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Short stories
Paperback. Written in a narrative prose, this is a translated collection of seventeen short stories about the precolonial and colonial past of Djibouti alongside those set in the postcolonial era. Here the art of the short story offers illuminated scenes of the Djiboutian urban and rural landscape, its people, and its history. Translator(s): Garane, Jeanne. Series: CARAF Books: Caribbean and African Literature Translated from French. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: FYB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 10. Weight in Grams: 172.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813925080
- ISBN
- 9780813925080
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 28.38
€ 28.38
Hardcover. Winner of the 2011 Drue Heinz Literature Prize Told in precise, evocative prose that skewers the heart of the matter time after time, these memorable stories view and illuminate the human condition from a compelling, funny and entirely original perspective. Num Pages: 120 pages. BIC Classification: FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 456.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- University of Pittsburgh Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822944102
- ISBN
- 9780822944102
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 26.69
€ 30.99
€ 26.69
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
€ 31.99€ 27.31
€ 31.99
€ 27.31
Hardcover. Series: Pitt Drue Heinz Lit Prize. Num Pages: 184 pages. BIC Classification: FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 211 x 145 x 20. Weight in Grams: 318.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- University of Pittsburgh Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822944294
- ISBN
- 9780822944294
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 29.15
€ 34.99
€ 29.15
Paperback. These stories, chosen from ten separately published collections of James T. Farrell's short fiction, offer remarkable insights into the lives of Irish Americans and other Chicagoans from 1910 to 1940. Farrell's stories offer a wonderful diversity of characters and experiences. Series: Prairie State Book. Num Pages: 296 pages. BIC Classification: FYB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 534. Weight in Grams: 440.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press United States
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780252019814
- ISBN
- 9780252019814
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 22.10
€ 23.99
€ 22.10
Paperback. Series: Modern Jewish Literature and Culture. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 318.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Texas Tech Press,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780896728592
- ISBN
- 9780896728592
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 24.80
€ 27.99
€ 24.80
Paperback. "Collection of short stories detailing the fictitious lives of people in Horned Toad, Texas"-- Num Pages: 136 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 146 x 4. Weight in Grams: 240.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Texas Tech Press,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 160
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780896729261
- ISBN
- 9780896729261
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 24.10
€ 27.99
€ 24.10
Hardback. Features a collection of the author's short stories such as 'And All This Unease', 'Madness Had Come with the Rain', and 'The Survivors'. Translator(s): Wilson, Betty. Series: CARAF Books: Caribbean and African Literature Translated from French. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 23. Weight in Grams: 408.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813929002
- ISBN
- 9780813929002
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 83.89
€ 83.89
Paperback. This fully revised second edition of "The Modern Arabic Short Story" is an anthology offering English translations of previously unavailable Arabic texts. Each story has been translated and collected with an introduction and overview of this classical form of storytelling. Num Pages: 285 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FBX; 2CSR; DSBH; DSK; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 16. Weight in Grams: 380.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 2 Rev ed
- Number of pages
- 285
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333641378
- ISBN
- 9780333641378
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 127.76
€ 127.76
Paperback. Num Pages: 300 pages. BIC Classification: FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 152. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Trine Day
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781634240741
- ISBN
- 9781634240741
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 20.55
€ 21.99
€ 20.55
Writing to Delight: Italian Short Stories by Nineteenth-Century Women ...
. Ed(S): Arslan, Antonia; Romani, Gabriella
hardcover. Writing to Delight also serves as an instrument for a critical investigation of both the cultural productions of nineteenth-century Italy and the process of formation of modern Italian identities. Editor(s): Arslan, Antonia; Romani, Gabriella. Series: Toronto Italian Studies. Num Pages: 224 pages, 3 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DST; DN; DSBF; DSK; FYB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 236 x 157 x 20. Weight in Grams: 456.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press Canada
- Edition
- 2nd ed.
