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This book is celebrated for its vivid imagery and profound explorations of desire, creativity, and destruction.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Plotinus\u003c\/strong\u003e also joins the collection as another sterling example of Ducornet's ability to weave intricate tales. Here, she dives into philosophical and existential themes with her characteristic lyrical style, offering a thought-provoking exploration of life and art.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eEach book by Rikki Ducornet offers a unique reading experience, laden with her signature whimsical style and an invitation to explore the extraordinary possibilities of the written word. Immerse yourself in her distinctive universe and discover why Ducornet is a cherished voice in contemporary fiction.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"jade-cabinet-by-rikki-ducornet-9781628975116","title":"Jade Cabinet","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMade speechless by her eccentric father, the beautiful Etheria is traded for a piece of precious jade. Memory, her sister, tells her story, that of a childhood enlivened by Lewis Carroll and an orangutan named Dr. Johnson, and envenomed by the pernicious courtship of Radulph Tubbs, Queen Victoria's own Dragon of Industry.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe novel travels from Oxford to Egypt where one million ibis mummies wait to be transformed into fertiliser, where Baconfield the architect will cause a pyramid to collapse, and where a scorned and bloated hunger artist who speaks in tongues will plot a bloody revenge.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe fourth element in a tetralogy of novels - Earth (\u003ci\u003eThe Stain\u003c\/i\u003e), Fire (\u003ci\u003eEntering Fire\u003c\/i\u003e), Water (\u003ci\u003eThe Fountains of Neptune\u003c\/i\u003e) and Air - \u003ci\u003eThe Jade Cabinet\u003c\/i\u003e is both a riveting novel and a reflection on the nature of memory and desire, language and power. Following the novel is an afterword, 'Waking to Eden,' in which Ducornet reflects on the sources for her writing and on the quartet of novels completed by \u003ci\u003eThe Jade Cabinet\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLinguistically explosive... 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These letters describe the island's seventeenth-century history, intertwining the violent Inquisition, the thoughtless extinction of the island's exotic fauna, and the amorous story of the deformed artist-philosopher-inventor Phosphor and his impassioned, obsessional love for the beautiful Extravaganza.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Jade Cabinet\u003c\/i\u003e, Ducornet's novel that was a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award, was described by one reviewer as \"Jane Austen meets Angela Carter via Lewis Carroll.\" Similarly, \u003ci\u003ePhosphor in Dreamland\u003c\/i\u003e can be described as Jonathan Swift meets Angela Carter via Jorge Luis Borges. This is Ducornet at her magical best.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46714059030764,"sku":"9781628974430","price":34.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/27163373482767.jpg?v=1754342598"},{"product_id":"the-plotinus-by-rikki-ducornet-9781566896818","title":"The Plotinus","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIncarcerated for his subversive connection to the old, living world, a prisoner makes the most of his isolation in this captivating allegorical tale about tyranny, conviction, and the enduring power of imagination.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eUpon setting out for a morning walk with his knobby stick in hand, a young man is arrested by a robot called the Plotinus and abandoned in a cell where one beam of sunlight beckons through an air duct.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eRapping his knuckles against the vent to relay his tale of woe in code, he recalls his lost love and their group's forbidden activities; his readings in philosophy and the sciences; and sweet memories of freedom's small pleasures.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAs the captive confronts his increasingly dire circumstances with rigorous optimism, the appearance of fantastical visitors and miraculous objects in his cell further blurs the line between hallucination and dystopian reality.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eTold with uncanny warmth and intellectual brio, \u003ci\u003eThe Plotinus\u003c\/i\u003e is Rikki Ducornet's most unforgettable story yet.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46717839900908,"sku":"9781566896818","price":29.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/24274633482745.jpg?v=1754484728"}],"url":"https:\/\/bookhero.live\/collections\/rikki-ducornet.oembed","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}