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Fiction: special features
paperback. Weaves characters, themes and language in 22 linked stories that evoke the complex density of life in and around the Spokane Indian Reservation. The author is one of Granta's 20 Best Young American Writers. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 16. Weight in Grams: 176.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Vintage
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780749386696
- ISBN
- 9780749386696
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.45
€ 11.99
€ 10.45
paperback. A collection of all Kafka's shorter fiction, from fragments, parables and sketches, to longer, complete tales. Together, they reveal the breadth of Kafka's literary vision and the depth of his thought. Some, like "The Metamorphosis" and "The Judgement", are well-known; others are mere jottings. Num Pages: 544 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYB; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 32. Weight in Grams: 380.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- Vintage Classics
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780749399467
- ISBN
- 9780749399467
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.14
€ 13.99
€ 11.14
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
€ 7.99
€ 7.67
paperback. A comprehensive selection of Voltaire's very brief contes and melanges: tiny feats of narrative compression, each often no more than a few pages long. Their genre is something between a tale and a polemic - more gestures than stories. Translator(s): Cuffe, Theo. Num Pages: 208 pages, chronlogy, further reading, notes. BIC Classification: 2ADF; DSBD; DSK; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 12. Weight in Grams: 162.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Penguin Classics
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780140446869
- ISBN
- 9780140446869
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 12.53
€ 14.99
€ 12.53
paperback. Ryunosuke Akutagawa (1892-1927) is one of Japan's foremost stylists - a modernist master whose short stories are marked by highly original imagery, cynicism, beauty and wild humour. This work features stories such as "Rashomon", "In a Bamboo Grove", "The Nose", "O-Gin", "Loyalty", "Death Register", "The Life of a Stupid Man" and "Spinning Gears". Translator(s): Rubin, Jay. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 214 x 147 x 22. Weight in Grams: 358.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Penguin Classics
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780143039846
- ISBN
- 9780143039846
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 12.53
€ 14.99
€ 12.53
Paperback. Num Pages: 232 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FR; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Cleis Press United States
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781627781305
- ISBN
- 9781627781305
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 15.47
€ 16.99
€ 15.47
paperback. First in a two volume collection of short stories by the acclaimed author of 'Empire of the Sun', 'Crash' and 'Super-Cannes'. The new edition is introduced by Adam Thirwell. Num Pages: 784 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 44. Weight in Grams: 550.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Fourth Estate
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780007242290
- ISBN
- 9780007242290
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 13.83
€ 19.99
€ 13.83
Paperback. Num Pages: 164 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 241 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 204.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- University of Iowa Press United States
- Number of pages
- 164
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781609381141
- ISBN
- 9781609381141
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 15.99
€ 16.99
€ 15.99
hardcover. Edgar Allan Poe's gift for the macabre influenced Baudelaire and French symbolism, Freudian analysis, the detective novel and the Hollywood film. His psychologically profound stories, which comprise this book, represent the darker side of the 19th-century American sensibility. Num Pages: 955 pages. BIC Classification: FKC; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 213 x 134 x 46. Weight in Grams: 886.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- Everyman
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781857150995
- ISBN
- 9781857150995
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 22.99€ 18.89
€ 22.99
€ 18.89
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Vintage United Kingdom
- Edition
- New Ed
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780749386870
- ISBN
- 9780749386870
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 14.12
€ 17.99
€ 14.12
paperback. Num Pages: 384 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 134 x 23. Weight in Grams: 364.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1961
- Publisher
- New Directions United States
- Edition
- Revised ed.
