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Paperback. G H, a well-to-do Rio sculptress, enters the room of her maid, which is as clear and white 'as in an insane asylum from which dangerous objects have been removed'. There she sees a cockroach - black, dusty, prehistoric - crawling out of the wardrobe and, panicking, slams the door on it. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 132 x 13. Weight in Grams: 158.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Number of pages
208
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141197357
ISBN
9780141197357
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.09

paperback. Written in agony, this book features elegiac meditation on the creation of life, and of art. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 132 x 12. Weight in Grams: 150.
Edition
Standard Edition
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Number of pages
192
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141197371
ISBN
9780141197371
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.00

Paperback. Living in the slums of Rio and eking out a living as a typist, Macabea loves movies, Coca-Cola and her philandering rat of a boyfriend; she would like to be like Marilyn Monroe, but she is ugly and unloved. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 96 pages. BIC Classification: FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 201 x 135 x 7. Weight in Grams: 80.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141392035
ISBN
9780141392035
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.43

Paperback. Despite its apparent spontaneity, this is a work of art, which rearranges language and plays in the gaps between reality and fiction. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 112 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 7. Weight in Grams: 92.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Number of pages
112
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141197364
ISBN
9780141197364
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.31

Paperback. As Joana, endlessly mutable, moves through different emotional states, different inner lives and different truths, this impressionistic, dreamlike and fiercely intelligent novel asks if any of us ever really know who we are. Her innovation in fiction brought her international renown. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 133 x 13. Weight in Grams: 158.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Number of pages
208
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141197340
ISBN
9780141197340
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.10

Paperback. Features stories ranging from teenagers coming into awareness of their sexual and artistic powers to humdrum housewives whose lives are shattered by unexpected epiphanies to old people who don't know what to do with themselves. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 672 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 129 x 34. Weight in Grams: 468.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141197388
ISBN
9780141197388
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 15.06

Hardcover. Num Pages: 240 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 240 x 206 x 27. Weight in Grams: 572.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Green Writers Press
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780996897327
ISBN
9780996897327
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 26.99

Paperback. From Las Vegas to the Blackrock Desert, Vaye Watkins's stories of hardship, violence and redemption take the reader right to the heart Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 192 x 121 x 19. Weight in Grams: 214.
Publisher
Granta Books
Number of pages
304
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9781847084873
ISBN
9781847084873
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.05

Paperback. A collection of stories about a long-haired woman who moves into the priest's house and sets fire to his furniture; a forester who mortgages his land and goes off to a seaside town looking for a wife; a farmer wakes half-naked and realises the money is almost gone. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 127 x 12. Weight in Grams: 158 183pp
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
9780571233076
ISBN
9780571233076
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 9.74

Paperback. Fall into the dreamlike realities of absinthe and madness. Here, buildings pursue their own malevolent intents; a grieving father and daughter receive a grisly visitor; a man is unravelled by strange symbolism in a twilit park; and a botanist will stop at nothing to safeguard her borders. Editor(s): Houguez, Claire; Parfitt, Rebecca. Num Pages: 168 pages. BIC Classification: FK; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 205 x 127 x 10. Weight in Grams: 196.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Parthian Books
Condition
New
SKU
V9781909844889
ISBN
9781909844889
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.32

Paperback. Includes twenty-one stories and a novella that will disturb and delight, from the author of Fight Club. This book includes stories such as, Zombies, Knock, Knock, Tunnel of Love, and Excursion. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 23. Weight in Grams: 244.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099587682
ISBN
9780099587682
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.10

Paperback. Pierre Loti's novel "Madame Chrysantheme" (1888) enjoyed great popularity during the author's lifetime. More broadly, Loti's novel helped define the terms in which Occidentals perceived Japan as delicate, feminine, and, 'preposterous' - in short, ripe for exploitation. Presented as the diary of Chrysantheme, this title retells Loti's story. Num Pages: 112 pages, 16 illustrations. BIC Classification: FC; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 139 x 20. Weight in Grams: 227.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
University of Hawaii Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780824834371
ISBN
9780824834371
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.29

Paperback. Superb interlinked collection of war-based short stories from a stunning author. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FM; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 16. Weight in Grams: 262.
Publisher
Gollancz
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Edition
Revised & Enlarged Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780575091061
ISBN
9780575091061
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.09

Paperback. Sixteen Small Deaths is a collection of short fiction that will break your heart, shatter your soul and unravel the boundaries of space and time. Num Pages: 202 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 143 x 14. Weight in Grams: 210.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Perfect Edge
Condition
New
SKU
V9781780996844
ISBN
9781780996844
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 15.96

Paperback. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 204 x 138 x 17. Weight in Grams: 220.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Seven Stories Press,U.S. United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9781609804381
ISBN
9781609804381
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 16.31

Paperback. In every detective's life there are cases that can't be discussed. This book presents eleven of these previously unseen investigations that required the collective genius and unique modus operandi of Arthur Bryant and John May and the Peculiar Crimes Unit - investigations that range from different times and a variety of places. Series: Bryant & May Short Stories. Num Pages: 288 pages, Line drawing of the PCU HQ. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; FF; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 129 x 197 x 23. Weight in Grams: 202.
Publisher
Transworld Publishers Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780857503121
ISBN
9780857503121
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 11.90

Paperback. The Golden Age of the English short story lies from its first wide acceptance in the middle of the nineteenth century until the middle of the twentieth, a period when there were a great many outlets in Britain for shorter fictions. This title celebrates this period through some of the most widely known writers of the time. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: DQ; FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 138 x 21. Weight in Grams: 246.
Publisher
Penguin
Number of pages
336
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
Re-issue
Condition
New
SKU
V9780241952856
ISBN
9780241952856
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 14.33

Paperback. Editor(s): Blaisdell, Bob. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 127 x 15. Weight in Grams: 181.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Dover Publications Inc. United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780486471396
ISBN
9780486471396
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.32

Num Pages: 156 pages. BIC Classification: FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 201 x 127 x 13. Weight in Grams: 181.
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Exile Editions Canada
Number of pages
156
Condition
New
SKU
V9781550963533
ISBN
9781550963533
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 15.50

Paperback. Num Pages: 320 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: FA; FF; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 135 x 18. Weight in Grams: 349.
Publisher
William Morrow Paperbacks
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780060853273
ISBN
9780060853273
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 15.10

Paperback. A collection of stories, in which moments of change, chance encounters, the twist of fate leads a person to a new way of thinking or being. It presents a radiant, indelible portrait of just how dangerous and strange ordinary life can be. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 131 x 21. Weight in Grams: 244.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
Thames & Hudson Ltd
Condition
New
SKU
9780500300343
ISBN
9780500300343
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 12.99
€ 10.45

Paperback. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 206 x 142 x 10. Weight in Grams: 200.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Caitlin Press Canada
Number of pages
176
Condition
New
SKU
V9781894759502
ISBN
9781894759502
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 12.71

Hardback. The author was arguably the best-known and most influential writer in the former East Germany. In this title, she revisits her stay at a tuberculosis hospital in the winter of 1946, a real-life event that was the inspiration for the closing scenes of her 1976 novel Patterns of Childhood. Translator(s): Derbyshire, Katy. Num Pages: 80 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 137 x 12. Weight in Grams: 232.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Seagull Books London Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
80
Condition
New
SKU
V9780857421869
ISBN
9780857421869
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 15.58

Paperback. 'Enriches and enlarges our own sense of the world we thought we knew' Marylinne Robinson Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 132 x 197 x 15. Weight in Grams: 172.
Publisher
Granta Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
240
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9781847084989
ISBN
9781847084989
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.27

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