{"product_id":"mansfield-a-novel-by-c-k-stead","title":"Mansfield: A Novel by C. K. Stead","description":"\u003cp\u003eSpanning three years in the life of writer Katherine Mansfield during the First World War, this novel follows the ups and downs of her relationship with Jack Middleton Murry and her struggle to break through as a writer. As her brother and lovers are drawn into the conflict, Mansfield becomes ever more determined to write the new kind of fiction that she feels the times demand. While sticking scrupulously to what is known of Mansfield's life and friends, this extraordinary novel takes the reader beyond biography into the mind and heart of its subject.  Editorial Reviews  Review A vivid and engrossing historical novel...Katherine Mansfield's world is marvelously evoked. A splendid achievement. --Sunday Telegraph  From the Inside Flap One of the Bloomsbury set, Katherine Mansfield's relationship with John Middleton Murry and her struggle to write the new kind of fiction, is the subject of this novel, a sharp and appealing portrait of the writer and her celebrated circle.  About the Author C. K. Stead is a leading figure in New Zealand literature. He is the author of The Black River, The New Poetic, The Singing Whakapapa, Visitors Ashor, and Yeats to Eliot. His novel, Smith's Dream, won a Goodman Fielder Wattie Book Award and was later adapted as the film Sleeping Dogs,\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Book Express","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43589354553418,"sku":"6635cc","price":8.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0618\/9101\/8826\/files\/6635cc.jpg?v=1778644739","url":"https:\/\/www.bookexpress.nz\/products\/mansfield-a-novel-by-c-k-stead","provider":"Book Express","version":"1.0","type":"link"}