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Paperback. Marco Polo conjures up cities of magical times for his host, the Chinese ruler Kublai Khan, but gradually it becomes clear that he is actually describing one city: Venice. Translator(s): Weaver, William. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 11. Weight in Grams: 120.
- Publisher
- Vintage Classics
- Number of pages
- 160
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Edition
- 01st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099429838
- ISBN
- 9780099429838
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.76
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Paperback. A collection of fables. It is populated with waifs and strays, a gluttonous thief and a mischievous gardener. It features a comic story "The Argentine Ant". Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 131 x 13. Weight in Grams: 146.
- Publisher
- Vintage United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 192
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099287032
- ISBN
- 9780099287032
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.10
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Paperback. Leads you through many different books including a detective adventure, a romance, a satire, an erotic story, a diary, and a quest. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 17. Weight in Grams: 204.
- Publisher
- Vintage Classics
- Number of pages
- 272
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Edition
- 01st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099430896
- ISBN
- 9780099430896
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.76
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Paperback. Mr Palomar is a delightful eccentric whose chief activity is looking at things. He is seeking knowledge. Whether contemplating a fine cheese, a hungry gecko, a woman sunbathing topless or a flight of migrant starlings, Mr Palomar's observations render the world afresh. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 9. Weight in Grams: 102.
- Publisher
- Vintage Classics
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Edition
- Re-issue
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099430872
- ISBN
- 9780099430872
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.73
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€ 11.73
paperback. A triptych of novels in one volume. Viscount Medardo is bisected by a cannonball on the plains of Bohemia; Baron Cosimo, aged 12, retires to the trees for the rest of his days; and Charlemagne's knight, Agiluf, is an empty suit of armour. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: DQ; FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 24. Weight in Grams: 280.
- Publisher
- Vintage Classics
- Number of pages
- 400
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Edition
- Re-issue
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099430865
- ISBN
- 9780099430865
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 12.61
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Paperback. Turns the 78 tarot cards to a new purpose, linking word and image to the purposes of narrative. A band of travellers, trapped in an gloomy castle in the heart of a wood, find themselves struck dumb and are only able to converse by using the tarot cards to tell one another how they came to be there. Num Pages: 144 pages, 8pp colour halftones, b&w illustrations throughout. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 3. Weight in Grams: 120.
- Publisher
- Vintage United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 144
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099268055
- ISBN
- 9780099268055
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 14.33
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€ 14.33
Paperback. A collection of nineteenth-century fantastic literature - from enchantments and horrors to subtler, psychological terrors. It includes Hoffmann's "The Sandman", Poe's "The Tell-Tale Heart" and Dickens' "The Signal-Man", and works from celebrated writers including Honore de Balzac, Henry James, Sir Walter Scott and Guy de Maupassant. Editor(s): Calvino, Italo. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 608 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 36. Weight in Grams: 448.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 608
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141190129
- ISBN
- 9780141190129
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.49
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Paperback. A couple on a journey across Mexico are excited by the idea of a particular ingredient, suggested by ancient rituals of human sacrifice. Precariously balanced on his throne, a king is able only to listen to the sounds around him - sure that any deviation from their normal progression would mean the uprising of the conspirators that surround him. Translator(s): Parks, Tim; Creagh, Patrick; McLaughlin, Martin; Weaver, William. Num Pages: 96 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 7. Weight in Grams: 80.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780141189727
- ISBN
- 9780141189727
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 12.99€ 6.23
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€ 6.23
Paperback. A collection of stories. Set in Italy in the summer of 1940, it explores the relationships between the different generations caught up in the war as well as the author's own experiences as a teenager. It features such stories as: "Into the War", "The Avanguardisti in Menton" and "UNPA Nights". Translator(s): McLaughlin, Martin. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 132 x 197 x 8. Weight in Grams: 102.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780141193731
- ISBN
- 9780141193731
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 12.99€ 5.70
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hardcover. A postmodern novel which combines a love and a detective story with a sardonic dissection of the publishing industry in an allegory of reading. Two readers attempt to finish the same book, but are comically and repeatedly frustrated. Translator(s): Weaver, William. Num Pages: 254 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 213 x 136 x 24. Weight in Grams: 436.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- Everyman
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781857151381
- ISBN
- 9781857151381
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 13.91
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Paperback. Translator(s): Zoete, Beryl De. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 202 x 127 x 18. Weight in Grams: 274.
- Publisher
- The New York Review of Books, Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780940322844
- ISBN
- 9780940322844
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 17.77
€ 23.99
€ 17.77
paperback. Merman in My Tub is an uproarious supernatural comedy manga that turns the popular "monster girl" genre on its tail by focusing on monster boys. Fans of Monster Musume and A Centaur's Life are sure to enjoy the odd couple relationship between a young man and a merman who has invaded his bathtub. Num Pages: 138 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: FXA. Category: (Y) Teenage / Young Adult. Dimension: 180 x 127 x 8. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- SEVEN SEAS PR
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781626924369
- ISBN
- 9781626924369
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 12.99€ 7.81
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€ 7.81
Paperback. Translator(s): Rodel, Angela. Num Pages: 300 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 171 x 133. Weight in Grams: 367.
