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Hardback. The birth of cinema coincided with the heyday of the short story. This book studies the relationship between popular magazine short stories and the very early British films. Editor(s): Shail, Andrew. Series: Exeter Studies in Film History. Num Pages: 336 pages, 40 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: APFA; DSBH; DSK; FYB; HBJD1; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 25. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
University of Exeter Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
SKU
V9780859898539
ISBN
9780859898539
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 138.62

Paperback. Marie-Constance loves reading and possesses a beautiful voice. So, one day she decides to put an ad in the local paper offering her services as a paid reader. Her first client, a paralysed teenager, is transformed by her reading of a Maupassant short story. Her fame spreads and soon the rich, the creative and the famous clamour for her services. Translator(s): Hunter, Adriana. Num Pages: 174 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 125 x 17. Weight in Grams: 222.
Publisher
Peirene Press Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781908670229
ISBN
9781908670229
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 13.39

Paperback. A scintillating collection of stories from the master of science fiction. Num Pages: 976 pages. BIC Classification: FL; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 154 x 56. Weight in Grams: 960.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Condition
New
SKU
9780007280582
ISBN
9780007280582
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 17.36

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

Paperback. This fascinating collection gave birth to a new paradigm when Akira Kurosawa made famous Akutagawa's disturbing tale of seven people recounting the same incident from shockingly different perspectives. Illustrator(s): Kuwata, M. Translator(s): Kojima, Takashi. Num Pages: 96 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 217 x 141 x 9. Weight in Grams: 164.
Publisher
Liveright
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780871401731
ISBN
9780871401731
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 13.69

Paperback. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: 5SG; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 141 x 13. Weight in Grams: 292.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Arsenal Pulp Press Canada
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
SKU
V9781551521527
ISBN
9781551521527
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 17.01

Paperback. Hrabal s books are distinctive witness to the life of ordinary people only at first glance. In the book, Rambling on await the reader stories set in the popular Hrabal s Kersko. The book was filmed in 1983 by Jiri Menzel. " Translator(s): Short, David. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB; FYT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 133 x 191 x 13. Weight in Grams: 166.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Karolinum Press, Charles University
Edition
Classroom ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9788024632865
ISBN
9788024632865
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 11.62

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Dalkey Archive Press
Edition
Tra Blg
Condition
New
SKU
V9781564784353
ISBN
9781564784353
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 13.93

hardcover. Tells the story of a contemporary Ojibwa household and the woman and her children who are at its core. As their lives unfold, we understand how traditional beliefs help Rachel's family cope as they encounter racism in rural Michigan. Series: Contemporary Native American Communities. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 164 x 16. Weight in Grams: 367.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
AltaMira Press,U.S. United States
Number of pages
160
Condition
New
SKU
V9780759106895
ISBN
9780759106895
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 136.27

Paperback. The stories in Quickening crackle with energy -- they are eccentric, wildly inventive, whimsical and fantastic. Num Pages: 162 pages. BIC Classification: FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 10. Weight in Grams: 242.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Biblioasis Canada
Number of pages
162
Condition
New
SKU
V9781897231579
ISBN
9781897231579
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 17.43

Paperback. A electrifying collection of stories from one of the most blazing talents working in English today Num Pages: 240 pages, map. BIC Classification: FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 131 x 16. Weight in Grams: 196. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Picador
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KKD0005397
ISBN
9780330393485
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 17.95

Paperback. When her father marries his second wife, Chrissy gets a new step sister. Three years older than her, Queenie is beautiful and kind, someone everybody wants to be friends with. Chrissy worships her. But when Queenie runs away at eighteen, their lives quietly diverge. Num Pages: 64 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 151 x 106 x 5. Weight in Grams: 44.
Publisher
Profile Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9781781253175
ISBN
9781781253175
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 5.48

Paperback. A beautiful love story, full of humanity and tenderness, in the dark days of a civil war and the following dictatorship. Translator(s): Almani, Saleh. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 14. Weight in Grams: 164.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Bloomsbury Qatar Foundation Publishing Qatar
Number of pages
160
Condition
New
SKU
V9789992194898
ISBN
9789992194898
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.47

paperback. Series: AfricaSouth New Writing S. Num Pages: 168 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 207 x 141 x 8. Weight in Grams: 148.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
David Philip Publishers South Africa
Number of pages
168
Condition
New
SKU
V9780864863041
ISBN
9780864863041
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 12.29

Paperback. Num Pages: 124 pages. BIC Classification: FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 202 x 139 x 8. Weight in Grams: 150.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Grantha Corporation United States
Number of pages
124
Condition
New
SKU
V9781935677178
ISBN
9781935677178
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 12.49

Paperback. The last memorable novel by the author of The Tango Singer, one of Latin America's leading novelists until his death in January 2010. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 131 x 19. Weight in Grams: 204. 288 pages. The last memorable novel by the author of The Tango Singer, one of Latin America's leading novelists until his death in January 2010. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Dimension: 198 x 131 x 19. Weight: 204.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Number of pages
288
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9781408822029
ISBN
9781408822029
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.13

Paperback. Why are books so very powerful? What do the books we've read over our lives - our own personal libraries - make of us? What does the unravelling of our tradition of public libraries, so hard-won but now in jeopardy, say about us? This is about what we do with books and what they do with us: how they travel with us; how they shock us, and more. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 198 x 19. Weight in Grams: 176.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Penguin
Condition
New
SKU
9780241974599
ISBN
9780241974599
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.45

Paperback. Like a little Freud in your fiction? C.P. Boyko's new collection is a dream come true. Perversely funny new work. Num Pages: 300 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 371.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Biblioasis Canada
Number of pages
300
Condition
New
SKU
V9781926845500
ISBN
9781926845500
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 17.53

Paperback. Features characters who begin their journeys on Prosperity Drive, appear and disappear, bump into each other in chance encounters, and join up again through love, marriage or memory. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 197 x 19. Weight in Grams: 236.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Condition
New
SKU
KTG0020204
ISBN
9781784700577
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 4.99

Paperback. Exploring family ties and small coincidences, the stories in this title are united by recurring imagery, echoing a kind of collective unconscious, and the magnetic force of place. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 135. .
Publisher
Jonathan Cape
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
9780224102193
ISBN
9780224102193
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 8.99

Paperback. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 199 x 18. Weight in Grams: 170.
Publisher
Granta Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781783782017
ISBN
9781783782017
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 9.97

Paperback. Translator(s): Caistor, Nick. Series: Spanish Literature Series. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 202 x 141 x 12. Weight in Grams: 210.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Dalkey Archive Press
Edition
Reprint
Number of pages
136
Condition
New
SKU
V9781564786340
ISBN
9781564786340
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 14.36

An exploration of identity, home, and the tenuous relationship between mothers and daughters Translator(s): Grenaudier-Klijn, France; Miller, Margot. Series: European Women Writers. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 215 x 142 x 13. Weight in Grams: 240.
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
SKU
V9780803234802
ISBN
9780803234802
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 17.85

Paperback. A collection of short stories, this book features a narrative that, while unified by a dark theme, is diverse and surprisingly optimistic. The voices that recount the stories differ significantly, yet all resonate with the clarity of unmistakable truth. Num Pages: 188 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 177.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Baraka Books
Edition
1St Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781926824079
ISBN
9781926824079
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 18.28

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