.99 AUD
Category: Travel Literature
How does Italy actually work? The bestselling writer on Italian culture sets out to answer this question -- and the results are often surprising'Parks...offers detailed cultural observation, witty yet eagle-eyed, of what makes Italians so Italian' The TimesHow does Italy really work?When Valeria travels ...Show more
Italian Life: A Modern Fable of Loyalty and Betrayal by Tim Parks
35.00 AUD
Category: Travel Literature
Forty years ago, Tim Parks made the bel paese his home. Italian Life is his reckoning with his adopted country, an attempt to get to the core of it, to make sense of it, to fold others' stories in with his own experience - now that he is, in his own words, 'to some degree Italian' himself. The result i ...Show more
Italian Ways: On and Off the Rails from Milan to Palermo by Tim Parks
19.99 AUD
Category: Travel Literature | Reading Level: very good
"All Italy is here". (Sunday Times). From the bestselling author of Italian Neighbours In Italian Ways, bestselling writer Tim Parks brings us a fresh portrait of Italy today through a wry account of his train journeys around the country. Whether describing his daily commute from Milan to Verona, his re ...Show more
Judge Savage by Tim Parks
22.99 AUD
Category: Fiction
Promoted young to the position of Crown Court Judge- because of his ability, because of the political convenience of promoting a man with coloured skin- it's time for Daniel Savage to settle down. Perhaps his marriage is happy enough after all. Teenage children require a father's attention. His career d ...Show more
Message from the Shadows - Selected Stories by Antonio Tabucchi; Janice M. Thresher (Translator); Tim Parks (Translator); Martha Cooley (Translator); Antonio Romani (Translator)
29.99 AUD
Category: Fiction
Message From the Shadows is a new collection featuring Antonio Tabucchi's finest short stories, spanning the breadth of his career. These playful tales explore Tabucchi's signature themes, from his inventive, lyrical meditations on language, art, and philosophy, to his fascination with the passage of ti ...Show more