Biography: literary
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Biography: literary
Paperback. The second volume of Michel Leiris's hugely influential four-volume autobiographical essay, available to English-language readers in a brilliant and sensitive translation by Lydia Davis Translator(s): Davis, Lydia. Series: The Margellos World Republic of Letters. Num Pages: 248 pages. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JJ; BGH; BGLA; HBJD; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
- Publisher
- Yale University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300212389
- ISBN
- 9780300212389
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 15.36
€ 18.99
€ 15.36
Hardback. The first biography of Katherine Mansfield for a quarter of a century and the first to take advantage of the complete transcriptions of the diaries and letters of both Katherine Mansfield and her editor husband John Middleton Murry. Num Pages: 528 pages, 55 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: BGL; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 239 x 163 x 31. Weight in Grams: 954.
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Number of pages
- 528
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748643547
- ISBN
- 9780748643547
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 44.99€ 39.41
€ 44.99
€ 39.41
Paperback. Num Pages: 264 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBC; 2AB; BGLA; DSBH; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 204 x 135 x 15. Weight in Grams: 304.
- Publisher
- The New York Review of Books, Inc
- Number of pages
- 264
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781590171844
- ISBN
- 9781590171844
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 16.17
€ 23.99
€ 16.17
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 224
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099466673
- ISBN
- 9780099466673
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.00€ 16.77
€ 19.00
€ 16.77
Hardcover. Features a collection of facts and insights into the life and times of the great novelist and the attitudes and customs that shaped both her and her work. This title looks at the facts of author's life and times, as well as stories about her novels, including: the marriage proposal that Austen accepted, only to change her mind, and more. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: BGL; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 204 x 135. .
- Publisher
- Andre Deutsch
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780233005140
- ISBN
- 9780233005140
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 11.08
€ 11.08
Hardback. Despairing of his volatile, unstable wife, T S Eliot, at 44, resolves to put an end to the torture of his eighteen-year marriage. He breaks free from September 1932 by becoming Norton Lecturer at Harvard. Editor(s): Haffenden, John. Series: Letters of T. S. Eliot. Num Pages: 960 pages. BIC Classification: BGLA; BJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 153. .
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Number of pages
- 960
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780571316342
- ISBN
- 9780571316342
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 59.42€ 41.05
€ 59.42
€ 41.05
Paperback. Presents the story of an adopted child, and the thwarted giantess Mrs Winterson. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: BGLA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 135 x 15. Weight in Grams: 176.
- Edition
- 01st Edition
- Publisher
- Vintage
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099556091
- ISBN
- 9780099556091
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.04
€ 13.99
€ 11.04
Paperback. Series: Revolutionary Lives. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; BGL; DSBF; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 130 x 198 x 17. Weight in Grams: 214.
- Publisher
- Pluto Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745334615
- ISBN
- 9780745334615
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 16.50
€ 25.99
€ 16.50
Paperback. Peppered with insights, one-liners and missives to the likes of Norman Mailer, Gunter Grass and Bernard Malamud, the author is funny, wise and modest. As he himself said: 'I am an American fad-of a slightly higher order than the hula hoop.' This title deals with these works. Num Pages: 464 pages. BIC Classification: BGLA; BJ; DSBH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 197 x 38. Weight in Grams: 352.
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099582946
- ISBN
- 9780099582946
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 14.95
€ 19.99
€ 14.95
Paperback. BIC Classification: BGLA; DNF; WH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
- Publisher
- Simon & Schuster
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781476723426
- ISBN
- 9781476723426
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.71
€ 16.71
Paperback. Drawing on extensive scholarship and the author's own letters, this book offers information about his life, early hardships, political beliefs, and literary contexts. Editor(s): Noble, Andrew; Hogg, Patrick Scott. Series: Canongate Classics. Num Pages: 1120 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKS; 3JF; BGL; DSBD; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 127 x 51. Weight in Grams: 744. 1120 pages. Editor(s): Noble, Andrew; Hogg, Patrick Scott. Drawing on extensive scholarship and the author's own letters, this book offers information about his life, early hardships, political beliefs, and literary contexts. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1DBKS; 3JF; BGL; DSBD; DSC. Dimension: 197 x 127 x 51. Weight: 888.
- Publisher
- Canongate Books
- Number of pages
- 1120
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781841953809
- ISBN
- 9781841953809
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 20.17
€ 26.99
€ 20.17
Hardback. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: BGL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 35 x 144 x 225. Weight in Grams: 597. Clean copy in good condition. Some shelf wear. Hardcover, dustjacket in good condition.
- Condition
- Used, Good
- Publisher
- Hachette Books Ireland
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- SKU
- KRF0008871
- ISBN
- 9780340897904
Hardback
Condition: Used, Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Written by Scott Moncrieff's great-great-niece, Jean Findlay, with exclusive access to the family archive, this book presents a portrait of a man hurled into war, through an era when the world was changing fast and forever, who brought us the greatest epic of time and memory that has ever been written. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: BGL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 131 x 198 x 27. Weight in Grams: 286.
