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Paperback. No modern Japanese writer was more idolized than Shiga Naoya. This work showcases the art of this writer who is often called "the god of the Japanese short story." Translator(s): Dunlop, Lane. Series: Modern Asian Literature Series. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: 2GJ; DNF; DSBH; DSK; FYB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 130 x 191 x 11. Weight in Grams: 176.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231121576
- ISBN
- 9780231121576
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 22.22
€ 30.99
€ 22.22
Paperback. Ruminates on the life of the writer and the significance of language as art. This title takes as its central conceit a famous anecdote about Ernest Hemingway's early work: Hemingway's first wife, Hadley, going by train from their apartment in Paris to visit him in Switzerland, brought along, at his request, a suitcase full of his work-in-progress. Num Pages: 238 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; DSBH; DSK; FA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 127 x 13. Weight in Grams: 317.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 238
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231115438
- ISBN
- 9780231115438
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 24.80
€ 33.99
€ 24.80
Hardback. Levy explores the classic Chinese novel The Story of the Stone(also known as The Dream of the Red Chamber), illuminating the work by interpreting its four major themes: the inversion of traditional family dynamics, the function of illness and medicine in a Buddhist society, the role of poetry in a dynastic Chinese society, and the use of poetry as a vehicle for spiritual retribution. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1FP; 2GDC; DSBD; DSK; FC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231114066
- ISBN
- 9780231114066
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 109.33€ 82.56
€ 109.33
€ 82.56
Hardback. These twelve stories represent the best work of respected "nativist" writer Cheng Ch'ing-wen and encompass his major themes: the tensions between men and women, parents and children, city and village, tradition and modernity. Series: Modern Chinese Literature from Taiwan. Num Pages: 240 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 23. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231113861
- ISBN
- 9780231113861
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 99.82€ 75.86
€ 99.82
€ 75.86
Hardback. In this lively translation of Wang Chen-ho's ribald satire, a Taiwanese village loses all perspective -- and common sense -- at the prospect of fleecing a shipload of lusty and lonely American soldiers. This irreverent novel by one of Taiwan's best-known writers is both a masterpiece of fiction and a vivid reflection of Taiwanese identity and the impact of Western culture. Translator(s): Goldblatt, Howard. Series: Modern Chinese Literature from Taiwan. Num Pages: 212 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 158 x 22. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 212
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231112024
- ISBN
- 9780231112024
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 83.18€ 63.79
€ 83.18
€ 63.79
Paperback. Editor(s): Yu, Anthony C. Translator(s): Yu, Anthony C. Num Pages: 528 pages, 1 line drawing. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 155 x 30. Weight in Grams: 690.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press
- Edition
- y First printing
- Number of pages
- 528
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226971568
- ISBN
- 9780226971568
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 21.22
€ 25.99
€ 21.22
Hardback. Written in the sixteenth century, this book tells the story of the fourteen-year pilgrimage of the monk Xuanzang, one of China's most famous religious heroes, and his four supernatural disciples, in search of Buddhist scriptures. Editor(s): Yu, Anthony C. Translator(s): Yu, Anthony C. Num Pages: 424 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 159 x 229 x 28. Weight in Grams: 704.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- Revised
- Number of pages
- 424
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226971339
- ISBN
- 9780226971339
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 79.62€ 66.41
€ 79.62
€ 66.41
Hardback.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- Revised
- Number of pages
- 576
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226971315
- ISBN
- 9780226971315
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 95.07€ 78.49
€ 95.07
€ 78.49
Paperback. This work chronicles the antics of J.S.G. Boggs, a young artist whose consuming passion is money, or more precisely value. What Boggs likes to do is to draw money - paper notes in the denominations of currencies from all over the world - and then to go out and try to spend those drawings. Num Pages: 170 pages, 40 halftones. BIC Classification: DNF; FA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 205 x 125 x 10. Weight in Grams: 180.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- University of Chicago Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 170
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226893969
- ISBN
- 9780226893969
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 21.05
€ 25.99
€ 21.05
Paperback. Editor(s): Buitenen, J. A. B. van. Series: Phoenix Books. Num Pages: 272 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 2BBA; FC; JFC; JFSL; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 217 x 145 x 17. Weight in Grams: 380.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1969
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- Fourth Impression
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226846477
- ISBN
- 9780226846477
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 28.58
€ 36.99
€ 28.58
Paperback. Num Pages: black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: FF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 202 x 139 x 12. Weight in Grams: 200.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226771106
- ISBN
- 9780226771106
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 16.50
€ 18.99
€ 16.50
Paperback. Features the first appearance of Claire, who will steal Parker's heister's heart - while together they steal two million dollars of rare coins. Num Pages: 160 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: FF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 205 x 135 x 14. Weight in Grams: 200.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226771076
- ISBN
- 9780226771076
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 16.34
€ 18.99
€ 16.34