- Publisher
- Archipelago
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780914671701
- ISBN
- 9780914671701
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 20.68
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€ 20.68
Paperback. Written between 1938 and 1944 and set in the context of a disintegrating Russian culture, this collection of short fiction centres around dark, erotic liaisons told in prose. Translator(s): Aplin, Hugh. Num Pages: 350 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
- Publisher
- Alma Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 350
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781847494740
- ISBN
- 9781847494740
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.76
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Paperback. At once nostalgic for a bygone more innocent age and foreshadowing the turbulences of the twentieth century, Bunin's narrative is a triumph of bitter realism, shot through with the author's classical style and precision of language. Translator(s): Aplin, Galya; Aplin, Hugh. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 120 x 13. Weight in Grams: 172. 200 pages. At once nostalgic for a bygone more innocent age and foreshadowing the turbulences of the twentieth century, Bunin's narrative is a triumph of bitter realism, shot through with the author's classical style and precision of language. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: FC; FYT. Dimension: 199 x 120 x 13. Weight: 168. Translator(s): Aplin, Galya; Aplin, Hugh.
- Publisher
- Alma Books
- Number of pages
- 200
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781847492838
- ISBN
- 9781847492838
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.89
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Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Dedalus Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781910213513
- ISBN
- 9781910213513
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 13.51
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Paperback. 297pp
- Condition
- Used, Good
- Publisher
- Minerva Press U.K.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1968
- SKU
- KHS0038649
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good
€ 17.99€ 15.02
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paperback. Tells the story of a young schoolteacher who moves from one provincial Slovene town to the next, trying to enlighten his countrymen and countrywomen but instead receiving only the mistrust and scorn of the traditional-minded and petty population. Translator(s): Cox, John K. Series: CEU Press Classics. Num Pages: 242 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 129 x 21. Weight in Grams: 274.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Central European University Press Hungary
- Number of pages
- 242
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789639776418
- ISBN
- 9789639776418
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.01
€ 21.01
Good clean copy with some reader wear.
- Condition
- Used, Like New
- Publisher
- Le Livre De Poche
- Publication date
- 1975
- SKU
- KTM0006989
- ISBN
- 9782253006992
Paperback
Condition: Used, Like New
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. New, award-winning translation of Goncharov's popular masterpiece Rich in situational comedy, psychological complexity and social satire, Oblomov - here presented in Stephen Pearl's award-winning translation, the first major English-language version of the novel in more than fifty years - is a timeless novel and a monument to human idleness. Translator(s): Pearl, Stephen. Num Pages: 540 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 129 x 198 x 38. Weight in Grams: 490.
- Publisher
- Alma Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 540
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- 01st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781847493446
- ISBN
- 9781847493446
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.76
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Paperback. Told in the author's trademark humorous style and presented in a sparkling new translation by Stephen Pearl, The Same Old Story - Goncharov's first novel, preceding his masterpiece Oblomov by twelve years - is a study of lost illusions and rude spiritual awakening in the modern world. Translator(s): Pearl, Stephen. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 198 x 30. Weight in Grams: 324.
- Publisher
- Alma Classics
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781847495624
- ISBN
- 9781847495624
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.89
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Paperback. Ilya Ilyich Oblomov is a member of Russia's dying aristocracy a man so lazy that he has given up his job in the Civil Service, neglected his books, insulted his friends and found himself in debt. Too apathetic to do anything about his problems, he lives in a grubby, crumbling apartment, waited on by Zakhar, his equally idle servant. Translator(s): Magarshack, David. Num Pages: 496 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 22. Weight in Grams: 344.
- Publisher
- Penguin Classics
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780140449877
- ISBN
- 9780140449877
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 14.33
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Paperback. One of the last artistic expressions of life under communism, this novel captures the atmosphere in Prague between 1983 and 1987, where a dance could be broken up by the secret police, a traffic offence could lead to surveillance and where contraband books were the currency of the underworld. Num Pages: 282 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 15. Weight in Grams: 279.
- Publisher
- Granta UK
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Edition
- Reprint, Subsequent
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781862071032
- ISBN
- 9781862071032
Paperback
Condition: New
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Paperback. The narrator of this novel has temporarily abandoned his work-in-progress - an essay on Kafka - and exchanged his writer's pen for the orange vest of a Prague road-sweeper. As he works, he meditates on Czechoslovakia, Kafka, life, art and his passionate and adulterous affair with Daria. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 133 x 14. Weight in Grams: 200.
- Publisher
- Vintage United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 240
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099429586
- ISBN
- 9780099429586
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.76
€ 13.99
€ 11.76