Short stories
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Short stories
Paperback. A wife plots her husband's psychological destruction - then his murder; a son is ruined by his mother's obsession; a man marries the woman he rescues from suicide, only to become the victim of her obsessiveness; and a family feud brings unimaginable horror. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: FF; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 177 x 110 x 12. Weight in Grams: 110.
- Publisher
- Arrow
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1980
- Edition
- Rev Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099214601
- ISBN
- 9780099214601
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 14.11
€ 17.99
€ 14.11
Paperback. Murder, corruption, blackmail. All these are part of someone else's world, not part of the everyday lives of ordinary people..or are they? This is a collection of sinister stories from the bestselling author who won "The Sunday Times" Literary Award for 1990. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: FF; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 177 x 121 x 12. Weight in Grams: 102.
- Publisher
- Cornerstone United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 176
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099470304
- ISBN
- 9780099470304
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 14.20
€ 17.99
€ 14.20
Paperback. World-famous musician Ry Cooder publishes his first collection of stories, with a nod to Raymond Chandler and Nathanael West. Series: City Lights Noir. Num Pages: 232 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 202 x 146 x 16. Weight in Grams: 285.
- Publisher
- City Lights Publishers
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780872865198
- ISBN
- 9780872865198
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 18.34
€ 19.99
€ 18.34
Hardcover. Num Pages: 164 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 136 x 201 x 22. Weight in Grams: 356.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Fantagraphics
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781606998472
- ISBN
- 9781606998472
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 22.87
€ 25.99
€ 22.87
mass_market. Includes autobiographical stories from one of Japan's masters of modernist story-telling - Ryunosuke Akutagawa (1892-1927). Series: Little Black Classics. Num Pages: 64 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 162 x 112 x 8. Weight in Grams: 54.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Penguin Classic
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141397726
- ISBN
- 9780141397726
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 5.73
€ 5.73
Paperback. This fascinating collection gave birth to a new paradigm when Akira Kurosawa made famous Akutagawa's disturbing tale of seven people recounting the same incident from shockingly different perspectives. Illustrator(s): Kuwata, M. Translator(s): Kojima, Takashi. Num Pages: 96 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 217 x 141 x 9. Weight in Grams: 164.
- Publisher
- Liveright
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780871401731
- ISBN
- 9780871401731
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 14.32
€ 15.99
€ 14.32
paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Mosaic Press
- Edition
- Second Edition, Second edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781771610674
- ISBN
- 9781771610674
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 15.83
€ 17.99
€ 15.83
paperback. Ryunosuke Akutagawa (1892-1927) is one of Japan's foremost stylists - a modernist master whose short stories are marked by highly original imagery, cynicism, beauty and wild humour. This work features stories such as "Rashomon", "In a Bamboo Grove", "The Nose", "O-Gin", "Loyalty", "Death Register", "The Life of a Stupid Man" and "Spinning Gears". Translator(s): Rubin, Jay. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 214 x 147 x 22. Weight in Grams: 358.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Penguin Classics
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780143039846
- ISBN
- 9780143039846
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.10
€ 17.99
€ 13.10
Paperback. The fourth volume in the Black Wings of Cthulhu series, edited by the leading authority on H.P. Lovecraft, S.T. Joshi Editor(s): Joshi, S T. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: DQ; FK; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Weight in Grams: 367.
- Publisher
- Titan Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 400
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Anniversary edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781783295739
- ISBN
- 9781783295739
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 9.87
€ 11.99
€ 9.87
Paperback. Includes stories that are humorous, satiric, supernatural, and macabre, highly individual, and full of eccentric unconventional situations. Editor(s): Munro, H. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 576 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FC; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 131 x 25. Weight in Grams: 406.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Number of pages
- 576
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141184494
- ISBN
- 9780141184494
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 11.89
€ 15.99
€ 11.89
Paperback. Explores the buttoned-up world of the British upper classes. This book includes stories, in which, an imaginative teenager gives a visitor the fright of his life, the ordered home of a respectable country gent is rocked to its core, and 'Laura' expresses the hope of revenge via reincarnation. Num Pages: 704 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJC; FC; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 143 x 208 x 40. Weight in Grams: 508.
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781784871918
- ISBN
- 9781784871918
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 11.80
€ 15.99
€ 11.80
Paperback. Num Pages: 136 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 129 x 11. Weight in Grams: 172. 136 pages. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: FC; FYB. Dimension: 199 x 129 x 11. Weight: 168.
