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Paperback. Features short stories that explore the author's abiding interest in the split nature of humanity and the discordance of the world it inhabits. Written between 1918 and 1953, this book shows the literary development of one of Germany's most important writers. Translator(s): Lowe-Porter, H.T. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYB; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 131 x 20. Weight in Grams: 260.
Publisher
Vintage United Kingdom
Number of pages
368
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780749386627
ISBN
9780749386627
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.90

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
€ 19.06

Paperback. Contains stories that feature tormented individuals who play out their doom in various odd little towns. This collection introduces readers to a community of artists who encounter demonic perils that ultimately engulf their lives. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FK; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 193 x 133 x 19. Weight in Grams: 204.
Publisher
Virgin Books
Number of pages
288
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
SKU
V9780753513743
ISBN
9780753513743
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 15.08

Paperback. Wessex Tales was the first collection of Hardy's short stories, and they reflect the experience of a novelist at the height of his powers. Series Editor(s): Carabine, Dr. Keith. Series: Wordsworth Classics. Num Pages: 224 pages, maps. BIC Classification: FC; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 13. Weight in Grams: 154.
Publisher
Wordsworth Editions Ltd
Number of pages
224
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Edition
New edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781853262692
ISBN
9781853262692
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 6.33

Paperback. Contains tales that tenderly re-create a vanishing rural world and scrutinise the repressions of fin-de-siecle bourgeois life. This book contains tales and sketches that possess the wealth of description, the portrayal of the quaint lore of Wessex, the 'Chaucerian' humour and characterisation, the shrewd and critical psychology. Series Editor(s): Carabine, Dr. Keith. Series: Wordsworth Classics. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 128 x 12. Weight in Grams: 144.
Publisher
Wordsworth Editions Ltd
Number of pages
208
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Condition
New
SKU
V9781853261787
ISBN
9781853261787
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 6.33

Paperback. Before Freakonomics and The Tipping Point there was this classic by the 2005 Nobel Laureate in Economics. Num Pages: 272 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 217 x 142 x 13. Weight in Grams: 242.
Publisher
WW Norton & Co United States
Number of pages
288
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Edition
Revised
Condition
New
SKU
V9780393329469
ISBN
9780393329469
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 18.64

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

€ 17.49

Hardback. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 703.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
North Atlantic Books,U.S. United States
Number of pages
400
Condition
New
SKU
V9781556435195
ISBN
9781556435195
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 31.97

Hardback. Editor(s): Williams, Paul S. Num Pages: 300 pages. BIC Classification: FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 152 x 32. Weight in Grams: 812.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
North Atlantic Books,U.S. United States
Number of pages
300
Condition
New
SKU
V9781556433986
ISBN
9781556433986
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 32.98

Hardback. Editor(s): Paul S. Williams. Num Pages: 400 pages, ports. BIC Classification: FL; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 152 x 32. Weight in Grams: 767.
Publisher
North Atlantic Books,U.S.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Edition
1st Printing
Condition
New
SKU
V9781556434600
ISBN
9781556434600
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 43.99
€ 30.69

Paperback. Includes fairy tales: imaginative reinterpretations of the familiar, evocative new myths, speculations beyond the traditional realm of "once upon a time." Editor(s): Guran, Paula. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: DQ; FM; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 153 x 26. Weight in Grams: 476.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Prime Books
Edition
paperback / softback
Number of pages
384
Condition
New
SKU
V9781607014041
ISBN
9781607014041
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 14.88

Paperback. Charts the course of the author's long writing career: from his schooldays through to his first writing job on the Bucks Free Press; to the origins of his debut novel, "The Carpet People"; and on again to the dizzy mastery of the phenomenally successful "Discworld" series. Num Pages: 368 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 124 x 200 x 25. Weight in Grams: 292.
Publisher
Corgi
Number of pages
368
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780552163330
ISBN
9780552163330
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 12.71

Paperback. Num Pages: 150 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 214 x 140 x 10. Weight in Grams: 218.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Mage Publishers United States
Number of pages
156
Condition
New
SKU
V9781933823140
ISBN
9781933823140
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 14.99

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

Paperback. Prize-winning collection of short stories about finding happiness, and the pain necessary to achieve such bliss Series: Prairie Schooner Book Prize in Fiction. Num Pages: 136 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 141 x 10. Weight in Grams: 204.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Number of pages
136
Condition
New
SKU
V9780803232617
ISBN
9780803232617
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 17.63

Paperback. Num Pages: 110 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 127 x 177 x 8. Weight in Grams: 100.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Santa Fe Writer's Project United States
Number of pages
110
Condition
New
SKU
V9781939650627
ISBN
9781939650627
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 12.69

Paperback. Num Pages: 238 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 142 x 215 x 18. Weight in Grams: 298.
Publisher
Santa Fe Writer´s Project
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781939650382
ISBN
9781939650382
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 17.03

Paperback. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: FYB. Category: (Y) Teenage / Young Adult. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 11. Weight in Grams: 227.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Wings Press United States
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
126
Condition
New
SKU
V9780916727499
ISBN
9780916727499
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 16.45

Paperback. Beginning with the late nineteenth-century writings which first assimilated and reworked Western literary traditions, and coming right up to the younger generation dealing with the pitfalls and paradoxes of modern life, this anthology offers a stimulating survey of the development of the Japanese short story, the Japanese literary genre. Editor(s): Goossen, Theodore W. Series: Oxford Books of Prose & Verse. Num Pages: 496 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FC; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 131 x 30. Weight in Grams: 362.
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
484
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Edition
Reissue
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199583195
ISBN
9780199583195
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 13.47

Paperback. Contains stories from the world of Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell and is illustrated by Charles Vess. This book includes the characters of a conceited Regency clergyman, an eighteenth-century Jewish doctor and Mary, Queen of Scots, as well as two characters from "Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell: Strange himself and the Raven King". Num Pages: 256 pages, B&W. BIC Classification: FV; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 132 x 198 x 18. Weight in Grams: 182.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Condition
New
SKU
9780747592402
ISBN
9780747592402
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.83

Paperback. A jewel of a novel about art, beauty and desire. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 13. Weight in Grams: 146.
Publisher
Headline Review
Number of pages
192
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Edition
2nd Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780755305308
ISBN
9780755305308
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.14

Paperback. Num Pages: 196 pages. BIC Classification: FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 220 x 172 x 14. Weight in Grams: 318.
Publisher
University of Notre Dame Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780268035037
ISBN
9780268035037
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 25.44

Paperback. A young school boy visiting his aunt's country house finds company with the gentle beekeeper and begins teaching the man to read, so that it seems nothing can ever intrude upon their closeness. This book talks about this boy. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 130 x 14. Weight in Grams: 168.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing United Kingdom
Number of pages
224
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099458951
ISBN
9780099458951
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 16.87

Paperback. Thailand's foremost writers about women are brought together in this collection of 11 short stories and excerpts from five novels. The selection shows the many ways fiction has mirrored the lives of Thai women over the 20th century. Translator(s): Kepner, Susan Fulop. Series: Voices from Asia S. Num Pages: 281 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FMT; 2G; FA; FYB; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 463.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
University of California Press
Number of pages
281
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520089037
ISBN
9780520089037
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 26.81

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