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780802038746
- ISBN
- 9780802038746
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 101.27
€ 101.27
Paperback. True South African Stories. 158 pages. No longer skewed by political agendas, this is collection of true accounts of people, events and incidents that helped to shape the current political situation in South Africa, retold in order to bring history back into balance. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1HFMS; BT; FYB; JFHF. Dimension: 150 x 209 x 11. Weight: 218.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- David Philip, Publishers
- Number of pages
- 158
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780864864871
- ISBN
- 9780864864871
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 15.55
€ 16.99
€ 15.55
Paperback. This is a grouping of some 40 short stories that attempts to capture the essence of everyday life in the small Middle East country of Kuwait. The stories explore life in Kuwait from an American expatriate's perspective. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 263.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Syracuse University Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 176
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780815610144
- ISBN
- 9780815610144
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.66
€ 24.66
Paperback. Translator(s): Sryfi, Mbarek; Allen, Roger. Series: Middle East Literature in Translation. Num Pages: 280 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 154 x 19. Weight in Grams: 416.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Syracuse University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780815633693
- ISBN
- 9780815633693
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.51
€ 40.51
Paperback. The stories in "Silent Retreats "trace the tentative journeys of men as they redefine who they are in a changed world while still coping with memory and desire in the old ways. Above all, these stories chronicle a search for absolution for the elusive freedom lurking among the very syllables of the word." Num Pages: 240 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 313.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- University of Georgia Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780820330662
- ISBN
- 9780820330662
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 26.47
€ 27.99
€ 26.47
Paperback. A collection of linked short stories that explore the borderland between Israelis and American Jews, emigrants and expatriates, and vanished homelands and the dangerous world in which we live. Num Pages: 232 pages. BIC Classification: FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 204 x 138 x 16. Weight in Grams: 272.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- University of Georgia Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780820333311
- ISBN
- 9780820333311
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 25.73
€ 30.99
€ 25.73
Paperback. Sutton's quirky debut collection tracks the emotional journeys of characters struggling to find harmonious relationships with the people they are expected to love and be loved by. All too often, for Sutton's characters, such supposedly sacred relationships disappoint. Num Pages: 216 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 16. Weight in Grams: 254.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- University of Georgia Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780820334219
- ISBN
- 9780820334219
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 25.90
€ 30.99
€ 25.90
Paperback. With a reporter's eye for the inside story and a historian's grasp of the ironies in our collective past, Downs affectionately observes some of the last survivors of what Greil Marcus has called the old, weird America. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 127 x 13. Weight in Grams: 216.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- University of Georgia Press
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780820342184
- ISBN
- 9780820342184
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 22.26
€ 25.99
€ 22.26
Paperback. On the surface, Treadway s stories offer realistic portrayals of people in situations that make them question their roles as family members, their ability to do the right thing, and even their sanity. But Treadway s psychic landscapes are tinged with a sense of the surreal, inviting readers to recognize that very little is actually as it seems." Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. Weight in Grams: 200.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- University of Georgia Press
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780820342214
- ISBN
- 9780820342214
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 25.57
€ 29.99
€ 25.57
Paperback. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 211 x 135 x 16. Weight in Grams: 310.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- University of Georgia Press United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780820348278
- ISBN
- 9780820348278
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 22.90
€ 25.99
€ 22.90
Paperback. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 204 x 157 x 15. Weight in Grams: 313.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- University of Georgia Press
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780820348285
- ISBN
- 9780820348285
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 22.93
€ 25.99
€ 22.93
Paperback. Noted for narrative complexity, stylistic variety, and feminist themes, Pardo Bazan's stories, written a century ago, explore many aspects of the relationships between men and women." Series: Texts & Translations. Num Pages: 141 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 217 x 141 x 10. Weight in Grams: 209.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- The Modern Language Association of America
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780873527842
- ISBN
- 9780873527842
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.01
€ 31.01
Paperback. Broadviews edition of this classic realist novella includes a very broad range of historical appendices. Editor(s): Boudreau, Kristin; Stoner Morgan, Megan. Num Pages: 275 pages. BIC Classification: 2ABM; FC; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 211 x 191 x 13. Weight in Grams: 268.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Broadview Press Ltd Canada
- Number of pages
- 275
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781551110301
- ISBN
- 9781551110301
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 21.83
€ 21.99
€ 21.83
Paperback. Critics often comment on the importance of landscape in Wuthering Heights, and in this edition, Christopher Heywood locates the text more precisely than previous editions amid Yorkshire's limestone north and moorland south, drawing out the importance of the region's slaveholding society. Editor(s): Bronte, Emily; Heywood, Christopher. Num Pages: 519 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 152 x 221 x 34. Weight in Grams: 616.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Broadview Press Ltd Canada
- Number of pages
- 519
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781551112473
- ISBN
- 9781551112473
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 30.75
€ 33.99
€ 30.75