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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
€ 16.37

Paperback. Contains stories that announce a dramatic change, a transformation of the literature of love in Latin America, and of the role - even the nature - of women in this most "feminine" literary tradition. Editor(s): Hughes, Psiche. Series: Latin American Women Writers. Num Pages: 187 pages. BIC Classification: FYB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5487 x 3404 x 12. Weight in Grams: 227.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Number of pages
187
Condition
New
SKU
V9780803273474
ISBN
9780803273474
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 20.88

paperback. The stories are keenly observant, darkly humorous, and absurdly fatalistic. Editor(s): Gioia, Dana. Num Pages: 172 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: FYB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 171 x 203 x 14. Weight in Grams: 224.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Number of pages
172
Condition
New
SKU
V9780803278066
ISBN
9780803278066
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 17.55

Paperback. "Set in the Midwest, One-Hundred-Knuckled Fist tells the stories of everyday, blue-collar workers with dark humor and a gritty, experimental style, revealing the absurdity of the daily grind and its crushing reality" -- Series: Prairie Schooner Book Prize in Fiction. Num Pages: 186 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5487 x 3556 x 11. Weight in Grams: 240.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Number of pages
186
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780803288546
ISBN
9780803288546
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.66

Paperback. A collection of short stories depicting and analyzing key issues in America's "New Gilded Age" Editor(s): Martin, Wendy, Ph.D.; Tichi, Cecelia. Num Pages: 368 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 151 x 24. Weight in Grams: 518.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
New York University Press United States
Number of pages
368
Condition
New
SKU
V9780814796283
ISBN
9780814796283
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.60

Paperback. A translation of a 1927 short-story collection that was the first work of Hindi fiction to focus on male same-sex relations; its publication sparked India s first public debates about homosexuality. Translator(s): Vanita, Ruth. Num Pages: 152 pages, 1 illustration. BIC Classification: 2BMH; 5SG; DSBH; DSK; FYB; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 220 x 156 x 13. Weight in Grams: 236.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Duke University Press
Number of pages
128
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822343820
ISBN
9780822343820
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 25.37

Paperback. Miguel de Unamuno (1864-1936) is the towering intellectual giant of early twentieth-century Spain. He wrote novels, plays, poetry and many essays, but is best remembered for his fictional works and for his major philosophical meditation on the nature of existence. Editor(s): Macklin, John. Series: Aris & Phillips Hispanic Classics. Num Pages: 232 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADS; DSBH; DSK; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 210 x 148 x 20. Weight in Grams: 318.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Liverpool University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
SKU
V9780856688683
ISBN
9780856688683
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 27.48

Paperback. When Diego Rivera's biographer, Bertram Wolfe, was sifting though the painter's jumbled collection of correspondence, he encountered a series of Parisian letters from Angelina Beloff. Translator(s): Gardner, Nathanial. Num Pages: 96 pages. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; 2ADS; DSBH; DSK; FA; FYT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 210 x 149 x 8. Weight in Grams: 136.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Liverpool University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
96
Condition
New
SKU
V9780856688812
ISBN
9780856688812
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 64.98

Hardback. The author was arguably the best-known and most influential writer in the former East Germany. In this title, she revisits her stay at a tuberculosis hospital in the winter of 1946, a real-life event that was the inspiration for the closing scenes of her 1976 novel Patterns of Childhood. Translator(s): Derbyshire, Katy. Num Pages: 80 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 137 x 12. Weight in Grams: 232.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Seagull Books London Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
80
Condition
New
SKU
V9780857421869
ISBN
9780857421869
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 15.40

hardcover. Tells a story that centers on two young women: Voltairine, a dancer who no longer dances but whose body is still haunted by the movement of dance, and her soulmate Emile, a young woman recovering from unexpected cardiac arrest. The girls are inseparable, and both their lives have been shattered by the horror of rape. Translator(s): Ball, David; Ball, Nicole. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 161 x 230 x 32. Weight in Grams: 678.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Seagull Books London Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
Edition
Translation
SKU
V9780857421890
ISBN
9780857421890
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 22.63

Hardback. The day after his ninety-fourth birthday, a man is sitting in a beautiful garden. It is a paradise where he often played during his childhood, and it is here that he is recording the story of his adventures with Mr Adamson. Translator(s): McLaughlin, Donal. Series: SB - The Swiss List. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 127 x 11. Weight in Grams: 417.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Seagull Books London Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
176
Condition
New
Edition
Translation
SKU
V9780857422323
ISBN
9780857422323
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 21.05

Hardback. When Anna discovers a long letter that her mother, Marie, wrote, Marie has been dead for some time, and Anna is shocked to learn that her mother disappeared with a secret. The letter is addressed to Marie's first great love, a much older teacher who she describes as a great dinosaur. Translator(s): Fagan, Teresa Lavender. Series: The French List. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 127 x 13. Weight in Grams: 227.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Seagull Books London Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
128
Condition
New
SKU
V9780857422330
ISBN
9780857422330
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 18.36

Hardback. As he leaves the cinema where he has just watched Casablanca, one of his favorite films, Julien is approached by a mysterious young woman, Claire. Unbeknownst to Julien, Claire has been following him for several days. Outside the cinema she relays a cryptic message: "Someone's trying to find you." Translator(s): Turner, Chris. Series: The French List. Num Pages: 152 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 127 x 9. Weight in Grams: 331.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Seagull Books London Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
152
Condition
New
SKU
V9780857422439
ISBN
9780857422439
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 18.22

Hardback. Translator(s): Wilder, Samuel. Num Pages: 80 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 135 x 213 x 14. Weight in Grams: 214.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Seagull Books London Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
80
Condition
New
SKU
V9780857423498
ISBN
9780857423498
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 16.93

Hardback. Translator(s): Lewis, Tess. Series: SB - The Swiss List. Num Pages: 152 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 203 x 127 x 23. Weight in Grams: 318.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Seagull Books London Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
152
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780857423719
ISBN
9780857423719
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 18.22

Hardback. Translator(s): Manavalli, Krishna. Num Pages: 296 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 127. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Seagull Books London Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
SKU
V9780857423900
ISBN
9780857423900
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 20.71

Hardback. Translator(s): Sinha, Arunava. Num Pages: 152 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 127 x 18. Weight in Grams: 318.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Seagull Books London Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
152
Condition
New
SKU
V9780857423962
ISBN
9780857423962
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 18.29

Paperback. Translator(s): Phillips, Ursula. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 363.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Northern Illinois University Press United States
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780875807409
ISBN
9780875807409
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 33.91

Paperback. Num Pages: 175 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Northern Illinois University Press United States
Number of pages
175
Condition
New
SKU
V9780875807614
ISBN
9780875807614
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 17.42

Paperback. Composed of many layered scenes, unforgettable characters, snapshots, and vignettes, this collection of quick-witted poems and short fiction mixes deceit and conceit with moments of tenderness and the elusive nature of humanity, asking if identity is more than a festival of masks and self-invention. Translator(s): Galasso, Regina. Num Pages: 150 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: DCF; FYB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 140 x 10. Weight in Grams: 299.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Swan Isle Press United States
Number of pages
150
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780983322078
ISBN
9780983322078
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 17.38

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