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The Waves Virginia Woolf £5.59 £6.99 You save £1.40 (20%) Tracing the lives of a group of friends, this novel follows their development from childhood to middle age. It focuses on the inner life of the characters.	14:04, 04 Apr 2008 The Waves Virginia Woolf (0 agreements, disagreements) Defined by many as Woolf’s most experimental novel, this beautiful study of character and rhythm is actually much more engaging and readable than it seems. Woolf tells the story of six characters, three boys and three girls, and follows them through their life journey from childhood to old age. Through using nothing but monologues delivered by the characters which comment on the action taking ... Read complete review
Despair Vladimir Nabokov £9.60 £12.00 You save £2.40 (20%) Self-satisfied, delighting in the many fascinating quirks of his own personality, Hermann Hermann is perhaps not to be taken too seriously. But then a chance meeting with a man he believes to be his double reveals a frightening 'split' in Hermann's nature.	14:04, 04 Apr 2008 Despair Vladimir Nabokov (0 agreements, disagreements) Written originally in English this is one of Nabukov’s finest books to deal with language and the duality of existence. On the surface – a story of a man driven to murder and insanity upon meeting a man whom he thinks he resembles. But when we try and dig deeper into the cynical and self satisfied character of Hermann Hermann we discover a mirror (which is one of the reoccurring images in the ... Read complete review
The Sailor Who Fell from Grace with the Sea Yukio Mishima £6.39 £7.99 You save £1.60 (20%) A band of savage 13-year-old boys reject the adult world as hypocritical and sentimental, and train themselves in a brutal callousness. When the mother of one of them begins an affair with a ship's officer, he and his friends idealise the man at first; but it is not long before they conclude that he is in fact soft and romantic.	14:04, 04 Apr 2008 The Sailor Who Fell from Grace with the Sea Yukio Mishima (0 agreements, disagreements) With incredibly poetic language, this chilling tale of the lost search for honour, death and love is one of Mishima’s best works. This work by the hugely controversial, and one of Japan’s greatest, author, deals with a Sailor who falls in love with a married rich woman and contemplates leaving the sea life for her. Her son, a disturbed and very intelligent boy, sees the sailor initially as a ... Read complete review
Salammbo Gustave Flaubert £9.59 £11.99 You save £2.40 (20%) An epic story of lust, cruelty, and sensuality, this historical novel is set in Carthage in the days following the First Punic War with Rome.	14:04, 04 Apr 2008 Salammbo Gustave Flaubert (0 agreements, disagreements) Considered by many to be Flaubert’s unknown masterpiece, and a phenomenal cult book on its own, Salammbo is a tale of passion, love, politics, and savagery set against the backdrop first Punic War. Told with fiery passion and style, this explosion of colour deals with Salammbo, Hamilcar Baraka’s daughter and a priestess in the temple of the goddess Tanit who falls in love with the savage ... Read complete review