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Fiction: special features
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
€ 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
€ 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
€ 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
€ 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
€ 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
€ 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
€ 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
€ 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
€ 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
€ 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
€ 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
€ 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
€ 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
€ 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
€ 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
€ 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
€ 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
€ 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
€ 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
€ 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
€ 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
€ 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
€ 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
€ 20.99
€ 18.28