Fiction: special features
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Fiction: special features
Paperback. Comprise fifty-two chapters that provide insights into the existence of this nebulous man named Crab, his absence from the pages of history, his birth in prison, and his never having been born at all. This book parodies literary conventions, deconstructs narrative and meaning, and combines absurdity and hopelessness with irony and humor. Translator(s): Stump, Jordan; Hardin, Eleanor. Num Pages: 128 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5487 x 3226 x 7. Weight in Grams: 171.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Number of pages
- 128
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803263703
- ISBN
- 9780803263703
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 16.53
€ 16.99
€ 16.53
Paperback / so. Translator(s): Armstrong, Elizabeth L. BIC Classification: FA; FM; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 193 x 124 x 13. Weight in Grams: 159.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- MerwinAsia United States
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781937385491
- ISBN
- 9781937385491
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.13
€ 31.13
Paperback. Inspired by Gogol's surreal tales, Dostoevsky's hilarious story has been interpreted by some as a vitriolic piece of social criticism and a veiled attack on the revolutionary philosopher Nikolai Chernyshevsky. Series: Quirky Classics. Num Pages: 120 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 112 x 149 x 17. Weight in Grams: 86.
- Publisher
- Alma Classics
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781847496812
- ISBN
- 9781847496812
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 9.95
€ 10.99
€ 9.95
Paperback. Translator(s): Moger, Robin. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 142 x 209 x 11. Weight in Grams: 250.
- Publisher
- Seven Stories Press,U.S.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781609805715
- ISBN
- 9781609805715
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 17.25
€ 19.99
€ 17.25
Paperback. A collection of Vargas Llosa's short fiction whose domain is the Peru of male youth and machismo, where life's dramas play themselves out on the soccer field, on the dance floor and on street corners. The author has published many novels, including "The Storyteller". Translator(s): Kolovakos, Gregory; Christ, Ronald J. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 11. Weight in Grams: 133. Good copy with some shelf wear, yellowing of pages
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber London
- Condition
- Used, Good
- SKU
- KKD0010097
- ISBN
- 9780571162123
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good
€ 17.95
€ 17.95
Paperback. Full grown with a long, smoke-coloured beard, requiring the services of a cane and fonder of cigars than warm milk, Benjamin Button is a very curious baby indeed. And, as Benjamin becomes increasingly youthful with the passing years, his family wonders why he persists in the embarrassing folly of living in reverse. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 13. Weight in Grams: 160.
- Edition
- 01st Edition
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Number of pages
- 208
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141190198
- ISBN
- 9780141190198
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 10.03
€ 10.99
€ 10.03
Hardback. Translator(s): Textor, Cindi. Series: Weatherhead Books on Asia. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Edition
- Tra
- Number of pages
- 144
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231153102
- ISBN
- 9780231153102
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 94.22€ 73.24
€ 94.22
€ 73.24
Paperback. Translator(s): Textor, Cindi. Series: Weatherhead Books on Asia. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 208 x 143 x 11. Weight in Grams: 194.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 144
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231153119
- ISBN
- 9780231153119
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 22.43
€ 29.99
€ 22.43
Paperback. 'Most cosmic civilizations long for things, in the depths of their souls, they would never openly admit to..' Trurl and Klapaucius are 'constructors' - they travel around the universe creating machines of astonishing inventiveness and power and visiting a bewildering variety of violent, peculiar and morose civilizations. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 304 pages, 14. BIC Classification: FLC; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 18. Weight in Grams: 224.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141394596
- ISBN
- 9780141394596
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.76
€ 13.99
€ 11.76
Paperback. Translator(s): Major, Randall A. Num Pages: 296 pages, black & white illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 138 x 13. Weight in Grams: 402.
- Publisher
- Open Letter United States
- Number of pages
- 296
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781934824580
- ISBN
- 9781934824580
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 17.69
€ 17.99
€ 17.69
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Open Letter United States
- Number of pages
- 150
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781934824436
- ISBN
- 9781934824436
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 15.71
€ 16.99
€ 15.71
Paperback.
