Short stories
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Short stories
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
€ 14.99€ 12.53
€ 14.99
€ 12.53
Paperback. Num Pages: 232 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FR; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Cleis Press United States
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781627781305
- ISBN
- 9781627781305
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 15.62
€ 16.99
€ 15.62
paperback. First in a two volume collection of short stories by the acclaimed author of 'Empire of the Sun', 'Crash' and 'Super-Cannes'. The new edition is introduced by Adam Thirwell. Num Pages: 784 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 44. Weight in Grams: 550.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Fourth Estate
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780007242290
- ISBN
- 9780007242290
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 13.83
€ 19.99
€ 13.83
paperback. Translator(s): Wortsmann, Peter. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 180 x 155 x 22. Weight in Grams: 380.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Archipelago Books United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780981955728
- ISBN
- 9780981955728
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.47
€ 16.47
Paperback. Num Pages: 164 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 241 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 204.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- University of Iowa Press United States
- Number of pages
- 164
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781609381141
- ISBN
- 9781609381141
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 16.34
€ 16.99
€ 16.34
hardcover. Edgar Allan Poe's gift for the macabre influenced Baudelaire and French symbolism, Freudian analysis, the detective novel and the Hollywood film. His psychologically profound stories, which comprise this book, represent the darker side of the 19th-century American sensibility. Num Pages: 955 pages. BIC Classification: FKC; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 213 x 134 x 46. Weight in Grams: 886.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- Everyman
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781857150995
- ISBN
- 9781857150995
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 22.99€ 18.89
€ 22.99
€ 18.89
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Vintage United Kingdom
- Edition
- New Ed
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780749386870
- ISBN
- 9780749386870
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 14.21
€ 17.99
€ 14.21
paperback. Num Pages: 384 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 134 x 23. Weight in Grams: 364.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1961
- Publisher
- New Directions United States
- Edition
- Revised ed.
- Number of pages
- 384
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780811201100
- ISBN
- 9780811201100
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 21.64
€ 24.99
€ 21.64
Paperback. Translator(s): Mitsutani, Margaret. Series: New Directions Pearls. Num Pages: 64 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 178 x 118 x 7. Weight in Grams: 62.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- New Directions
- Number of pages
- 60
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780811220378
- ISBN
- 9780811220378
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 11.26
€ 11.99
€ 11.26
paperback. The story of the title deals with a little boy named Larry and his feelings towards his father. When his father returns home from World War II, Larry is resentful and jealous of losing his mother's undivided attention, and finds himself in a constant struggle to win back her affections. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 23. Weight in Grams: 284. Good copy showing minimal aging and shelf wear. Light bumping to edges. Ownership details to half title, text is scored and highlighted throughout
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Penguin Classics England
- Condition
- Used, Good
- SKU
- KMK0024988
- ISBN
- 9780141187877
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. M.R. James is probably the finest ghost-story writer England has ever produced. These tales are not only classics of their genre, but are also superb examples of beautifully-paced understatement, convincing background and chilling terror. Series Editor(s): Davies, David Stuart. Series: Tales of Mystery & the Supernatural. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: FK; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 125 x 20. Weight in Grams: 240.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Wordsworth Editions Ltd
- Edition
- New Edition
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781840225518
- ISBN
- 9781840225518
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 7.20
€ 7.20
paperback. A collection of stories, which represent the diversity of the time and include satires, explorations of private obsessions and experiments in form and language. Editor(s): Newnham, Richard. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 194 x 129 x 11. Weight in Grams: 136.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1975
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780140020403
- ISBN
- 9780140020403
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.03
€ 13.99
€ 11.03
paperback. Containing eight stories by 20th century French writers, this work offers insights into French life and literature and are accompanied by a parallel English text, making them suiatble for both French and English language students. It includes "Green Tobacco" by Clair Sainte-Soline, and the tale of "The Ants" by, Boris Vian. Editor(s): Lee, Simon. Num Pages: 240 pages, notes. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 16. Weight in Grams: 174.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1972
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780140034141
- ISBN
- 9780140034141
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.03
€ 13.99
€ 11.03
paperback. Includes eight stories which offer a varied and representative collection of twentieth century German authors from a range of political and cultural backgrounds. This anthology is suitable for the German student of English as well as the English student of German. It reflects trends in German literature. Editor(s): Constantine, David. Num Pages: 288 pages, notes. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 18. Weight in Grams: 214.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1976
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780140041194
- ISBN
- 9780140041194
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.03
€ 13.99
€ 11.03
paperback. This volume of eight short stories offers students of German at all levels the opportunity to enjoy a wide range of contemporary literature with the aid of parallel translations. Editor(s): Zillekens, Ernst. Series: Parallel Text. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: 2ACG; CJBR; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 130 x 13. Weight in Grams: 150. This volume of eight short stories offers students of German at all levels the opportunity to enjoy a wide range of contemporary literature with the aid of parallel translations. Editor(s): Zillekens, Ernst. Series: Parallel Text. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: 2ACG; CJBR; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 130 x 13. Weight in Grams: 150.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780140265422
- ISBN
- 9780140265422
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 6.12
€ 14.99
€ 6.12
paperback. Ten witty and enchanting animal fables in verse which, like a modern Aesop's Fables, can be enjoyed by young and old alike Num Pages: 144 pages, 35. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 12. Weight in Grams: 142. Very good copy with minor wear and age
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Orion Books London
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KMK0025554
- ISBN
- 9780753807743
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 5.12
€ 5.12
paperback. Num Pages: 61 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 212 x 197 x 6. Weight in Grams: 90. Very good clean copy showing minor age and shelfwear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1986
- Publisher
- Attic Press Dublin
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KMK0025624
- ISBN
- 9780946211272
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 5.12
€ 5.12
paperback. Three people are frozen in a conspiracy of silence that prevents love's consummation; a nine-year-old dreams that a movie part heals her fragmented family life; a brother and sister forge a new life amid terrible beauty of Ireland after Rebellion; and in title story, a man chooses between his longtime love and a life of solitude on family farm. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 126 x 18. Weight in Grams: 178. Good clean copy. Covers showing light shelf wear. Lightly toned, text is crisp and clear and remains a very good copy
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Penguin Books
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KSG0031526
- ISBN
- 9780140294699
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 18.00
€ 18.00
Paperback. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: FL; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 155 x 21. Weight in Grams: 365.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Night Shade Books
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781597805407
- ISBN
- 9781597805407
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 21.84
€ 25.99
€ 21.84
paperback. In the spirit of James Joyce's "Dubliners," Mueenuddin's collection of linked stories illuminates a place and a people through an examination of the entwined lives of landowners and their retainers on the Gurmani family farm in Lahore, Pakistan. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 139 x 17. Weight in Grams: 210.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- W. W. Norton & Company United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780393337204
- ISBN
- 9780393337204
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 15.12
€ 15.99
€ 15.12