Isbn: 9780140099270 - oracles and miracles (12 risultati)

Paperback. Condizione: Good. A BRILLIANTLY ORIGINAL 'FICTION' NOVEL ABOUT TWO WORKING CLASS SISTERS GROWING UP IN CHRISTCHURCH IN THE 1930S AND 1940S. FAG AND GINNIE LOOK AT THEIR LIVES, DESCRIBING THEIR FAMILY LIFE, THEIR SCHOOLING, THEIR FANTASIES (A STRONG ELEMENT IN THE BOOK IS ITS EVOCATION OF THE POPULAR WORKING CLASS CULTURE OF THE TIME). FAG AND GINNIE ARE IN FACT THE AUTHOR'S OWN MOTHER AND SISTER, ALTHOUGH THIS IS NOT REVEALED IN THE BOOK ELDRED-GRIGG HAS TAKEN THE RESULTS OF MANY HOURS OF DISCUSSION AND TURNED IT INTO A RICH, FASCINATING, SUPERBLY EXECUTED NOVEL, IN WHICH THE TWO MAIN CHARACTERS COME ALIVE AND THE READER IS INTRODUCED TO THE WORLD OF 1930 AND 1940. ORACLES AND MIRACLES IS THE FIRST NOVEL OF ITS KIND TO BE PUBLISHED IN NZ AN ORIGINAL PENETRATING BOOK WHICH IS SURE TO PROVOKE OTHER WRITERS TO PURSUE A SIMILAR PATH.…

Paperback. Condizione: Good. A BRILLIANTLY ORIGINAL 'FICTION' NOVEL ABOUT TWO WORKING CLASS SISTERS GROWING UP IN CHRISTCHURCH IN THE 1930S AND 1940S. FAG AND GINNIE LOOK AT THEIR LIVES, DESCRIBING THEIR FAMILY LIFE, THEIR SCHOOLING, THEIR FANTASIES (A STRONG ELEMENT IN THE BOOK IS ITS EVOCATION OF THE POPULAR WORKING CLASS CULTURE OF THE TIME). FAG AND GINNIE ARE IN FACT THE AUTHOR'S OWN MOTHER AND SISTER, ALTHOUGH THIS IS NOT REVEALED IN THE BOOK ELDRED-GRIGG HAS TAKEN THE RESULTS OF MANY HOURS OF DISCUSSION AND TURNED IT INTO A RICH, FASCINATING, SUPERBLY EXECUTED NOVEL, IN WHICH THE TWO MAIN CHARACTERS COME ALIVE AND THE READER IS INTRODUCED TO THE WORLD OF 1930 AND 1940. ORACLES AND MIRACLES IS THE FIRST NOVEL OF ITS KIND TO BE PUBLISHED IN NZ AN ORIGINAL PENETRATING BOOK WHICH IS SURE TO PROVOKE OTHER WRITERS TO PURSUE A SIMILAR PATH.…

Condizione: Acceptable. paperback The item is fairly worn but still readable. Signs of wear include aesthetic issues such as scratches, worn covers, damaged binding. The item may have identifying markings on it or show other signs of previous use. May have page creases, creased spine, bent cover or markings inside. Packed with care, shipped promptly.…

Paperback. Condizione: Good+.

Paperback. Condizione: Very Good. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.

Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: 25172587. 1778072497. 5/6/2026 1:01:37 PM.

Paperback. Condizione: Good. 272 pages.

Soft cover. Condizione: Very Good. Reprint. A very good copy, just a small ownership name in front.

Soft cover. Condizione: Worn -age Marks, Cover Creased. First Edition. 'Marvellous and stylish and lovely' - Fiona Kidman.

Paperback. Condizione: Very Good. 278 pages. Oracles and Miracles is Stevan Eldred-Grigg s best-selling debut novel about Gin nie and Fag, twin sisters growing up in Christchurch in the thirties and forties , a city of 'peeling paint, flaking iron, cracked linoleum, dusty yards, lean-to s, and asphalts, dunnies and textile mills'. This colourful story focuses on the relationship between the girls as they grow into women and their attempt to esc ape their impoverished background.The story is alternatively narrated by the eloquent Fag and the sensitive Ginnie, as well sections told by an historia n and industrial psychologist.…

Paperback. Condizione: Good. 278 pages. cover worn & creased, bumped, Oracles and Miracles is Stevan Eldred-Grigg s best-selling debut novel about Gin nie and Fag, twin sisters growing up in Christchurch in the thirties and forties , a city of 'peeling paint, flaking iron, cracked linoleum, dusty yards, lean-to s, and asphalts, dunnies and textile mills'. This colourful story focuses on the relationship between the girls as they grow into women and their attempt to esc ape their impoverished background.The story is alternatively narrated by the eloquent Fag and the sensitive Ginnie, as well sections told by an historia n and industrial psychologist.…

Paperback. Condizione: Good. 272 pages. spine tanned, page edge foxedOracles and Miracles is Stevan Eldred-Grigg s best-selling debut novel about Gin nie and Fag, twin sisters growing up in Christchurch in the thirties and forties , a city of 'peeling paint, flaking iron, cracked linoleum, dusty yards, lean-to s, and asphalts, dunnies and textile mills'. This colourful story focuses on the relationship between the girls as they grow into women and their attempt to esc ape their impoverished background.The story is alternatively narrated by the eloquent Fag and the sensitive Ginnie, as well sections told by an historia n and industrial psychologist.…