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Paperback. Nine stories make up Haslett's first collection. They are set in Los Angeles, the Midwest, New England and England, but each summons its own distinctive world. The characters include a widower, a young couple, middle-aged siblings and an orphaned boy who finds solace in a classmate's violence. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 214 x 129 x 19. Weight in Grams: 194.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing United Kingdom
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099443643
ISBN
9780099443643
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 16.85

Hardcover. A sequel to the author's collection of stories "Two Jews on a Train". Through twenty-nine tales, it spins stories of characters coping with the vicissitudes and reverses of daily life, while painting a portrait of a world of unassimilated Jewish life. Translator(s): Tihanyi, Catherine. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: DQ; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 139 x 16. Weight in Grams: 308.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
144
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226052175
ISBN
9780226052175
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 20.36

Paperback. African Titanics tells the tale of the African boat people, their perilous journey north and he 'migration bug' stealing slyly into their villages and homes. Translator(s): Bredin, Charis. Num Pages: 124 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 197 x 6. Weight in Grams: 136.
Publisher
Darf Publishers Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781850772736
ISBN
9781850772736
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.75

Paperback. Translator(s): Noweira, Amira. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FV; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 200 x 21. Weight in Grams: 260. (English Edn). 320 pages. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: FV; FYT. Dimension: 130 x 200 x 21. Weight: 262. Translator(s): Noweira, Amira.
Publisher
Bloomsbury USA
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
0th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9789992194720
ISBN
9789992194720
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 12.71

Paperback. Translator(s): Small, Rachel. Series: Semiotext(e) / Native Agents. Num Pages: 168 pages. BIC Classification: 5SG; FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 136 x 11. .
Publisher
Autonomedia
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781584351948
ISBN
9781584351948
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 14.91

Paperback. Exposing and exploring the sinuous undercurrents of violence, anguish and love, this title examines the nature of the individual, both in isolation and society, as characters define and deny their chosen identities. It reveals the subversive liberation of impotence, and, the humour of discomfort as human beings chafe together. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 129 x 17. Weight in Grams: 178.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099457114
ISBN
9780099457114
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.76

Paperback. This paperback edition brings together novellas and short stories of the celebrated Jewish writer A.B. Yehoshua, including two stories previously unpublished in English. "Mr Mani", which appeared in the previous hardback edition, is now a novel in its own right. Num Pages: 376 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 218 x 146 x 33. Weight in Grams: 766.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Peter Halban Publishers Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
376
Condition
New
SKU
V9781870015721
ISBN
9781870015721
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 12.71

Paperback. Strange, smart and sexy short stories from one of America's most brilliant contemporary writers. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 14. Weight in Grams: 160.
Publisher
Granta Books
Number of pages
224
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9781847087294
ISBN
9781847087294
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.05

Paperback. The heroes and heroines of this, A.L. Kennedy's first collection of stories, are small people - the kind who inhabit the silence in libraries, who never appear on screen and who never make the headlines. Often alone and sometimes lonely, her characters ponder the mysteries of sex and death.. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 131 x 9. Weight in Grams: 112.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing United Kingdom
Number of pages
144
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099450061
ISBN
9780099450061
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 14.31

Paperback. A.B. Guthrie Jr. is best known for his historical fiction; his classic novel The Way West earned him a Pulitzer Prize. The Big It and Other Stories collects his diverse shorter tales, written between 1946 and 1960. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 203 x 142 x 12. Weight in Grams: 224.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Number of pages
200
Condition
New
SKU
V9780803240551
ISBN
9780803240551
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 20.99

Paperback. A scholar pursues an elusive biographer, stumbling upon buried fragments of distant lives; a woman walks out of her previous existence and encounters an ice-blond stranger from a secretive world. This title deals with betrayal and loyalty, quests and longings, loneliness and passion - the mysterious absences at the heart of the fullest lives. Num Pages: 240 pages, facsimiles. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 225 x 135 x 15. Weight in Grams: 176. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Vintage
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KKD0001472
ISBN
9780099273769
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 17.95

Paperback. A.S. Byatt's fairy tales and fables are among the best-loved features of her fiction. This volume contains "The Glass Coffin" and "Gode's Tale" of the Breton Baie des Trepasses, together with three other stories with medieval and oriental settings, including the title tale. Num Pages: 288 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 131 x 19. Weight in Grams: 218.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Edition
New edition
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099521310
ISBN
9780099521310
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.76

Paperback. Morpho Eugenia and The Conjugal Angel are two fascinating novellas and, like A. S. Byatt's Booker Prize-winning novel, Possession, they are set in the mid-nineteenth century, weaving fact and fiction, reality and romance. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 19. Weight in Grams: 216.
Publisher
Vintage
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099224310
ISBN
9780099224310
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.93

Paperback. Each story is in some way inspired by a painting of Henri Matisse, each is also about the intimate connection between seeing and feeling - about the ways in which a glance we meant to be casual may suddenly call forth the deepest reserves of our being. This book includes stories which are all about human beings. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 10. Weight in Grams: 120.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099472711
ISBN
9780099472711
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.76

Paperback. Editor(s): Rivera, Esteban Rios; Leon, Juana Ponce De. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 209 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 382.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Seven Stories Press,U.S. United States
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9781888363739
ISBN
9781888363739
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 17.35

Paperback. Editor(s): Ochoa, Gabriel Garcia; Jones, Rebecca; Schwartz, Oscar. Num Pages: 112 pages. BIC Classification: DC; DQ; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 156 x 234 x 8. Weight in Grams: 212.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Monash University Publishing Australia
Number of pages
112
Condition
New
SKU
V9781922235497
ISBN
9781922235497
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 18.05

Paperback. Editor(s): Lalumiere, Claude; Nickle, David. Series: Exile Book of Anthology. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: DQ; FF; FH; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 213 x 140 x 23. Weight in Grams: 376.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Exile Editions Canada
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9781550964608
ISBN
9781550964608
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 19.88

Paperback. Editor(s): Gay, William; Kingsbury, Suzanne. Num Pages: 225 pages. BIC Classification: FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 201 x 123 x 19. Weight in Grams: 270.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
M P Publishing Limited United Kingdom
Number of pages
225
Condition
New
SKU
V9781849821728
ISBN
9781849821728
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 9.99
€ 8.72

Paperback. Editor(s): Franklin, Tom; Fennelly, Beth Ann. Num Pages: 270 pages. BIC Classification: FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 124 x 20. Weight in Grams: 422.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
M P Publishing Limited United Kingdom
Number of pages
270
Condition
New
SKU
V9781849821735
ISBN
9781849821735
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 9.99
€ 8.72

Paperback. Editor(s): Casey, Daniel J.; Rhodes, Robert E. Num Pages: 296 pages. BIC Classification: DQ; FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 163 x 45. Weight in Grams: 404.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1990
Publisher
Syracuse University Press United States
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
SKU
V9780815602347
ISBN
9780815602347
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.72

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