Books by Drusilla Modjeska (3)
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Stravinsky's Lunch by Drusilla Modjeska EN
Country: Europe / 
United Kingdom
United Kingdom
Description:
Biography of Grace Cossington Smith and Stella Bowen, two women artists born in Australia in the 1890s. Compares their very different lives and how their lifestyles affected their work. Discusses the people who influenced them and the ways in which their art developed. Copiously illustrated, including colour plates. Includes references and index. Author's other publications include 'Poppy', 'The Orchard' and 'Exiles at Home: Australian women writers 1924-1945'.
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The Orchard by Drusilla Modjeska EN
Country: Europe / United Kingdom
United Kingdom
Description:
A collection of stories by an Australian writer. They range from Sight and Solitude, on the loneliness that comes with being blind, to The Adultery Factor, an illicit roman a trois.
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Timepieces by Drusilla Modjeska EN
Country: Europe / United Kingdom
United Kingdom
Description:
'There used to be a tradition that when a cabinet-maker finished his apprenticeship, he'd make a miniature chest, or cabinet, as a gift for his master... Unlike cabinet-makers, writers rarely have a single teacher, and when they bow to those they've learned from, it'd be no tribute to make a perfect example of their work, even if it were possible.'The desire to write. The art of memoir. Finding a place to write. First love. The Englishness problem. A love of art. Fiction today...With her customary elegance and deftness, Drusilla Modjeska explores these issues and more in a liberating new colle... continue