- Publisher
- Vintage Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099507086
- ISBN
- 9780099507086
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.00€ 16.77
€ 19.00
€ 16.77
Paperback. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: BGL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 153 x 235 x 26. Weight in Grams: 562.
- Publisher
- Dewi Lewis Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781907893506
- ISBN
- 9781907893506
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 17.49
€ 18.99
€ 17.49
Hardback. Deals with Coetzee's origins, early years, and first writings. This book corrects many of the misconceptions about Coetzee, and that illuminates the genesis and implications of his novels. It is suitable for everybody concerned with Coetzee's life and work. Translator(s): Heyns, Michiel. Num Pages: 712 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: BGL; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 239 x 155 x 53. Weight in Grams: 1248.
- Publisher
- Scribe Publications
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- UK edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781922070081
- ISBN
- 9781922070081
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 25.82
€ 40.99
€ 25.82
Paperback. Essential reading for anyone interested in Austen's life, works and unshakable appeal. Num Pages: 368 pages, x2 mono image sections. BIC Classification: BGL; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 133 x 24. Weight in Grams: 274. How Jane Austen Conquered the World. 384 pages, 2 x 8pp colour. Essential reading for anyone interested in Austen's life, works and unshakable appeal. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: BGL; DSK. Dimension: 197 x 133 x 24. Weight: 274.
- Publisher
- Canongate Books
- Number of pages
- 384
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781847675330
- ISBN
- 9781847675330
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 11.48
€ 15.99
€ 11.48
Hardcover. Num Pages: 480 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; BGL; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 239 x 161 x 35. Weight in Grams: 800. A Life Raised High. 480 pages. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; BGL; DSBH; DSK. Dimension: 239 x 161 x 35. Weight: 796.
- Publisher
- Pomona
- Number of pages
- 480
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781904590231
- ISBN
- 9781904590231
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 23.65
€ 26.99
€ 23.65
Paperback. Translation of: Kafka, die Jahre der Erkenntnis. Translator(s): Frisch, Shelley Laura. Num Pages: 696 pages, 72 halftones. BIC Classification: BGL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 157 x 235 x 43. Weight in Grams: 1020.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- Reprint, Translation
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691165844
- ISBN
- 9780691165844
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 22.36
€ 30.99
€ 22.36
Paperback. Presents exact and complete transcriptions of the journals kept by Sylvia Plath for the last twelve years of her life - covering her marriage to Ted Hughes and her struggle with depression - are a key source for the poems which make up her collections Ariel and The Colossus. Num Pages: 768 pages. BIC Classification: BGLA; BJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 137 x 29. Weight in Grams: 690.
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Number of pages
- 752
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780571301638
- ISBN
- 9780571301638
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 18.29
€ 26.99
€ 18.29
Paperback. Italo Calvino once said that he preferred to give false details about his biography since he felt that even the genuine data of a writer's life shed no light on the creative work. This volume of posthumously collected personal writings is the closest we may ever come to the autobiography of this most private of writers. Translator(s): McLaughlin, Martin. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: BGLA; DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 164 x 17. Weight in Grams: 206.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 272
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141189758
- ISBN
- 9780141189758
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 11.81
€ 15.99
€ 11.81
Paperback. Langston Hughes was an innovator of jazz poetry and a leader of the Harlem Renaissance. This book offers a collection of letters between Hughes and four confidantes sheds light on his life and politics. It deals with his life and work. Editor(s): Crawford, Evelyn Louise; Patterson, Mary Louise. Num Pages: 424 pages, 30 b/w images. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; 3JJ; BGL; BJ; DSBH; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 0. .
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 424
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520285347
- ISBN
- 9780520285347
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 24.82
€ 33.99
€ 24.82
Paperback. Editor(s): Epstein, Barbara. Num Pages: 316 pages. BIC Classification: BGL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 208 x 139 x 17. Weight in Grams: 364.
- Publisher
- The New York Review of Books, Inc
- Number of pages
- 316
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781590173343
- ISBN
- 9781590173343
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 21.68
€ 26.99
€ 21.68
Paperback. Editor(s): King, Brendan. Num Pages: 580 pages, Illustrations, ports. BIC Classification: BGL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 139 x 197 x 40. Weight in Grams: 560.
- Publisher
- Dedalus Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 580
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Edition
- 1st Dedalus Ed. /
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781903517437
- ISBN
- 9781903517437
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 18.52
€ 19.99
€ 18.52
Paperback. Translator(s): Janeway, Carol Brown. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: BGL; BK; HBJD; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 241 x 22. Weight in Grams: 174.
- Publisher
- Pushkin Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781782272977
- ISBN
- 9781782272977
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 11.48
€ 15.99
€ 11.48