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Fiction: special features
Paperback. Playwright, novelist, and poet Thomas Bernhard (1931-1989) gives us one of his most darkly comic works. A series of parable-like anecdotes--some drawn from newspaper reports, some from conversation, some even from hearsay--this satire portrays an ordinary world careening into absurdity and disaster. Translator(s): Northcott, Kenneth. Num Pages: 114 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 9. Weight in Grams: 174.
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226044026
- ISBN
- 9780226044026
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 14.55
€ 16.99
€ 14.55
Paperback. Translator(s): Grunebaum, Jason. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 140. Weight in Grams: 367.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Seven Stories Press,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781609806514
- ISBN
- 9781609806514
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 15.18
€ 19.99
€ 15.18
Hardback. An autobiographical novel from Sweden's greatest living writer. Translator(s): Bragan-Turner, Deborah. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 244 x 164 x 31. Weight in Grams: 660.
- Publisher
- Quercus Publishing
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780857051707
- ISBN
- 9780857051707
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 19.02
€ 26.99
€ 19.02
Paperback. An autobiographical novel from Sweden's greatest living writer. Translator(s): Bragan-Turner, Deborah. Num Pages: 400 pages, Sweden. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 133 x 231 x 2. Weight in Grams: 278.
- Publisher
- Quercus Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781780870199
- ISBN
- 9781780870199
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.04
€ 13.99
€ 11.04
paperback. Num Pages: 162 pages. BIC Classification: FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Shoestring Press United Kingdom
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 162
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781904886228
- ISBN
- 9781904886228
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.38
€ 11.38
Hardcover. A new short story collection from Luis Alberto Urrea, author of the bestselling The Humingbird's Daughter and The Devil's Highway. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 219 x 149 x 29. Weight in Grams: 378.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Little, Brown and Company
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780316334372
- ISBN
- 9780316334372
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 26.93
€ 40.99
€ 26.93
Paperback. A collection of short stories from Alice Walker. Opening with an account of her early marriage to a Jewish lawyer and their life in racist Mississippi, the collection goes on to cover themes of idealism, lost love and hope. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 126. Weight in Grams: 190. Good clean copy with minor shelf wear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- The Women's Press Ltd
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KSS0000620
- ISBN
- 9780704346888
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Editor(s): Woidat, Caroline. Series: Broadview Editions. Num Pages: 300 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Broadview Press Ltd Canada
- Number of pages
- 300
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781554811205
- ISBN
- 9781554811205
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 28.04
€ 37.99
€ 28.04
Paperback. Millenia ago, the Old Ones ruled our planet. Since that time, they have but slumbered. But when a massive sea tremor brings the ancient stone city of R'lyeh to the surface once more, the Old Ones awaken at last. This work brings together the original Cthulhu Mythos stories of the legendary horror writer H P Lovecraft. Series Editor(s): Davies, David Stuart. Series: Tales of Mystery & the Supernatural. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: FK; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 133 x 22. Weight in Grams: 252.
- Publisher
- Wordsworth Editions Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781840226089
- ISBN
- 19781840226089
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 7.09
€ 7.09
Paperback. Drawing on the author's personal experiences of the horrors of civil war as a young doctor, this title takes place in Kiev, 1918, a time of turmoil and suffocating uncertainty as the Bolsheviks, Socialists and Germans fight for control of the city. It tells the story of the Turbins, a once-wealthy Russian family. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 20. Weight in Grams: 222.
- Publisher
- Vintage Classics
- Number of pages
- 304
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099490661
- ISBN
- 9780099490661
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.08
€ 13.99
€ 11.08
Paperback. Offers an exercise in the bizarre leaving you disoriented and on edge. From the first page, the author turns even fundamental truths upside-down, as his character Ambrose explains, "there have been those who have sounded the very depths of sin, who all their lives have never done an 'ill deed'" setting the stage for a tale entirely without logic. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 1 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 132 x 18. Weight in Grams: 308.
