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Fiction: special features

Hardcover. How does one translate experience into fiction? This work includes specific and practical guidance on the art, craft, and business of writing short stories. It offers advice on exploring sources, galvanizing the imagination, studying stories, and then writing them. Num Pages: 208 pages, 3 figures, glossary, index. BIC Classification: CBV; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 399.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Syracuse University Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780815629191
ISBN
9780815629191
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 47.81

Paperback. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 144 x 203 x 16. Weight in Grams: 276.
Publisher
NYRB Classics
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781590177648
ISBN
9781590177648
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 12.38

Hardcover. .
Publisher
Random House USA Inc United States
Number of pages
336
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1993
Condition
New
SKU
V9780679424789
ISBN
9780679424789
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 22.51

Hardcover. Suburban Sketches Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 168 x 124 x 10. Weight in Grams: 180.
Publisher
The History Press Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
192
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Condition
New
SKU
V9781845880835
ISBN
9781845880835
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 9.30

Paperback. A captivating hybrid of Gothic, oriental, and satiric fiction, Vathek documents the fall of Vathek, whose obsessive quest for knowledge, pleasure and power leads to his eventual damnation. An extraordinary fantasy, the novel has influenced writers from Byron to Lovecraft. This new edition combines a definitive text with new introduction and notes. Editor(s): Keymer, Thomas. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FM; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 130 x 12. Weight in Grams: 146.
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Number of pages
192
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
2nd Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199576951
ISBN
9780199576951
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.82

Paperback. Ireland has always been a nation of story-tellers. This magnificent anthology chronicles the development of a rich literary tradition, from the earliest folk-tales to James Joyce, Liam O'Flaherty, and the rising stars of the new generation. Editor(s): Trevor, William. Series: Oxford Books of Prose & Verse. Num Pages: 592 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FC; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 128 x 35. Weight in Grams: 426.
Publisher
Oxford University Press Oxford
Number of pages
592
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Edition
Reissue
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199583140
ISBN
9780199583140
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 13.08

Hardback. In 1920 Willa Cather collected eight of the stories she had written over the past twenty years into "Youth and the Bright Medusa". This title also includes an historical essay and explanatory notes that trace the composition of the stories and their roots in the people, events, and places Cather knew. Series: Willa Cather Scholarly Edition. Num Pages: 646 pages, 25 illustrations. BIC Classification: FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 48. Weight in Grams: 1103.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Number of pages
646
Condition
New
Edition
Scholarly
SKU
V9780803217546
ISBN
9780803217546
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 96.07

Paperback. A collection of strange stories from Wilkie Collins, author of The Woman in White and The Moonstone. It also includes the novella, The Haunted Hotel, a combination of detective and ghost story set in Venice, a city of waterways and death. Editor(s): Davies, David Stuart. Series Editor(s): Davies, David Stuart. Series: Tales of Mystery & the Supernatural. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FK; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 127 x 18. Weight in Grams: 224.
Publisher
Wordsworth Editions Ltd
Number of pages
336
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Edition
paperback / softback
Condition
New
SKU
V9781840225334
ISBN
9781840225334
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 7.09

Paperback. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 141 x 214 x 12. Weight in Grams: 186.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Dalkey Archive Press United States
Number of pages
160
Condition
New
SKU
V9781564789211
ISBN
9781564789211
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 13.89

Paperback. Num Pages: 150 pages. BIC Classification: 2ACG; FA; FYT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 666.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Dalkey Archive Press United States
Number of pages
150
Condition
New
SKU
V9781628970043
ISBN
9781628970043
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.02

Hardback. IN Series: SB-The German List. Num Pages: 544 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Seagull Books London Ltd
Condition
New
SKU
V9780857423054
ISBN
9780857423054
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 35.99
€ 28.30

Paperback. A collection of short stories depicting and analyzing key issues in America's "New Gilded Age" Editor(s): Martin, Wendy, Ph.D.; Tichi, Cecelia. Num Pages: 368 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 151 x 24. Weight in Grams: 518.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
New York University Press United States
Number of pages
368
Condition
New
SKU
V9780814796283
ISBN
9780814796283
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.60