- Publisher
- Non Basic Stock Line
- Number of pages
- 136
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781907970009
- ISBN
- 9781907970009
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 9.27
€ 10.99
€ 9.27
Hardback. Editor(s): Jayyusi, Salma Khadra. Num Pages: 400 pages, Please figure on drawing one simple map of the Arab world. BIC Classification: DQ; FC; FYB; FYT. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 36. Weight in Grams: 700.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231149228
- ISBN
- 9780231149228
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 113.18€ 85.37
€ 113.18
€ 85.37
Paperback. Fantasy and realism collide as a rickshaw driver writes letters home describing his film star career in Bombay; a mispronunciation leads to romance and an unusual courtship in sixties London; two childhood friends turned diplomats live out fantasies hatched by Star Trek; and more. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 14. Weight in Grams: 144.
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing London
- Number of pages
- 224
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Edition
- 01st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099533016
- ISBN
- 9780099533016
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.95
€ 13.99
€ 10.95
Paperback. VINTAGE MINIS: GREAT MINDS. BIG IDEAS. LITTLE BOOKS. Also in the Vintage Minis series: Love by Jeanette Winterson Race by Toni Morrison Death by Julian Barnes Sisters by Louise May Alcott Series: Vintage Minis. Num Pages: 96 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FM; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 178 x 110. .
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781784872687
- ISBN
- 9781784872687
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 8.99€ 7.83
€ 8.99
€ 7.83
Hardcover. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: FYB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 153 x 212 x 20. Weight in Grams: 340. 166 pages. One of the foundational texts of Catalan fiction, Salvador Espriu's Ariadne in the Grotesque Labyrinth is a collection of short stories in which action, character, and place are as winding and sumptuous as mythical maze of its title. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: FYB. Dimension: 153 x 212 x 20. Weight: 340.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Dalkey Archive Press
- Number of pages
- 166
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781564787323
- ISBN
- 9781564787323
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 20.44
€ 21.99
€ 20.44
Paperback. Translator(s): Phillips, Rowan. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: FYB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 206 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 230. 166 pages. Salvador Espriu's Ariadne in the Grotesque Labyrinth is a collection of thirty-four short stories in which the twists and turns of action, character, and place are as winding and sumptuous as the legendary maze of its title. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: FYB. Dimension: 206 x 140 x 13. Weight: 230. Translator(s): Phillips, Rowan Ricardo.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Dalkey Archive Press
- Number of pages
- 166
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781564787729
- ISBN
- 9781564787729
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 15.18
€ 15.99
€ 15.18
Paperback. The Longman Caribbean Writers Series comprises of many classic novels, short stories and plays by the best known Caribbean authors, together with works of the highest quality from new writers. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB; YFU; YQEF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 191 x 127 x 11. Weight in Grams: 216.
- Publisher
- Pearson Education Limited United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 208
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1987
- Edition
- 4 Rev ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780582642614
- ISBN
- 9780582642614
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.73
€ 18.73
Paperback. Editor(s): McFarlane, Rosalind; Clifford, Samantha. Num Pages: 64 pages. BIC Classification: CBV; DQ; FYB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 153. Weight in Grams: 142.
- Publisher
- Monash University Publishing Australia
- Number of pages
- 64
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781921867521
- ISBN
- 9781921867521
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 13.57
€ 16.99
€ 13.57
Hardcover. A collection of stories that reveal one woman's exploration of identity, finding it in both the sweeping backdrop of Egyptian history and the quotidian exchanges with friends and family. Series: Arab American Writing. Num Pages: 176 pages, glossary. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 127 x 19. Weight in Grams: 298.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Syracuse University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780815609216
- ISBN
- 9780815609216
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 24.27
€ 26.99
€ 24.27
Paperback. Num Pages: 140 pages. BIC Classification: FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 180 x 123 x 13. Weight in Grams: 180.
- Publisher
- David Paul United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 140
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780954054243
- ISBN
- 9780954054243
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 12.38
€ 12.38
Paperback. A selection of four stories or 'nouvelles' that date from 1945. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 134 x 14. Weight in Grams: 150.
- Edition
- Main
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Number of pages
- 128
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780571244614
- ISBN
- 9780571244614
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 11.41
€ 15.99
€ 11.41
paperback. Three marvelously structured stories trace the intricate interdependencies of memory, experience, and the self. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 386.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- Wesleyan University Press United States
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780819563125
- ISBN
- 9780819563125
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 19.61
€ 19.99
€ 19.61
Paperback. 416 pages. Editor(s): Crangle, Sara. Marjorie Perloff writes: Among the great modernist poets, Mina Loy was surely the greatest wit, the most sophisti- cated commentator on the vagaries of love, the one whose brittle and sardonic laughter continues . . . to pursue us. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Dimension: 155 x 203 x 32. Weight: 556.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Dalkey Archive Press
- Number of pages
- 416
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781564786302
- ISBN
- 9781564786302
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.86
€ 18.86