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Paperback. Marianne Hauser's short fiction is a literary documentary of exile. These accounts of expatriates and lost children situate us in foreign realms, between the titillating intimacies of strangers and looming brutalities we can never quite see. Num Pages: 150 pages. BIC Classification: FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 133 x 18. Weight in Grams: 376.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- The University of Alabama Press United States
- Number of pages
- 150
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781573661188
- ISBN
- 9781573661188
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.50
€ 24.50
Paperback. The second of four volumes of short stories which reflect Somerset Maugham's wry perception of human foibles and gift for evoking drama from a sense of time and place. Set in Malaya, America and England, they include "Flotsam and Jetsam", "The Man With the Scar" and "The Vessel of Wrath". Num Pages: 544 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 38. Weight in Grams: 390.
- Publisher
- Vintage Classics
- Number of pages
- 544
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099428848
- ISBN
- 9780099428848
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.37
€ 17.99
€ 13.37
paperback. This final, classic collection of stories reveals Maugham's unique talent for exposing and exploring the bitter realities of human relationships. Included are: "The Lotus Eater", "The Outstation" and "The Back of Beyond". Num Pages: 576 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 129 x 37. Weight in Grams: 416.
- Publisher
- Vintage Classics
- Number of pages
- 576
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099428862
- ISBN
- 9780099428862
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.28
€ 17.99
€ 13.28
paperback. Contains the celebrated series about Ashenden, a secret service agent in World War I. Based on the author's own experiences with the British Intelligence service in Switzerland, this title dramatises both the romance and absurdity of espionage as well as its ruthlessness and brutality. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 20. Weight in Grams: 218.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Vintage Books USA
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780099428855
- ISBN
- 9780099428855
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.29
€ 14.99
€ 11.29
Paperback. Num Pages: 560 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 175 x 106 x 29. Weight in Grams: 272.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Random House USA Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 560
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804179768
- ISBN
- 9780804179768
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 9.35
€ 10.99
€ 9.35
Paperback. A collection of stories including "Rain" and "The Three Fat Women of Antibes". Num Pages: 544 pages. BIC Classification: FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 34. Weight in Grams: 384.
- Publisher
- VINTAGE (RAND)
- Number of pages
- 544
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099287391
- ISBN
- 9780099287391
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.29
€ 17.99
€ 13.29
hardcover. Written over a period of more than half a century, this volume include short stories and novellas reflect every aspect of his developing art and outlook. Num Pages: 1856 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 217 x 143 x 91. Weight in Grams: 1826.
- Publisher
- Everyman
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781857152432
- ISBN
- 9781857152432
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 65.48€ 49.19
€ 65.48
€ 49.19
Paperback. A collection by Pulitzer prize-winning novelist John Cheever that shows the power and range of one of the finest short story writers. It includes masterpieces such as "The Swimmer" and "Goodbye, My Brother" and date from the time of his honourable discharge from the Army at the end of the Second World War. Num Pages: 912 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 49. Weight in Grams: 668.
- Publisher
- Vintage
- Number of pages
- 912
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1990
- Edition
- 01st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099748304
- ISBN
- 9780099748304
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 14.95
€ 19.99
€ 14.95
Paperback. Presents stories of abandonment and vengeance, in which extreme situations lead to disturbing conclusions. A missionary is sent to a place so distant he finds his God has no power there; a husband abandons his wife as they honeymoon in the South American jungle; and a boy's drug-induced transformation leads to cruelty enjoyed and suffered. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 672 pages. BIC Classification: FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 29. Weight in Grams: 476.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Number of pages
- 672
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141191355
- ISBN
- 9780141191355
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 15.07
€ 19.99
€ 15.07
Paperback. A collection of forty-seven short stories such as "Taibele and Her Demon" "The Unseen", "Gimpel the Fool" and "Yentl the Yeshiva Boy". Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 624 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 28. Weight in Grams: 428.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Number of pages
- 624
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141196770
- ISBN
- 9780141196770
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 15.04
€ 19.99
€ 15.04
Paperback. A collection of short stories by Saul Bellow. Some stories recount the events of a single day, while some are contained in a wider frame. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 464 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 27. Weight in Grams: 348.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 464
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141188782
- ISBN
- 9780141188782
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 16.42
€ 23.99
€ 16.42
Paperback. Includes sixty-five stories of magic and melancholy that display a range of inventiveness, with fairy tales, intellectual games and glimpses into lives of ambiguity and loss. Editor(s): Nabokov, Dmitri. Translator(s): Nabokov, Dmitri. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 816 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FC; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 45. Weight in Grams: 748.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Number of pages
- 816
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141183459
- ISBN
- 9780141183459
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 15.87
€ 21.99
€ 15.87
Paperback. A collection short stories, each of which brimming with astute observations and sharp wit that can captivate readers the world over. It explores the blighted territory of a failing marriage; the tangled jungle of a mad poet's secret anti-Semitism; and the belated sexual guilt of a Hindu. Num Pages: 672 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 44. Weight in Grams: 466.
