{"product_id":"9780860681465-novel-on-yellow-paper","title":"Novel On Yellow Paper","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe first novel from Stevie Smith, one of the country's favourite poets, was a runaway bestseller on first publication in 1936. It is as original now as it was then.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eINTRODUCED BY RACHEL COOKE\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Virginia Woolf's roving consciousness lies behind the prose in \u003ci\u003eNovel on Yellow Paper\u003c\/i\u003e, but the tone owes more to Dorothy Parker . When first published in 1936, it overnight turned Smith into a celebrity . the subversiveness of this novel has never lost its appeal, its greatness lying in its exuberant celebration of the uncircumscribed spirit' - Frances Spalding, \u003ci\u003eIndependent\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eStevie's alter ego Pompey is young, in love and working as a secretary for the magnificent Sir Phoebus Ullwater. In between making coffee and typing letters for Sir Phoebus, Pompey scribbles down - on yellow office paper - her quirky thoughts.  Her flights of imagination take in Euripedes, sex education, Nazi Germany and the Catholic Church, shattering conventions in their wake.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40944083861601,"sku":"9780860681465","price":9.42,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/stand_22233584.jpg?v=1713275498","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9780860681465-novel-on-yellow-paper","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}