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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

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

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

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

Paperback. Offering a wide-ranging tour of the final decades of the 20th century, this series of related stories touches on the crucial issues and events that came to define and shape this period, including the corrosive impact of the Vietnam War. Num Pages: 152 pages. BIC Classification: DQ; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 254.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
University of Notre Dame Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780268019716
ISBN
9780268019716
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 34.01

Paperback. Welcome to the dark. You may never want to leave. This volume of the year's best dark fantasy and horror features more than 500 pages of dark tales from some of the finest writers of the fantastique. Chosen from a variety of sources, it includes stories that are as eclectic and varied as the genre itself. Editor(s): Guran, Paula. Num Pages: 544 pages. BIC Classification: FK; FM; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 153 x 39. Weight in Grams: 682. 544 pages. Editor(s): Guran, Paula. Welcome to the dark. You may never want to leave. This volume of the year's best dark fantasy and horror features more than 500 pages of dark tales from some of the finest writers of the fantastique. Chosen from a variety of sources, it includes stories that are as eclectic and varied as the genre itself. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: FK; FM; FYB. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 39. Weight: 682.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Prime Books
Number of pages
544
Condition
New
SKU
V9781607012337
ISBN
9781607012337
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 17.25

Paperback. In the windswept seaside town of Concarneau, a local wine merchant is shot. In fact, someone is out to kill all the influential men and the entire town is soon sent into a state of panic. For Maigret, the answers lie with the pale, downtrodden waitress Emma, and a strange yellow dog lurking in the shadows.. Translator(s): Asher, Linda. Series: Inspector Maigret. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: FFC; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 9. Weight in Grams: 116.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Condition
New
SKU
9780141393476
ISBN
9780141393476
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.75

Paperback. Series: Dover Thrift Editions. Num Pages: 80 pages. BIC Classification: 5AF; FA; FYB; YFA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 209 x 134 x 5. Weight in Grams: 68. Series: Dover Thrift S. 80 pages. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 5AF; FA; FYB; YFA. Dimension: 209 x 134 x 5. Weight: 72.
Publisher
Dover Publications Inc.
Number of pages
80
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Edition
New edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780486298573
ISBN
9780486298573
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 5.49

Paperback. In two closing essays, the author considers how her experiences as a Latin American woman with ties to the United States has brought to her writing a dual cultural perspective. Her works include Sweet Diamond Dust and The House on the Lagoon. Translator(s): Ferre, Rosario. Series: Latin American woman writers. Num Pages: 170 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: FA; FYB; JFFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 154 x 229 x 13. Weight in Grams: 286.
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1991
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780803268746
ISBN
9780803268746
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.82

Paperback. Features love stories about the strange encounters in claustrophobic communal apartments, ill-fated holiday romances, office trysts, schoolgirl crushes, tentative courtships, rampant infidelity, tender devotion and terrifying madness. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 12. Weight in Grams: 148.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
192
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141198583
ISBN
9780141198583
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.84

Paperback. With the satirical eye of Cindy Sherman, the psychological perceptiveness of Dostoevsky, and the bleak absurdities of Beckett, the author blends macabre spectacle with transformative moments of grace and shows just why she is Russia's preeminent contemporary fiction writer. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 130 x 13. Weight in Grams: 158.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141198590
ISBN
9780141198590
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.68

Paperback. Translator(s): Rothwell, Andrew. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 132 x 13. Weight in Grams: 186.
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199536856
ISBN
9780199536856
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.25

Paperback. Emile Zola's own stage adaptation of his taut, psychological thriller. An intense story of adultery, murder and revenge, streaked with social satire. Translator(s): Broughton, P. Num Pages: 96 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 130 x 7. Weight in Grams: 142.
Publisher
Oberon Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
96
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Condition
New
SKU
V9780948230134
ISBN
9780948230134
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.21

