Short stories
Results 193 - 216 of 1654
Short stories
Vathek and Other Stories: A William Beckford Reader (Penguin Classics)
Beckford, William; Jack, Malcolm
paperback. A story with elaborate imagery, sardonic humour and an unforgettable gallery of grotesques - which describes a journey to the halls of Eblis, or Hell, in the pursuit of knowledge. It exhibits the author's exuberant day-dreaming imagination as well as the deeply emotional, aesthetic themes and detailed physical descriptions of his writing. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: DNF; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 131 x 21. Weight in Grams: 264.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- Penguin Classics United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780140435306
- ISBN
- 9780140435306
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 14.27
€ 17.99
€ 14.27
Hardback. Strange and fantastical, the fairy tales of Bela Balazs (1884-1949), Hungarian writer, film critic, and famous librettist of "Bluebeard's Castle", reflect his profound interest in friendship, alienation, and Taoist philosophy. This title features sixteen stories of Balazs. Illustrator(s): Lydes, Mariette. Series: Oddly Modern Fairy Tales. Num Pages: 208 pages, 15 line illus. BIC Classification: 1FPC; FQ; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 204 x 147 x 17. Weight in Grams: 324.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Number of pages
- 192
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691147116
- ISBN
- 9780691147116
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 20.47
€ 26.99
€ 20.47
Paperback. Num Pages: 273 pages. BIC Classification: FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 202 x 123 x 22. Weight in Grams: 316.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- M P Publishing Limited United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 273
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781849821858
- ISBN
- 9781849821858
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 9.99€ 8.63
€ 9.99
€ 8.63
Paperback. Ben Marcus's highly anticipated new short story collection - his first since his extraordinary debut The Age of Wire and String Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 130 x 19. Weight in Grams: 200.
- Publisher
- Granta Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781847086365
- ISBN
- 9781847086365
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.66
€ 13.99
€ 10.66
Paperback. This collection of short stories is set in Nigeria and reflects the mad, exotic and often dangerous chaos which reigns there. They include jumbled up voodoo stories, stories of shanty towns and of men from the villages seeking their fortunes in the streets and filthy gutters of the new towns. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 131 x 12. Weight in Grams: 154.
- Publisher
- Vintage United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 208
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099283881
- ISBN
- 9780099283881
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 14.16
€ 17.99
€ 14.16
Paperback. 'Do the Irish have, in relation to anybody else, any special capacity for the short story?'. Collecting short stories that cover many generations and moods of Irish writing, this title answers the question. It features the stories that range from Lady Gregory's retelling of an ancient love story through to the prolific William Trevor. Editor(s): Kiely, Benedict. Num Pages: 544 pages. BIC Classification: DQ; FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 137 x 25. Weight in Grams: 376.
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Number of pages
- 544
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780241955451
- ISBN
- 9780241955451
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 18.49
€ 24.99
€ 18.49
Paperback. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130. .
- Publisher
- Pan Macmillan
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- Main Market Ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781509830312
- ISBN
- 9781509830312
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.11
€ 11.99
€ 10.11
paperback. Translator(s): Schwartz, Marian. Series: New Directions Classic. Num Pages: 308 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 134 x 20. Weight in Grams: 330.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- New Directions United States
- Number of pages
- 308
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780811214735
- ISBN
- 9780811214735
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 16.65
€ 16.99
€ 16.65
Paperback. Series: Dover Thrift Editions. Num Pages: 80 pages. BIC Classification: 5AF; FA; FYB; YFA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 209 x 134 x 5. Weight in Grams: 68. Series: Dover Thrift S. 80 pages. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 5AF; FA; FYB; YFA. Dimension: 209 x 134 x 5. Weight: 72.
- Publisher
- Dover Publications Inc.
- Number of pages
- 80
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Edition
- New edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780486298573
- ISBN
- 9780486298573
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 5.69
€ 5.69
Paperback. Beginning with the sudden, nauseating terror of a family caught up in an explosion of shocking sectarian violence and ending with the white-out of an Iowa blizzard and a different kind of fear, this book is about bonds and connections, made and broken, secret and known. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 132 x 16. Weight in Grams: 165.