- Publisher
- Hamish Hamilton
- Number of pages
- 672
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780241950524
- ISBN
- 9780241950524
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 14.27
€ 17.99
€ 14.27
Paperback. A collection of stories that offer revelatory glimpses into everyday lives - from an unwelcome act of kindness at a bus stop, an evening walk across a London bridge, a welcome but uncomfortable summer break to a brutal lesson in trust. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 23. Weight in Grams: 262.
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 368
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Edition
- Combined volume
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099540397
- ISBN
- 9780099540397
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 16.83
€ 21.99
€ 16.83
Hardcover. Translator(s): Lowe-Porter, H.T. Num Pages: 890 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYB; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 209 x 132 x 46. Weight in Grams: 928.
- Publisher
- Everyman
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781857151961
- ISBN
- 9781857151961
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 19.01
€ 26.99
€ 19.01
Paperback. The definitive collection of Dylan Thomas' short stories, showing just why he is considered one of the 20th century's finest writers. Also featuring a bold new livery in celebration of the Dylan Thomas centenary. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 23. Weight in Grams: 296.
- Publisher
- Orion Publishing Co
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781780227306
- ISBN
- 9781780227306
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 11.78
€ 15.99
€ 11.78
Paperback. Peter Carey is justly renowned for his novels, which have included the Booker Prize-winning titles Oscar and Lucinda and True History of the Kelly Gang. He is also a dazzling writer of short stories. This volume collects together all the stories from The Fat Man in History and War Crimes as well as three other stories. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 126 x 26. Weight in Grams: 258. ******THIS IS A PREORDER TO BE DELIVERED ON OR AROUND THE PUBLICATION DAY IN FEBRUARY 2022****
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780571175864
- ISBN
- 9780571175864
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 12.98
€ 17.99
€ 12.98
Paperback. Acclaimed as one of America's most successful playwrights, the author also published four volumes of short stories. In this title, these volumes are combined with a wealth of unpublished and uncollected work, ranging from his first his story published in "Weird Tales" when he was seventeen, to his later frank homosexual fantasies. Num Pages: 672 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 131 x 39. Weight in Grams: 470.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Vintage Classics
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780749395810
- ISBN
- 9780749395810
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 12.53
€ 17.99
€ 12.53
paperback. Introducing you to a host of extraordinary characters and communities, this book includes a collection of short stories written by Gabriel Garcia Marquez. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 20. Weight in Grams: 222.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780241968758
- ISBN
- 9780241968758
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.45
€ 13.99
€ 10.45
Hardcover. Lawrence is known mainly as a novelist and poet but he was also the author of many short stories and novellas. Bringing together all his shorter fiction, this volume makes it possible to survey his entire writing career. Stories include "The Prussian Officer" and "The Virgin and the Gypsy". Num Pages: 1397 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 207 x 132 x 66. Weight in Grams: 1274.
- Publisher
- Everyman's Library
- Number of pages
- 1397
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781857151800
- ISBN
- 9781857151800
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 22.66
€ 33.99
€ 22.66
Paperback. Series: Vintage classics. Num Pages: 493 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 130 x 26. Weight in Grams: 478.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- Vintage
- Edition
- 1st
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780679736486
- ISBN
- 9780679736486
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 17.67
€ 18.99
€ 17.67
Paperback. Deals with the complexities of relationships as well as the joys of children. This title contains the author's controversial story "Weddings and Beheadings", as well as his prophetic "My Son the Fanatic", which exposes the religious tensions within the muslim family unit. Num Pages: 688 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 127 x 47. Weight in Grams: 540.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780571249824
- ISBN
- 9780571249824
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.16
€ 17.99
€ 13.16
Paperback. With settings ranging from mid 20th century Hawkes Bay farms to 21st century hairdressing salons, this book presents a collection of stories. Num Pages: 64 pages. BIC Classification: 1MBN; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 152 x 30. Weight in Grams: 674.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Victoria University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780864734983
- ISBN
- 9780864734983
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 28.31
€ 28.31
Paperback. As night falls over Vienna, Franz Ritter, an insomniac musicologist, takes to his sickbed with an unspecified illness and spends a restless night drifting between dreams and memories, revisiting the important chapters of his life as an Orientalist. Translator(s): Mandell, Charlotte. Num Pages: 480 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 127. .
- Publisher
- Fitzcarraldo Editions
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781910695234
- ISBN
- 9781910695234
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 16.04
€ 23.99
€ 16.04