{"product_id":"theory-practice-by-michelle-de-kretser-9781923058149","title":"Theory \u0026 Practice","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\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, her work on the Woolfmother falls into disarray.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eTheory \u0026amp; Practice\u003c\/em\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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eMichelle 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Penguin Random House NZ","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46406906544364,"sku":"9781923058149","price":35.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9781923058149.jpg?v=1745975017","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.pro\/products\/theory-practice-by-michelle-de-kretser-9781923058149","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}