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Short stories

Paperback. Tells the tales of women overcoming violence and repression. This collection takes you into a world where spirits converse with humans and where unsuspecting people are drawn into forces greater than themselves. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 127 x 10. Weight in Grams: 136.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Zubaan India
Number of pages
160
Condition
New
SKU
V9789383074921
ISBN
9789383074921
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 16.93

Paperback. A collection of micro-fictions by one of Argentina's most prolific and distinguished authors. Translator(s): Stewart, Steven J. Series: Latin American Women Writers. Num Pages: black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: FA; FYB; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5487 x 3556 x 11. Weight in Grams: 254.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Condition
New
SKU
V9780803220904
ISBN
9780803220904
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 20.87

Paperback. Reassembles the Charles W Chesnutt's work in the conjure tale genre. This work allows the reader to see how the original volume was created, how an African American author negotiated with the tastes of the dominant literary culture of the late nineteenth century, and how that culture both promoted and delimited his work. Num Pages: 216 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 143 x 15. Weight in Grams: 340.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
216
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822313878
ISBN
9780822313878
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 25.29

Paperback. From the threat of a serial killer as the background for a young girl's first brush with death to the fallout of a modern-day visitation from the Virgin Mary; from an AIDS-stricken squatter refusing to vacate an empty Lisbon home to a mother's yearlong struggle with the death of her daughter, this book includes stories that make their world ours. Series: Prairie Schooner Book Prize in Fiction. Num Pages: 168 pages, 14 photos, 7 figures. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 142 x 217 x 9. Weight in Grams: 212.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Number of pages
168
Condition
New
SKU
V9780803217904
ISBN
9780803217904
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 18.58

Hardback. Translator(s): Jalil, Intizar. Num Pages: 232 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 127 x 20. Weight in Grams: 363.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Seagull Books London Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
SKU
V9780857423931
ISBN
9780857423931
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 20.64

Paperback. Offers fiction intended for both Western and Middle Eastern readers. The stories in this volume deal with issues both traditional and modern, including relations between parents and children, between husbands and wives, and between citizens of independent Morocco and its nationalist representative government. Translator(s): Abouzeid, Leila. Series: CMES Modern Middle East Literatures in Translation Series. Num Pages: 127 pages, 20 b&w illus. BIC Classification: 1HBM; FA; FYB; FYT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 214 x 141 x 8. Weight in Grams: 182.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
University of Texas Press United States
Number of pages
127
Condition
New
SKU
V9780292712652
ISBN
9780292712652
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.30

Paperback. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Rutgers University Press United States
Edition
Revised and Expanded
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813529530
ISBN
9780813529530
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 34.15

paperback. Contains the celebrated series about Ashenden, a secret service agent in World War I. Based on the author's own experiences with the British Intelligence service in Switzerland, this title dramatises both the romance and absurdity of espionage as well as its ruthlessness and brutality. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 20. Weight in Grams: 218.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Vintage Books USA
Condition
New
SKU
9780099428855
ISBN
9780099428855
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 11.29

Paperback. This volume contains 24 short stories published between 1914 and 1919, including the six stories later collected as "You Know Me Al". Two-thirds of the stories describe real teams, real players and real events - which Lardner covered as a reporter. Editor(s): Hilton, George W. Num Pages: 648 pages, 111 half-tones. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 350 x 39. Weight in Grams: 1419.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Edition
Annotated
Number of pages
648
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804729635
ISBN
9780804729635
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 41.92

Paperback. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 154 x 233 x 18. Weight in Grams: 276.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
No Exit Press
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9781843447597
ISBN
9781843447597
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.07

Paperback. Hrabal s books are distinctive witness to the life of ordinary people only at first glance. In the book, Rambling on await the reader stories set in the popular Hrabal s Kersko. The book was filmed in 1983 by Jiri Menzel. " Translator(s): Short, David. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB; FYT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 133 x 191 x 13. Weight in Grams: 166.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Karolinum Press, Charles University
Edition
Classroom ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9788024632865
ISBN
9788024632865
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 11.69

paperback. Editor(s): Durrell, Lawrence. Num Pages: 397 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 202 x 135 x 29. Weight in Grams: 464.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1969
Publisher
New Directions Publishing Corporation United States
Number of pages
397
Condition
New
SKU
V9780811201117
ISBN
9780811201117
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 21.66

paperback. An erotic glimpse into the Hungary of the early twentieth century. It collects ten short stories focusing on the poor and dispossessed and describing the human condition and the futility of life. Translator(s): Batki, John. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYB; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 129 x 15. Weight in Grams: 182.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Penguin Classic
Condition
New
SKU
9780141193038
ISBN
9780141193038
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 9.35

paperback. South of No North is a collection of short stories written by Charles Bukowski that explore loneliness and struggles on the fringes of society. Num Pages: 192 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 17. Weight in Grams: 206.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Ecco
Condition
New
SKU
9780876851890
ISBN
9780876851890
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 9.35

Paperback. A collection of twenty stories that are both melancholy and funny, farce and fantasy. It charts the struggles of an Italian peasant to reconcile country habits with urban life, combining comical disasters with a surrealistic view of city life through the eyes of an outsider. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 10. Weight in Grams: 114.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Vintage Digital
Condition
New
SKU
9780099428541
ISBN
9780099428541
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 12.99
€ 10.25

Paperback / so. Harrison's latest highly acclaimed volume of novellas is a sparkling and exuberant collection about love, the senses, and family, no matter how untraditional. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 140 x 19. Weight in Grams: 356. Good clean copy with minor shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Grove Press / Atlantic Monthly Press United States
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KAC0000430
ISBN
9780802142559
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 10.99
€ 4.99

Hardback. In this fictional contribution to T"he Writer and the City" series, Patrick McGrath excavates the layers of New York's turbulent history; a trio of stunning tales from the hand of a master storyteller. Series: Writer and the City Series. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 193 x 120 x 20. Weight in Grams: 288. Good clean copy in fine dustwrapper with minor shelf wear
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KAC0000460
ISBN
9780747574293
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Num Pages: 200 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: FYB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 13. Weight in Grams: 400.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Broadview Press Ltd Canada
Number of pages
200
Condition
New
SKU
V9781554810628
ISBN
9781554810628
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.82

paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Penguin Publishing Group
Condition
New
SKU
9780140437973
ISBN
9780140437973
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 10.08

paperback. Drenched by rain, the town has been decaying ever since the banana company left. Its people are sullen and bitter, so when the doctor - a foreigner who ended up the most hated man in town - dies, there is no one to mourn him. But also living in the town is the Colonel, who is bound to honour a promise made many years ago. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 9. Weight in Grams: 98.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Penguin Books
Condition
New
SKU
9780241968765
ISBN
9780241968765
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.00
€ 9.99

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