- Number of pages
- 384
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780811201100
- ISBN
- 9780811201100
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 21.36
€ 23.99
€ 21.36
Paperback. Translator(s): Mitsutani, Margaret. Series: New Directions Pearls. Num Pages: 64 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 178 x 118 x 7. Weight in Grams: 62.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- New Directions
- Number of pages
- 60
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780811220378
- ISBN
- 9780811220378
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.14
€ 11.14
paperback. The story of the title deals with a little boy named Larry and his feelings towards his father. When his father returns home from World War II, Larry is resentful and jealous of losing his mother's undivided attention, and finds himself in a constant struggle to win back her affections. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 23. Weight in Grams: 284. Good copy showing minimal aging and shelf wear. Light bumping to edges. Ownership details to half title, text is scored and highlighted throughout
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Penguin Classics England
- Condition
- Used, Good
- SKU
- KMK0024988
- ISBN
- 9780141187877
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
paperback. Shusaku Endo's most highly acclaimed work and has been called one of the twentieth century's finest novels. As empathetic as it is powerful, it is an astonishing exploration of faith and suffering and an award-winning classic Series: Picador Classic. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 29. Weight in Grams: 242. Shusaku Endo's most highly acclaimed work and has been called one of the twentieth century's finest novels. As empathetic as it is powerful, it is an astonishing exploration of faith and suffering and an award-winning classic Series: Picador Classic. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 29. Weight in Grams: 242. Good clean copy showing light age and shelf wear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Pan Macmillan London
- Condition
- Used, Good
- SKU
- KMK0025180
- ISBN
- 9781447299851
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good
€ 5.12
€ 5.12
Paperback. Set at the beginning of the nineteenth century, when idleness was still looked upon by Russia's serf-owning rural gentry as a plausible and worthy goal, Ivan Goncharov's "Oblomov" follows the travails of an unlikely hero, a young aristocrat incapable of making a decision. This title presents the translation the novel. Translator(s): Schwartz, Marian. Num Pages: 576 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 152 x 38. Weight in Grams: 614.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Yale University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 576
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300162288
- ISBN
- 9780300162288
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 15.16
€ 18.99
€ 15.16
paperback. Shimamura is tired of the bustling city. He takes the train through the snow to the mountains of the west coast of Japan, to meet with a geisha he believes he loves. Translator(s): Seidensticker, Edward G. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 134 x 198 x 8. Weight in Grams: 102.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Penguin Classics
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780141192598
- ISBN
- 9780141192598
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 9.31
€ 14.99
€ 9.31
Paperback. M.R. James is probably the finest ghost-story writer England has ever produced. These tales are not only classics of their genre, but are also superb examples of beautifully-paced understatement, convincing background and chilling terror. Series Editor(s): Davies, David Stuart. Series: Tales of Mystery & the Supernatural. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: FK; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 125 x 20. Weight in Grams: 240.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Wordsworth Editions Ltd
- Edition
- New Edition
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781840225518
- ISBN
- 9781840225518
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 7.20
€ 7.20
Paperback. A relentless killer scars Rome for two decades, leaving its unique signature on its victims and pursuers. Translator(s): Thompson, N. S. Series: Commissario Balistreri Trilogy. Num Pages: 640 pages. BIC Classification: FF; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 41. Weight in Grams: 432.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Quercus Publishing
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780857389329
- ISBN
- 9780857389329
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.70
€ 14.99
€ 11.70
paperback. A collection of stories, which represent the diversity of the time and include satires, explorations of private obsessions and experiments in form and language. Editor(s): Newnham, Richard. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 194 x 129 x 11. Weight in Grams: 136.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1975
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780140020403
- ISBN
- 9780140020403
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Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.03
€ 13.99
€ 11.03
paperback. Containing eight stories by 20th century French writers, this work offers insights into French life and literature and are accompanied by a parallel English text, making them suiatble for both French and English language students. It includes "Green Tobacco" by Clair Sainte-Soline, and the tale of "The Ants" by, Boris Vian. Editor(s): Lee, Simon. Num Pages: 240 pages, notes. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 16. Weight in Grams: 174.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1972
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780140034141
- ISBN
- 9780140034141
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.03
€ 13.99
€ 11.03
paperback. Includes eight stories which offer a varied and representative collection of twentieth century German authors from a range of political and cultural backgrounds. This anthology is suitable for the German student of English as well as the English student of German. It reflects trends in German literature. Editor(s): Constantine, David. Num Pages: 288 pages, notes. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 18. Weight in Grams: 214.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1976
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780140041194
- ISBN
- 9780140041194
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.03
€ 13.99
€ 11.03
paperback. This volume of eight short stories offers students of German at all levels the opportunity to enjoy a wide range of contemporary literature with the aid of parallel translations. Editor(s): Zillekens, Ernst. Series: Parallel Text. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: 2ACG; CJBR; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 130 x 13. Weight in Grams: 150. This volume of eight short stories offers students of German at all levels the opportunity to enjoy a wide range of contemporary literature with the aid of parallel translations. Editor(s): Zillekens, Ernst. Series: Parallel Text. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: 2ACG; CJBR; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 130 x 13. Weight in Grams: 150.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780140265422
- ISBN
- 9780140265422
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 6.12
€ 14.99
€ 6.12
paperback. Ten witty and enchanting animal fables in verse which, like a modern Aesop's Fables, can be enjoyed by young and old alike Num Pages: 144 pages, 35. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 12. Weight in Grams: 142. Very good copy with minor wear and age
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Orion Books London
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KMK0025554
- ISBN
- 9780753807743
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 5.12
€ 5.12
paperback. Num Pages: 61 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 212 x 197 x 6. Weight in Grams: 90. Very good clean copy showing minor age and shelfwear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1986
- Publisher
- Attic Press Dublin
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KMK0025624
- ISBN
- 9780946211272
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 5.12
€ 5.12