Paperback. At the height of Maria de Zayas' popularity in the mid-eighteenth century, the number of editions in print of her work was exceeded only by the novels of Cervantes. This book gathers a representative sample of seven stories, featuring Zayas' signature topics - gender equality and domestic violence. Series: Other Voice in Early Modern Europe. Num Pages: 352 pages, 5 halftones, 1 map, 1 table. BIC Classification: FC; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 522.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226768656
- ISBN
- 9780226768656
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 29.83
€ 37.99
€ 29.83
Paperback. Num Pages: 334 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 205 x 140 x 21. Weight in Grams: 410.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1982
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- New ed of 1818 ed
- Number of pages
- 334
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226752273
- ISBN
- 9780226752273
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 25.76
€ 32.99
€ 25.76
Paperback. This volume features 63 short stories spanning five decades including "Girls in their Summer Dresses", "Sailor Off the Bremen" and "The Eighty-Yard Run". Series: Phoenix Fiction S. Num Pages: 764 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 153 x 41. Weight in Grams: 1016.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226751283
- ISBN
- 9780226751283
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 25.92
€ 32.99
€ 25.92
Paperback. Moving from Massachusetts to Kansas in 1855, with his new wife and a group of German carpenters, Gordon McKay is dead set on making his fortune raising bees, undaunted by Missouri border ruffians, newly- minted Darwinism, or the unsettled politics of a country on the brink of civil war. Series: Phoenix Fiction S. Num Pages: 288 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 206 x 135 x 19. Weight in Grams: 230.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226561110
- ISBN
- 9780226561110
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 24.89
€ 31.99
€ 24.89
Paperback. A compilation of 19th-century French "haunting" tales. Featuring such authors as Balzac, Merimee, Dumas, Verne, and Maupassant, this book offers readers some of the more memorable stories in the genre. Editor(s): Kessler, Joan C. Num Pages: 368 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ADF; DSBF; DSK; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 155 x 229 x 29. Weight in Grams: 632.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226432083
- ISBN
- 9780226432083
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 47.99€ 37.06
€ 47.99
€ 37.06
Paperback. "The Constance Garnett translation has been revised throughout by the editor." Translator(s): Garnett, C. Num Pages: 352 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: FC; FYB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 137 x 202 x 24. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1985
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226300696
- ISBN
- 9780226300696
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 28.76
€ 36.99
€ 28.76
Paperback. Translator(s): Garnett, C. Num Pages: 302 pages. BIC Classification: 2AGR; DSK; FC; FYB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 203 x 133 x 16. Weight in Grams: 332. 302 pages. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. BIC Classification: 2AGR; DSK; FC; FYB. Dimension: 203 x 133 x 16. Weight: 322. Translator(s): Garnett, C.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1985
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 302
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226300689
- ISBN
- 9780226300689
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 22.64
€ 27.99
€ 22.64
Paperback. Follows a journalist who returns to Prague after its annexation and finds her efforts to obtain help for the refugees and to convey the shocking state of the country both frustrating and futile. Num Pages: 328 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 145 x 203 x 18. Weight in Grams: 358.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226286969
- ISBN
- 9780226286969
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 19.30
€ 23.99
€ 19.30
Paperback. This is the story of Joseph, a tall, scattered looking boy of 17, and his wonderfully indomitable mother, Meg, who is resolved, in the summer after her son's high-school graduation, to start arranging his life for him, even going so far as to accompany him to college. Num Pages: 288 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: FA; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 205 x 135 x 17. Weight in Grams: 300.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226264165
- ISBN
- 9780226264165
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 24.88
€ 31.99
€ 24.88
Paperback. Based on the Comics: Philosophy and Practice conference held at the University of Chicago in 2012, this title includes essays from prominent scholars on topics such as media archaeology, theories of the image, popular forms, the history of aesthetics, and transmedia dynamics in nineteenth-, twentieth-, and early twenty-first-century contexts. Editor(s): Chute, Hillary L.; Jagoda, Patrick. Num Pages: 272 pages, 97 colour plates, 110 line drawings. BIC Classification: DSB; FZG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 255 x 179 x 19. Weight in Grams: 642.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226208466
- ISBN
- 9780226208466
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 15.87
€ 18.99
€ 15.87
Paperback. Reminiscent of Voltaire, Broges and Kafka, "A Dog's Head" is a piece of realism. It tells the story of Edmund Du Chaillu, a boy born, to his bourgeois parents' horror, with the head of a spaniel. Edmund must endure his schoolmates' teasing as well as an urge to carry a newspaper in his mouth. Translator(s): Chancellor, Robin. Series: Phoenix Fiction S. Num Pages: 164 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 204 x 132 x 13. Weight in Grams: 190.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 164
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226174921
- ISBN
- 9780226174921
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 26.02
€ 32.99
€ 26.02
Paperback. Follows the interactions of a socially insecure, pun-loving family man, an officious lady caseworker from an adoption agency, and a chauvinist pig - all suburban neighbors who know far too much about one another's private lives in this goofy and gently hilarious tale of marital quibbles. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 133 x 203 x 18. Weight in Grams: 354.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226171067
- ISBN
- 9780226171067
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 20.11
€ 24.99
€ 20.11