- Publisher
- Vintage
- Number of pages
- 240
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099493037
- ISBN
- 9780099493037
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 17.65
€ 23.99
€ 17.65
Paperback. Elegantly simple fairy tales where nonsense is as commonplace as violence from a master of the form. Illustrator(s): Eyde, Catherine. Num Pages: 158 pages, B&W illustrations. BIC Classification: FA; FQ; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 190 x 152 x 13. Weight in Grams: 228.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Coffee House Press United States
- Number of pages
- 158
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781566893473
- ISBN
- 9781566893473
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 16.67
€ 17.99
€ 16.67
Paperback. Num Pages: 152 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 209 x 149 x 11. Weight in Grams: 258.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Spokesman Books United Kingdom
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 152
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780851246291
- ISBN
- 9780851246291
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 12.44
€ 12.44
Paperback. Illustrator(s): Scott, Asgeir. Num Pages: 138 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 201 x 134 x 11. Weight in Grams: 208.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Spokesman Books United Kingdom
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 138
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780851246284
- ISBN
- 9780851246284
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 12.38
€ 12.38
Paperback. Expanded and updated collection of short stories using Head's 'Tales of Tenderness and Power' as a basis. Series: Heinemann African Writers Series. Num Pages: 184 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 12. Weight in Grams: 160.
- Publisher
- Heinemann
- Number of pages
- 184
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780435045715
- ISBN
- 9780435045715
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.96
€ 17.96
Paperback. Num Pages: 186 pages. BIC Classification: FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 115 x 15. Weight in Grams: 208.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- M P Publishing Limited United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 186
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781849821766
- ISBN
- 9781849821766
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 9.99€ 8.63
€ 9.99
€ 8.63
Hardcover. Drue Heinz Literature Prize, 2012 --Text. Series: Drue Heinz Literature Prize. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 386.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- University of Pittsburgh Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822944195
- ISBN
- 9780822944195
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 27.41
€ 30.99
€ 27.41
paperback. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 139 x 12. Weight in Grams: 212.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Manic D Press, Inc. United States
- Number of pages
- 160
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780916397739
- ISBN
- 9780916397739
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 15.78
€ 16.99
€ 15.78
Paperback.
- Publisher
- Granta Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Edition
- Revised
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780140140828
- ISBN
- 9780140140828
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 12.97
€ 17.99
€ 12.97
Paperback. A collection of twenty-four tales told in bold, distinct voices from Brazil to Africa and from Nice to Hollywood. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 24. Weight in Grams: 304. Short Stories. 368 pages. A collection of twenty-four tales told in bold, distinct voices from Brazil to Africa and from Nice to Hollywood. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Dimension: 198 x 129 x 24. Weight: 250.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780747592297
- ISBN
- 9780747592297
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 11.62
€ 15.99
€ 11.62
paperback. Editor(s): Campbell, Bill; Hall, Edward Austin. Num Pages: 360 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DQ; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 158 x 242 x 24. Weight in Grams: 548.
- Publisher
- Rosarium Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780989141147
- ISBN
- 9780989141147
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 18.54
€ 19.99
€ 18.54
Paperback. Num Pages: 250 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBBSX; 2ABM; FYB; HBJK; WH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 217 x 144 x 13. Weight in Grams: 272.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Wordware Publishing Inc. United States
- Number of pages
- 250
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781556227998
- ISBN
- 9781556227998
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 16.07
€ 16.99
€ 16.07
Paperback. Editor(s): Henderson, Bill. Num Pages: 550 pages. BIC Classification: FYB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 157 x 48. Weight in Grams: 1030.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- W. W. Norton & Company
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781888889284
- ISBN
- 9781888889284
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.22
€ 26.22
Hardback. A collection of short stories that evoke the reality of the South Pacific: the story of a do-it-yourself murder mystery; an assassination attempt on the Queen; and a futuristic tale set in 1999. Several of these pieces were first collected as "The New Land", which won the 1990 Buckland Award. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 223 x 144 x 23. Weight in Grams: 447.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- Carcanet Press Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781857540468
- ISBN
- 9781857540468
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 26.88
€ 30.99
€ 26.88
Paperback. Explores the consciousness of Cosmos, USA, a small town that is anything but ordinary. Though it has its share of residents intent on keeping the world on an even keel, Cosmos is blessed with a healthy number of eccentrics who are chasing their dreams, idiosyncratic as they may be, or struggling to distinguish themselves as individuals. Num Pages: 168 pages. BIC Classification: FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 155 x 13. Weight in Grams: 340.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- University of Notre Dame Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780268035013
- ISBN
- 9780268035013
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 21.87
€ 23.99
€ 21.87