- Publisher
- Dedalus Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 153
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- 3rd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781909232044
- ISBN
- 9781909232044
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 12.46
€ 12.46
Paperback. No protagonist. No detective. Nothing between killer, victim - and reader. The new historical crime thriller from the unmatched European sensation. Translator(s): Bell, Anthea. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: FFH; FH; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 129 x 13. Weight in Grams: 106.
- Publisher
- Quercus Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781780877761
- ISBN
- 9781780877761
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.02
€ 13.99
€ 11.02
Paperback. Commissario Soneri returns to his roots, only to find a town consumed by corruption and a death that is not all it seems.. Translator(s): Farrell, Joseph. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FF; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 16. Weight in Grams: 176.
- Publisher
- Quercus Publishing Plc United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 288
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781906694357
- ISBN
- 9781906694357
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.02
€ 13.99
€ 11.02
Paperback. Translator(s): Foulston, Jill. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141984506
- ISBN
- 9780141984506
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.31
€ 11.99
€ 10.31
Hardcover. Includes semi-autobiographical stories subtly layer the specifics of the Jewish experience with universal dilemmas of childhood, growing up, and old age. Series: Library of Modern Jewish Literature. Num Pages: 186 pages, glossary. BIC Classification: FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 463.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Syracuse University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780815609322
- ISBN
- 9780815609322
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 21.88
€ 21.99
€ 21.88
Paperback. A crime has been committed in a public place. A dark-suited man was shot as he ran for a bus. The investigating officer of the crime soon finds that, in this small Mafia-run town, no one saw him fall.. Translator(s): Oliver, Arthur. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FF; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 9. Weight in Grams: 100. Good clean copy
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Granta Books
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781847089250
- ISBN
- 9781847089250
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.50
€ 13.99
€ 10.50
Paperback. A collection of short stories by the author of An Angel at My Table. Series: VMC. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 133 x 21. Weight in Grams: 218.
- Publisher
- Little, Brown Book Group United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 304
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781844084623
- ISBN
- 9781844084623
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.09
€ 13.99
€ 11.09
Paperback. Num Pages: 232 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 142 x 216 x 16. Weight in Grams: 360.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Gallaudet University Press,U.S. United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781563686030
- ISBN
- 9781563686030
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 17.49
€ 19.99
€ 17.49
Paperback. This short collection shows Chekhov in an amusing, playful light, poking fun at the greed, sycophancy and ignorance of his characters, with the moral detachment that also characterizes his major, serious works. Series: Quirky Classics. Num Pages: 117 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 112 x 297 x 12. Weight in Grams: 96.
- Publisher
- Alma Classics
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781847496867
- ISBN
- 9781847496867
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 10.05
€ 10.99
€ 10.05
Paperback. Num Pages: 80 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 204 x 134 x 5. Weight in Grams: 76.
- Publisher
- Random House USA Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 80
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780307951335
- ISBN
- 9780307951335
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.07
€ 11.99
€ 10.07
Paperback. Tolstoy wrote many masterly short stories, and this volume contains four of the longest and best in distinguished translations that have stood the test of time. Series Editor(s): Carabine, Dr. Keith. Series: Wordsworth Classics. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 2AGR; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 16. Weight in Grams: 188.
- Publisher
- Wordsworth Editions Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781840224535
- ISBN
- 9781840224535
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 6.33
€ 6.33
Paperback. In these six late stories Tolstoy explores human relationships and moral choices, raising profound questions about life in gripping fictional form. 'The Death of Ivan Ilyich' is an existential masterpiece, a harrowing tale of the final illness and death of a bourgeois lawyer. Newly translated, and with a wide-ranging Introduction. Editor(s): Kahn, Andrew. Translator(s): Slater, Nicolas Pasternak. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYB; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 13. Weight in Grams: 196.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199669882
- ISBN
- 9780199669882
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.87
€ 11.99
€ 10.87
paperback. "The Death of Ivan Ilyich" is one of the masterpieces of Tolstoy's late fiction. This collection includes "The Death of Ivan Ilyich" and nine other stories such as "Hadji Murat", "The Devil", and "War and Peace". Translator(s): Pevear, Richard; Volokhonsky, Larissa. Num Pages: 528 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 135 x 39. Weight in Grams: 556.
- Publisher
- Vintage Classics
- Number of pages
- 528
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099541066
- ISBN
- 9780099541066
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.37
€ 17.99
€ 13.37