{"product_id":"theory-practice-9781914502163b","title":"Theory \u0026 Practice","description":"\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: bold;\"\u003eWINNER OF THE STELLA PRIZE FOR FICTION 2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003eIt's 1986, and 'beautiful, radical ideas' are in the air. A young woman arrives in Melbourne to research the novels of Virginia Woolf. In bohemian St Kilda, she meets artists, activists, students - and Kit. He claims to be in a 'deconstructed' relationship, and they become lovers. Meanwhile, a dismaying discovery throws her work on 'the Woolfmother' into disarray.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-style: italic;\"\u003eTheory \u0026amp; Practice\u003c\/span\u003e is a mesmerising account of desire and jealousy, truth and shame. It makes and unmakes fiction as we read, expanding our notion of what a novel can contain. Michelle de Kretser, one of Australia's most celebrated writers, bends fiction, essay and memoir into exhilarating new shapes to uncover what happens when life smashes through the boundaries of art.\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: bold;\"\u003e'The most thrilling fiction of the year ... an absolute triumph' Catherine Taylor, \u003cspan style=\"font-style: italic;\"\u003eFinancial Times\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'A genre-busting inquiry into life and art, youth and Virginia Woolf' \u003cspan style=\"font-style: italic;\"\u003eGuardian\u003c\/span\u003e, Books to Look Forward to 2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'I loved Theory \u0026amp; Practice ... raw, funny, truthful, youthful' Tessa Hadley\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Michelle de Kretser is to my mind one of the finest writers alive and Theory \u0026amp; Practice a lightning strike of a book' Ali Smith\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Sort Of Books","offers":[{"title":"Bargain","offer_id":42823785644112,"sku":"9781914502163B","price":7.49,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0592\/8173\/5760\/files\/9781914502163-l.jpg?v=1785893906","url":"https:\/\/bookoutlet.com\/en-ca\/products\/theory-practice-9781914502163b","provider":"Book Outlet","version":"1.0","type":"link"}