{"product_id":"novel-on-yellow-paper-stevie-smith","title":"Novel on Yellow Paper - Stevie Smith","description":"\u003cp data-start=\"45\" data-end=\"266\"\u003eTitle: \u003cspan class=\"hover:entity-accent entity-underline inline cursor-pointer align-baseline\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"whitespace-normal\"\u003eNovel on Yellow Paper\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-start=\"89\" data-end=\"92\"\u003eAuthor: \u003cspan class=\"hover:entity-accent entity-underline inline cursor-pointer align-baseline\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"whitespace-normal\"\u003eStevie Smith\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-start=\"137\" data-end=\"140\"\u003ePublisher: Penguin Modern Classics\u003cbr data-start=\"174\" data-end=\"177\"\u003eFormat: Paperback\u003cbr data-start=\"194\" data-end=\"197\"\u003eISBN: 0 14 00 0859 4\u003cbr data-start=\"217\" data-end=\"220\"\u003ePenguin Modern Classics edition, reissued 1972\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"268\" data-end=\"565\"\u003eCondition: Fair vintage condition with noticeable shelf wear, edge wear, creasing, rubbing, and staining\/discolouration to the covers. Some waviness and age toning present. Binding remains intact and the text is readable throughout. Please see photos for the exact condition of the copy available.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"567\" data-end=\"803\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"hover:entity-accent entity-underline inline cursor-pointer align-baseline\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"whitespace-normal\"\u003eNovel on Yellow Paper\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e is the first novel by Stevie Smith, blending sharp humour, stream-of-consciousness narration, literary satire, and autobiography into one of the most unusual English novels of the twentieth century.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"805\" data-end=\"1107\"\u003eOriginally published in 1936, the book follows Pompey Casmilus, a secretary in London whose wandering thoughts drift between office life, politics, religion, literature, sex, death, and modern society. The result is playful, melancholic, highly intelligent, and often surprisingly contemporary in tone.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1109\" data-end=\"1368\"\u003eBest known as a poet, \u003cspan class=\"hover:entity-accent entity-underline inline cursor-pointer align-baseline\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"whitespace-normal\"\u003eStevie Smith\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e brought the same wit and emotional strangeness to her fiction. The novel moves freely between comedy and despair, mixing social observation with philosophical reflection and abrupt emotional honesty.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Astaroth Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49117678305503,"sku":null,"price":7.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0805\/6815\/6383\/files\/IMG_5940.jpg?v=1778245300","url":"https:\/\/astarothbooks.com\/products\/novel-on-yellow-paper-stevie-smith","provider":"Astaroth Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}