Paperback. In the claustrophobic atmosphere of a dingy haberdasher's shop on the Passage du Pont-Neuf in Paris, Therese Raquin is trapped in a loveless marriage to her sickly cousin, Camille. Therese Raquin caused a scandal when it appeared in 1867 and borught its twenty-seven-year-old author a notoriety that followed him throughout his life. Editor(s): Buss, Robin. Translator(s): Buss, Robin. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 18. Weight in Grams: 182.
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Number of pages
240
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Edition
Revised ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140449440
ISBN
9780140449440
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.29

Paperback. The first full-length work of the distinguished Yemeni writer Mohammad Abdul-Wali to appear in English Translator(s): Bagader, Abubaker; Akers, Deborah. Series: CMES Modern Middle East Literatures in Translation Series. Num Pages: 146 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 218 x 143 x 10. Weight in Grams: 218.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
University of Texas Press United States
Number of pages
146
Condition
New
SKU
V9780292705081
ISBN
9780292705081
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 17.59

Hardcover. Abady becomes aware of the plight of a group of Romanian mountain peasants and champions their cause, while Gyeroffy dissipates his resources at the gaming tables, mirroring the decline of the Austro-Hungarian empire itself. Series: Transylvania Trilogy. Num Pages: 624 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 145 x 204 x 38. Weight in Grams: 722.
Publisher
Everyman United Kingdom
Number of pages
624
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9781841593531
ISBN
9781841593531
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 18.89

Hardcover. The liberal hero, Balint, is at odds with the politics of his time; he describes the idyllic pre-industrial world of Hungarian Transylvania, later to fall into the hands of first the Nazis and then the Communists, his love for Adrienne, married to an unpleasant and dangerous lunatic, and a Proustian society helplessly bent on its own destruction. Num Pages: 800 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 132 x 205 x 54. Weight in Grams: 854.
Publisher
Everyman's Library
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9781841593548
ISBN
9781841593548
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 18.97

Paperback. Strange, smart and sexy short stories from one of America's most brilliant contemporary writers. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 14. Weight in Grams: 160.
Publisher
Granta Books
Number of pages
224
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9781847087294
ISBN
9781847087294
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 9.99

Paperback. During the Iran-Iraq war of the 1980s, an Iraqi journalist is given a tour of a military prison. He is informed by the major in charge about what is expected of him: he is to write a fabricated report about a murder that has occurred in the camp, in order to demoralise the enemy soldiers. Translator(s): Weir, Martin E. Num Pages: 120 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 131 x 12. Weight in Grams: 182.
Publisher
Haus Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781908323392
ISBN
9781908323392
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.49

Paperback. After the early death of her philandering husband, Etsuko moves into her father-in-law's house, where she numbly submits to the old man's advances. But soon she finds herself in love with the young servant Saburo. Tormented by his indifference, yet invigorated by her desire, she makes her move, with catastrophic consequences. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 14. Weight in Grams: 152.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Number of pages
208
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099530275
ISBN
9780099530275
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.04

Paperback. Editor(s): Levine, Susan F. Num Pages: 390 pages, illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 2ABM; DSB; FA; FC; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 530.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Hackett Publishing Co, Inc United States
Number of pages
390
Condition
New
SKU
V9780872204980
ISBN
9780872204980
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 15.31

Editor(s): Levine, Susan F. Num Pages: 390 pages, illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 2ABM; DSB; FA; FC; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 237 x 160 x 29. Weight in Grams: 644.
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Hackett Publishing Co, Inc United States
Number of pages
390
Condition
New
SKU
V9780872204997
ISBN
9780872204997
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 51.99
€ 37.09

Paperback. 'a sad and splendid book' New York Times Book Review Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 14. Weight in Grams: 150.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Penguin
Condition
New
SKU
9780141022826
ISBN
9780141022826
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 9.81

Paperback. Offers a collection of linked narratives about love - passionate love, illicit love, dying love, maternal love - told through the lives of New Jersey Dominicans, as they struggle to find a point where their two worlds meet. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 142 x 14. Weight in Grams: 182.
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Number of pages
224
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571294213
ISBN
9780571294213
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.78

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