Stevan eldred grigg (66 Ergebnisse)

Paperback. Zustand: 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. Zustand: Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Paperback. Zustand: Good+.

Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: 25172587. 1778072497. 5/6/2026 1:01:37 PM.

Paperback. Zustand: 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.

PAP. Zustand: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

PAP. Zustand: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

Paperback. Zustand: Good. 272 pages.

Paperback. Zustand: Good. 320 pages.

Paperback. Zustand: Good. Owner's Name inside. 320 pages.

Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. Slight tanning to page edges. 254 pages.

Zustand: New. In English.

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

Zustand: New. In English.

Zustand: New. In English.

Zustand: New. In English.

Zustand: New. pp. 384 Illus.

Soft cover. Zustand: New. 1st Edition. A story of New Zealand and its people, from 1200 through to 2000. A short, very accessible snapshot of New Zealand's history written with tourists and anyone new to the country in mind. New Zealand writer Stevan Eldred-Grigg was born in 1952. He has written a number of controversial novels, including Blue Blood, which depicts a national hero as a lesbian. His novel, Oracles and Miracles, received second prize in the Goodman Fielder Wattie Book Awards (1988). In addition to novels, Eldred-Grigg has written short stories and nonfiction. 4to.…

Soft cover. Zustand: Very Good. 1st Edition. Very minor light shelf wear only. This book sets the record straight about New Zealand's history by examining our society from the perspectives of those thousands of workers whose lives were only rarely recorded because no-one thought them important enough to be recorded. All of us who have listened to our parents an grandparents tell their stories and know that the history of working people is rich and vital and essential to our knowledge of ourselves.…

PAP. Zustand: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

Soft cover. Zustand: Good. 1st Edition. Some light foxing to the prelims only. This book sets the record straight about New Zealand's history by examining our society from the perspectives of those thousands of workers whose lives were only rarely recorded because no-one thought them important enough to be recorded. All of us who have listened to our parents an grandparents tell their stories and know that the history of working people is rich and vital and essential to our knowledge of ourselves.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Good. 1st Edition. A very good clean copy. The jacket has a small repaired tear to the base of the spine and some light rubbing. A social history of Canterbury, examining the province from early European settlement through its changing patterns of land ownership, class, wealth, work, politics and community life. Stevan Eldred-Grigg challenges older pioneer myths and gives particular attention to inequality, social conflict, women, workers, farming families, townspeople and the influence of the Canterbury elite. The book is more interpretive than a conventional local history, making it useful for readers interested in how Canterbury society was formed and how power operated within the province.…

Paperback. Zustand: Good. 320 pages. Text tannedBook by Eldred-Grigg, Steven.

Paperback. Zustand: 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. Zustand: Good. 356 pages. Pages lightly tanned. Name written on ffep, cover worn A novel about a murderous fire in a department store, and looks at the very ordi nary lives of very conventional shop workers and customers, yet lifts those live s into tragedy and mystery. The book is closely based on historical research of the fire in Ballantynes's department store in 1947.…

Paperback. Zustand: Good. Large. Cover sunned. 251 pages.

Paperback. Zustand: Good. 320 pages. spine worn and tanned, writing on inside cover, text lightly tannedBook by Eldred-Grigg, Steven.

Paperback. Zustand: 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. Zustand: Good. 320 pages. cover worn, light tanningBook by Eldred-Grigg, Steven.

Paperback. Zustand: 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. …