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Hardcover. Contains stories of loss and yearning, of surrender to responsibilities or to unexpected delight: all share the unsettling and dislocated reality. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 222 x 146 x 22. Weight in Grams: 370. Very good copy in bright dustwrapper .Signed by the author
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Jonathan Cape
Condition
Used, Very Good
Edition
First Edition
SKU
KEX0303173
ISBN
9780224084697
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 45.00

paperback. A collection of stories, in which moments of change, chance encounters, the twist of fate leads a person to a new way of thinking or being. It presents a radiant, indelible portrait of just how dangerous and strange ordinary life can be. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 131 x 21. Weight in Grams: 244.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
9780099578635
ISBN
9780099578635
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 5.47

Paperback. A book about the power and betrayals of love, about lost children, lost chances. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 132 x 24. Weight in Grams: 260.
Edition
01st Edition
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099472254
ISBN
9780099472254
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.05

Paperback. Ranging from the 1850s through two world wars to the present, and from Canada to Brisbane, the Balkans and the Somme, this title includes dazzling stories that reveal the secrets of unconventional women who refuse to be contained. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 201 x 129 x 20. Weight in Grams: 224.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099459712
ISBN
9780099459712
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.08

Paperback. A woman haunted by dreams of her dead mother. An adulterous couple stepping over the line where the initial excitement ends and the pain begins. A widow visiting a Scottish village in search of her husband's past - and instead discovering unsettling truths about a total stranger. Num Pages: 288 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 19. Weight in Grams: 210.
Publisher
Vintage
Number of pages
288
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1991
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099820604
ISBN
9780099820604
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.08

Paperback. Features stories that explore varieties and degrees of love - filial, platonic, sexual, parental and imagined - in the lives of apparently ordinary folk. In this title, the author's characters pulse with idiosyncratic life. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 130 x 21. Weight in Grams: 232.
Publisher
Vintage
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099741312
ISBN
9780099741312
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.04

Paperback. The Man Booker prize-winning author's critically acclaimed selection of the best Irish short stories of the last sixty years, following Richard Ford's best-selling Granta Book of the American Short Story. Editor(s): Enright, Anne. Num Pages: 464 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBR; DQ; FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 131 x 29. Weight in Grams: 310.
Publisher
Granta Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781847082558
ISBN
9781847082558
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 14.46

Paperback. From her ancestors' view from Edinburgh's Catle Rock in the eighteenth century to her parents' thwarted ambitions in Ontario, and her own awakening in 1950s Canada, the author weaves fact and myth to create an epic story of past and present, proving that fiction has much to tell us about life. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 23. Weight in Grams: 266.
Publisher
Vintage
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099497998
ISBN
9780099497998
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.08

Paperback. When her father marries his second wife, Chrissy gets a new step sister. Three years older than her, Queenie is beautiful and kind, someone everybody wants to be friends with. Chrissy worships her. But when Queenie runs away at eighteen, their lives quietly diverge. Num Pages: 64 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 151 x 106 x 5. Weight in Grams: 44.
Publisher
Profile Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9781781253175
ISBN
9781781253175
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 5.48

Paperback. Includes stories that deals with the self-discovery of adolescence, the joys and pains of love and the despair and guilt of those caught in a narrow existence. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 127 x 16. Weight in Grams: 176.
Publisher
Vintage
Number of pages
240
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099273776
ISBN
9780099273776
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.04

Hardcover. A collection of stories, in which moments of change, chance encounters, the twist of fate leads a person to a new way of thinking or being. It presents a radiant, indelible portrait of just how dangerous and strange ordinary life can be. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 131 x 21. Weight in Grams: 248.
Publisher
Four Courts Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9781846823602
ISBN
9781846823602
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 50.00
€ 42.31

Paperback. Written by the winner of the 1994 W H Smith Award, this book contains a selection of stories, from the earliest published work in 1968 to the works in 1994. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 26. Weight in Grams: 296.
Edition
New Ed
Publisher
Vintage
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099732419
ISBN
9780099732419
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.85

Paperback. From the Orange- and Whitbread-shortlisted author of Buddha Da Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: DQ; FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 131 x 11. Weight in Grams: 128.
Publisher
Canongate Books
Number of pages
176
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9781841955193
ISBN
9781841955193
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.78

paperback. Editor(s): Joseph, Anne. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 197 x 16. Weight in Grams: 196.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Five Leaves Publications
Condition
New
SKU
V9781905512607
ISBN
9781905512607
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 13.44

Paperback. A dark and brilliant debut collection of short stories by a gifted young author. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
Publisher
Atlantic Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9781786490414
ISBN
9781786490414
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.01

Paperback. Editor(s): VanderMeer, Jeff; VanderMeer, Ann. Num Pages: 344 pages. BIC Classification: FL; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 153 x 27. Weight in Grams: 384.
Publisher
PM Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781629630359
ISBN
9781629630359
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 18.46

Paperback. Set in contemporary Bombay and other cities, this is a collection of 11 short stories that reflect Desai's skill for evoking the full flavour of Indian life. The colours, smells and sounds, as well as some intensely individual characters, are here. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 10. Weight in Grams: 110.
Publisher
Vintage
Number of pages
144
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099428534
ISBN
9780099428534
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.29

Paperback. An exclusive, never-before-collected selection of sparkling stories by Angela Thirkell that will charm, delight and entertain. Series: VMC. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 126 x 10. Weight in Grams: 132.
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group United Kingdom
Number of pages
160
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780349004303
ISBN
9780349004303
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.09

Paperback. .
Publisher
And Other Stories
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781908276520
ISBN
9781908276520
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.66

Paperback. A second collection of fairy tales by Angela Carter involving more alluring women, ailing warriors, enchantresses and seekers of revenge. They come from every corner of the globe to haunt, to entice, transform and even to help. Illustrator(s): Sargood, Corinna. Editor(s): Carter, Angela. Num Pages: 240 pages, line drawings. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 129 x 198 x 19. Weight in Grams: 271. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
Virago
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KKD0006200
ISBN
9781853816161
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 17.95

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