Author:Christina Rossetti
'She kissed and kissed her with a hungry mouth'
A selection of Rossetti's most famous poems, from the hallucinatory 'Goblin Market' to 'In the bleak mid-winter'
Introducing Little Black Classics: 80 books for Penguin's 80th birthday. Little Black Classics celebrate the huge range and diversity of Penguin Classics, with books from around the world and across many centuries. They take us from a balloon ride over Victorian London to a garden of blossom in Japan, from Tierra del Fuego to 16th century California and the Russian steppe. Here are stories lyrical and savage; poems epic and intimate; essays satirical and inspirational; and ideas that have shaped the lives of millions.
Christina Rossetti (1830-1894). Rossetti's The Complete Poems is available in Penguin Classics.
The Deadly Assassin marks another hit from a range that continues to reward the listener. These audiobooks are often like revisiting an old friend you've lost touch with, and are reminded of all the great qualities they possess.
—— Mark Wright , Doctor Who MagazineThis is a book designed to be taken out into the world... Patient, cogent and an exquisite thinker, Oz is a rare blast of sanity and intelligence. Read, learn and take heart
—— GuardianA bloodless victory over fanaticism
—— The TimesNobody has chronicled modern Israel more faithfully than Amos Oz, and these bleak vignettes of village life in a country riddled with anxiety find him at his unsparing best
—— Sally Cousins , Sunday TelegraphAmos Oz is the voice of sanity coming out of confusion
—— Nadine GordimerInvaluable because of his wisdom and the passionate nature of his engagement
—— Tracey Thorn , New StatesmanOz’s cool, measured prose accumulates into a sense of uncertainty in a collection whose portentous ambience is resonant of the unnerving, fabular fiction of Magnus Mills or Haruki Murakami
—— James Urquhart , Financial TimesExcellent
—— William Leith , Evening StandardInvaluable because of his wisdom and the passionate nature of his engagement and his sane effort to find the outlines of an agreement in the Middle East
—— Colm Tóibín , New StatesmanThis brief but resonant book collects the novelist Amos Oz's lectures on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict... Sometimes he is so careful not to say anything that would offend either side that he ends up saying very little at all. But perhaps it is that very tact, that respect for the other, that constitutes his most eloquent response to the fanatic
—— David Evans , Independent on SundayWoven together, these “texts” reflect the catastrophe of the times and meditate on the meaning of integrity, truth, love and ethics when confronted with horror. It is an extraordinary novel
—— Isabel Hilton , ObserverAs a reader, you close the book with a profound sense of how ideology has permeated and changed very sector of collective human life, from trivial daily matters to the great ruptures of history
—— Xiaolu Guo , GuardianA powerful satire on ideology, veering between the grotesque and the horrific
—— Ángel Gurría-Quintana , Financial TimesI would absolutely recommend this to individual readers and reading groups alike. It’s not an easy read considering the subject matter but it is a very good one.
—— Eleanor King , NudgeWonderfully well written and hard to believe this is James Hannah's debut novel. Very early on I felt this was going to be a book I loved and I was right.
—— bakeysbookblog.blogspot.co.ukSad and funny in equal measure but also quite uplifting about the power of the human spirit. An author who I am sure will continue to go from strength to strength.
—— @jaffareadstooThis book broke my heart.
—— handwrittengirl.comThis is a really engrossing, interesting read and a book I just couldn't put down.
—— tealadymumbles.co.ukThe story is sad, yet it is uplifting. The characters are flawed, yet human. I was very impressed by this novel. It is a delight to read and to recommend to others.
—— randomthingsthroughmyletterbox.blogspot.co.ukI was completely sucked into this book and flew through the pages. I loved it.
—— www.cosybooks.comThis book has moved me and it has changed me, and isn't that what it is all about? It is only March and I don't know if anything will top this one this year for me. Essential reading.
—— reflectionsofareader.blogspot.co.ukTake Trainspotting, cut out the swearing, and add a filter of nuanced meditations on love: welcome to The A to Z of You and Me. I absolutely loved this book.
—— sarahjasmon.com'David Nicholls' school of commercial fiction. An accomplished piece of fiction, both entertaining and thought-provoking
—— alifeinbooks.co.ukSpare, poignant and with a quirky charm all of its own, it reminds us how kind people can be
—— RACHEL JOYCEWonderful and heartbreaking.
—— CLAIRE FULLER, Desmond Elliott Prize winner 2015Hannah writes with emotional acuity. Warm, wry, thoughtful and devastating in places, this is a life-enhancing missive from death's door.
—— The Sunday TimesThe most richly fruited post-modern novel since Jeanette Winterson’s Sexing the Cherrys
—— Marcus Field , IndependentA bold, impressive debut
—— 4 stars , Daily TelegraphAs a debut novel, it is truly dazzling and Hermione Eyre has proved herself an author well worth watching out for
—— Susannah Perkins , NudgeProfoundly moving
—— Country Life