- Publisher
- Penguin Classics
- Number of pages
- 1
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- 1st Ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780143105596
- ISBN
- 9780143105596
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.01
€ 13.99
€ 11.01
Paperback. How do you ever know the whole story? How do you ever know even part of the story? How do you find meaning when chance and coincidence could, just be chance and coincidence? Presenting connections and missed connections, this collection of stories is an inquiry into things ranging from flies and trees and books to sex, art, drunkenness, and love. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 17. Weight in Grams: 210.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 224
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780140296808
- ISBN
- 9780140296808
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.02
€ 13.99
€ 11.02
Paperback. Series: THE WICKED THE DIVINE VOLUME 1. BIC Classification: FY. .
- Publisher
- Image Comics
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781632156310
- ISBN
- 9781632156310
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 14.46
€ 18.99
€ 14.46
Paperback. A young man, in despair over gambling debts, buys a magical animal skin that grants his every wish but hastens its owner's death in the process. Balzac's compelling tale is here presented in an exuberant new translation, with an illuminating introduction and notes. Translator(s): Constantine, Helen. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADF; DSBF; DSK; FC; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 131 x 14. Weight in Grams: 206.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Number of pages
- 288
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199579501
- ISBN
- 9780199579501
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.39
€ 17.99
€ 13.39
Paperback. A collection of the best of Sciascia's gritty, darkly glittering short stories Translator(s): Bardoni, Avril; Oliver, Arthur. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FF; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 18. Weight in Grams: 158.
- Publisher
- Granta Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781847089281
- ISBN
- 9781847089281
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 11.48
€ 15.99
€ 11.48
Paperback. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 197 x 17. Weight in Grams: 174.
- Publisher
- New Island Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- S9781848404946
- ISBN
- 9781848404946
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 9.89
€ 9.89
Paperback. The Winner Stands Alone is the enthralling new novel by the incomparable Paulo Coelho. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 30. Weight in Grams: 386.
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780007306084
- ISBN
- 9780007306084
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.66
€ 13.99
€ 10.66
Hardcover. A vision of contemporary Dubai from the perspective of a variety of expats from different parts of the world, telling tales of hardship and the high-life, paranoia and alienation, cruelty and love. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 204 x 130 x 16. Weight in Grams: 254.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Parthian Books
- Number of pages
- 170
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781908946706
- ISBN
- 9781908946706
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 13.44
€ 13.99
€ 13.44
Paperback. From one of the world's best loved storytellers, Paulo Coelho, comes a riveting novel tracing the mysterious life and disappearance of Athena dubbed 'the Witch of Portobello', which was a top ten Sunday Times bestseller in hardback. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 28. Weight in Grams: 252.
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780007251872
- ISBN
- 9780007251872
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.67
€ 13.99
€ 10.67
Paperback. Agatha Christie's classic short story collection, published to tie-in with a new BBC TV adaptation of the book's most enduring and shocking thriller, The Witness for the Prosecution. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FFC; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 197 x 22. Weight in Grams: 216.
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- TV tie-in edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780008201258
- ISBN
- 9780008201258
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.70
€ 13.99
€ 10.70
Paperback. This collection of lesser-known of short stories - ranging from absurd humorous sketches to psychological pieces and tragic stories - demonstrates Anton Chekhov's mastery of the genre. Translator(s): Fitzlyon, April. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYB; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
- Publisher
- Alma Classics
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781847494757
- ISBN
- 9781847494757
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.38
€ 11.38
Paperback. Niki Jumpei, an amateur entomologist, searches the scorching desert for beetles. As night falls he is forced to seek shelter in an eerie village, half-buried by huge sand dunes. He awakes to the terrifying realization that the villagers have imprisoned him with a young woman at the bottom of a vast sand pit. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 201 x 127 x 16. Weight in Grams: 194.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780141188522
- ISBN
- 9780141188522
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 12.99€ 10.45
€ 12.99
€ 10.45
Paperback. Num Pages: 168 pages. BIC Classification: FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 143 x 16. Weight in Grams: 236.
- Publisher
- Persephone Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 168
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781903155547
- ISBN
- 9781903155547
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 19.29
€ 23.99
€ 19.29
paperback. Includes seven tales of the bizarre and unexpected. Num Pages: 256 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 144 x 198 x 17. Weight in Grams: 184.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780241955789
- ISBN
- 9780241955789
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 12.99€ 10.33
€ 12.99
€ 10.33