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Paperback. During the performances of fashionable operas, the musicians tell tales, read stories and exchange gossip to relieve the tedium of the bad music they are paid to perform. We are privy to 25 entertaining evenings with a fascinating group of distracted performers. Editor(s): Barzun, Jacques. Translator(s): Barzun, Jacques. Num Pages: 404 pages, 1 halftone. BIC Classification: AV; FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 217 x 139 x 22. Weight in Grams: 498.
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Number of pages
404
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226043746
ISBN
9780226043746
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 44.99
€ 34.35

Paperback. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 142 x 18. Weight in Grams: 416.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Ariadne Press United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9781572411418
ISBN
9781572411418
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 25.77

Paperback. Translator(s): Vennawitz, Leila; Vennewitz, L. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 130 x 29. Weight in Grams: 292.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1973
Publisher
Marion Boyars Publishers Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
New
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780714509389
ISBN
9780714509389
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.41

Paperback. Brings together eight short stories by the intense 19th-century German author. Translator(s): Luke, D.; Reeves, N. Num Pages: 336 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: FC; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 21. Weight in Grams: 248.
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1978
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140443592
ISBN
9780140443592
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.02

Paperback. Seventeen stories from one of Europe's most enchanting cities. Editor(s): Constantine, Helen. Translator(s): Holmes, Deborah. Num Pages: 304 pages, 17 black-and-white photographs. BIC Classification: FA; FYB; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 196 x 16. Weight in Grams: 322.
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199669790
ISBN
9780199669790
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 14.29

Paperback. Twenty years after the fall of the Berlin Wall, this attractive collection of translated stories evokes the many transformations the city has undergone. Including both well-known and new writers, the book will appeal to people who love travelling or are armchair travellers, as much as to those who love Berlin. Editor(s): Constantine, Helen. Translator(s): Marven, Lyn. Num Pages: 256 pages, Numerous black-and-white photographs. BIC Classification: FYB; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 128 x 15. Weight in Grams: 268.
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199559381
ISBN
9780199559381
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 14.24

Paperback. .
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199689118
ISBN
9780199689118
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 14.23

Paperback. Twenty-two translated stories associated with the regions of France, including both well-known and little-known writers. Offering a panoramic view of French society and culture, the book will appeal to people who love travelling or are armchair travellers, as much as to those who love France and things French. Editor(s): Constantine, Helen. Num Pages: 368 pages, Numerous black-and-white photographs. BIC Classification: FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 19. Weight in Grams: 326.
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
1st Paperback Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199217489
ISBN
9780199217489
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 13.39

Paperback. In ways no guide book can achieve, these twenty absorbing tales by Italian authors including Boccaccio, Giacomo Casanova, and Pier-Paolo Pasolini offer the delight of exploring one of the world's most unique cities thorough a wide variety of individual lives and epochs. Essential reading for anyone who has been to Rome or dreams of going there. Editor(s): Constantine, Helen. Translator(s): Shankland, Hugh. Num Pages: 320 pages, twenty black-and-white photographs. BIC Classification: 1DST; DQ; FA; FV; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 16. Weight in Grams: 322.
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199572465
ISBN
9780199572465
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 13.36

Paperback. .
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781471153808
ISBN
9781471153808
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.02

Hardback. A collection of dark, funny short stories: Miranda July channelling Beyonce.. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 145 x 282 x 23. Weight in Grams: 338. Fine clean copy in good dust wrapper
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Ltd
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KCW0003736
ISBN
9781471153792
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Num Pages: 350 pages. BIC Classification: 1DVP; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 148 x 227 x 19. Weight in Grams: 476.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
bluechrome Publishing United Kingdom
Condition
New
SKU
V9781906061678
ISBN
9781906061678
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.46

Paperback. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FM; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 132 x 197 x 19. Weight in Grams: 198.
Publisher
Pan Macmillan
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
Main Market Ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9781447299394
ISBN
9781447299394
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.00

Paperback. .
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781784701987
ISBN
9781784701987
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 15.11

Paperback. This second collection of short stories by the author of the prize-winning "Four Bare Legs in a Bed", recently nominated as one of Granta magazine's Best Young British Novelists, continues to explore ideas of independence, solitude, marriage, sex and babies. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 10. Weight in Grams: 146.
Publisher
Vintage United Kingdom
Number of pages
160
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780749395452
ISBN
9780749395452
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.08

Paperback. Brilliant, funny and tragic, Four Bare Legs in a Bed is an outstanding and invigorating collection of short stories. In Simpson's uniquely imaginative and sensuous voice, we hear of the mixed blessings of independence and marriage, of sex and babies. By the winner of the Somerset Maugham Award, the Hawthornden Prize and the E.M.Forster Award. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 12. Weight in Grams: 140.
Publisher
Vintage
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1991
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780749391621
ISBN
9780749391621
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.00
€ 11.88

mass_market. Welcome to motherhood - a land of aching fatigue, constant self-sacrifice and thankless servitude, a land of bottomless devotion, small hands and feet like warm pink roses, and velvet kisses. This book offers a collection of short stories dealing with motherhood such as: Dear George, Hey Yeah Right Get a Life and Constitutional. Series: Vintage Minis. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 178 x 110 x 8. Weight in Grams: 83.
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Vintage Classics
Condition
New
SKU
9781784872731
ISBN
9781784872731
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 7.99
€ 7.67

Paperback. A masterpiece of the literature of colonialism - the story of a strong but doomed and unequal bond between a Dutch boy and his Indonesian best friend Translator(s): Rilke, Ina. Num Pages: 140 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 131 x 11. Weight in Grams: 134.
Publisher
Granta Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
140
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9781846273230
ISBN
9781846273230
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.73

Paperback. The great masterpiece of the living Dutch novelist most often tipped as a contender for the Nobel Prize for Literature - a classic tale of the European settlers' experience in the Far East worthy of the great Victorians. Translator(s): Rilke, Ina. Num Pages: 352 pages, black & white illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 133 x 23. Weight in Grams: 242.
Publisher
Granta Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
352
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781846271717
ISBN
9781846271717
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.78

Paperback. 29 short stories by the best new African writers, selected by one of Africa's most eminent contemporary writers, Helon Habila. Editor(s): Habila, Helon. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 131 x 25. Weight in Grams: 280.
Publisher
Granta Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781847083333
ISBN
9781847083333
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.03

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