Paperback. Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 154 x 28. Weight in Grams: 608.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Shoemaker & Hoard, Div of Avalon Publishing Group Inc United States
Number of pages
448
Condition
New
SKU
V9781593760540
ISBN
9781593760540
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 18.92

Hardback. Translator(s): Lovell, Julia. Series: Weatherhead Books on Asia. Num Pages: 184 pages, 6 illus. BIC Classification: FA; FYB; FYT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 218 x 155 x 18. Weight in Grams: 346.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
184
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231160902
ISBN
9780231160902
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 22.22

Hardback. Depicts the violence, chaos, and dark comedy of China in the post-Mao era. This book offers an account of the often hedonistic individualism that is taking root. It depicts a spiritually bankrupt society, periodically rocked by spasms of uncontrolled violence. It presents a story about casual sex in a provincial city. Translator(s): Lovell, Julia. Series: Weatherhead Books on Asia. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; FYB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 220 x 151 x 23. Weight in Grams: 390. And Other Stories of China. Series: Weatherhead Books on Asia. 256 pages. Depicts the violence, chaos, and dark comedy of China in the post-Mao era. This book offers an account of the often hedonistic individualism that is taking root. It depicts a spiritually bankrupt society, periodically rocked by spasms of uncontrolled violence. It presents a story about casual sex in a provincial city. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1FPC; FYB. Dimension: 220 x 151 x 23. Weight: 390. Translator(s): Lovell, Julia.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231136945
ISBN
9780231136945
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 29.28

Paperback. Translator(s): Lovell, Julia. Series: Weatherhead Books on Asia. Num Pages: 184 pages, 6 illus. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 169 x 205 x 16. Weight in Grams: 230.
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231160919
ISBN
9780231160919
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 18.86

Paperback. Includes stories wherein: a man is booted out of his home after his wife discovers that the sweat-smudged footprint on the inside of his windscreen doesn't match her own; teenage cousins, drugged by summer, meet with a reckoning in the woods; and, a boy runs off to the carnival after his stepfather bites him in a brawl. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 19. Weight in Grams: 248.
Publisher
Granta Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Edition
First printing of this edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781847081209
ISBN
9781847081209
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.07

paperback. The stories are keenly observant, darkly humorous, and absurdly fatalistic. Editor(s): Gioia, Dana. Num Pages: 172 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: FYB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 171 x 203 x 14. Weight in Grams: 224.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Number of pages
172
Condition
New
SKU
V9780803278066
ISBN
9780803278066
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 17.55

Hardback. Designed to appeal to both general and specialist readers, this volume presents a group of works by O'Brien (1828-1862), an early innovator in the short story form, that explore one of his special interests-the representation of individual consciousness. All but three of the thirteen stories are reprinted here for the first time Num Pages: 196 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: FC; FYB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 159 x 19. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
University of Delaware Press United States
Number of pages
196
Condition
New
SKU
V9781611494020
ISBN
9781611494020
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 116.10

Hardback. Num Pages: 420 pages, frontispiece. BIC Classification: FC; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 241 x 164 x 28. Weight in Grams: 603.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
University of Delaware Press United States
Number of pages
420
Condition
New
SKU
V9781611490466
ISBN
9781611490466
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 162.81

Paperback.
Publisher
Freight Books
Number of pages
176
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
9780956613585
ISBN
9780956613585
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.95

Paperback. A collection of short stories; or one long one. Num Pages: 201 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 10. Weight in Grams: 227.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Zero Books
Condition
New
SKU
V9781785350030
ISBN
9781785350030
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 17.51

Paperback. Washington Irving (1783--1859) was the first American literary artist to earn his living solely through his writings and the first to enjoy international acclaim. In addition to his long public service Num Pages: 840 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: FC; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 149 x 211 x 48. Weight in Grams: 966.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Hachette Books
Edition
1st Da Capo Press ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780306808401
ISBN
9780306808401
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.00
€ 29.78

Paperback. Introduces us to Rip van Winkle, the Dutch colonist who slept through the Revolutionary War; Ichabod Crane, the superstitious, social-climbing schoolmaster; and the pumpkin-topped Headless Horseman, ancestor to countless horror film antiheroes. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 197 x 18. Weight in Grams: 308.
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780143107538
ISBN
9780143107538
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 13.44

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