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paperback. Guy de Maupassant was a master of the short story. This collection displays his lively diversity, with tales that vary in theme and tone, ranging from tragedy and satire to comedy and farce. Series Editor(s): Carabine, Dr. Keith. Series: Wordsworth Classics. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 128 x 197 x 14. Weight in Grams: 148.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Wordsworth Editions
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781853261893
- ISBN
- 9781853261893
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 7.01
€ 7.01
Paperback. A new annual best of collection from the likes of Neil Gaiman, Greg Egan, Joe Abercrombie and KJ Parker. Editor(s): Strahan, Jonathan. Num Pages: 624 pages. BIC Classification: FL; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 155 x 230 x 42. Weight in Grams: 620.
- Publisher
- Rebellion
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781781083086
- ISBN
- 9781781083086
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 13.75
€ 18.99
€ 13.75
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Kwela Books South Africa
- Number of pages
- 48
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780795701009
- ISBN
- 9780795701009
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 12.44
€ 12.44
Paperback. Previously uncollected pulp fiction by the 20th century American master. Editor(s): Calonne, David Stephen. Num Pages: 305 pages, B&W illustrations throughout. BIC Classification: FA; FP; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 110 x 178 x 19. Weight in Grams: 236.
- Publisher
- City Lights Publishers
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780872866829
- ISBN
- 9780872866829
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 16.46
€ 17.99
€ 16.46
Paperback. Includes such characters as: a frustrated housewife who is seeking extreme experience or a young woman contemplating the death of her lover, dark devices and desires rise to the surface. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 125 x 14. Weight in Grams: 164.
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Number of pages
- 208
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780571230181
- ISBN
- 9780571230181
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.73
€ 13.99
€ 10.73
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Carcanet Press Ltd.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781910974278
- ISBN
- 9781910974278
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.37
€ 11.37
Paperback. A collection of Carson McCullers' stories, including her novella "The Ballad of the Sad Cafe" and "Wunderkind". Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FC; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 11. Weight in Grams: 126.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Number of pages
- 160
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Edition
- 01st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141183695
- ISBN
- 9780141183695
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.05
€ 13.99
€ 11.05
Paperback. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 133 x 199 x 15. Weight in Grams: 136.
- Publisher
- Turnpike Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780993591310
- ISBN
- 9780993591310
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 13.48
€ 13.99
€ 13.48
Paperback. The name on the covers was Bachman. But the imagination could only belong to one man: Stephen King. Num Pages: 992 pages. BIC Classification: FK; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 131 x 43. Weight in Grams: 658.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Hodder & Stoughton
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781444723533
- ISBN
- 9781444723533
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 13.02
€ 15.99
€ 13.02
Paperback. Presents a pair of short stories about faith and sacrificial love. Series: Little Black Classics. Num Pages: 64 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 113 x 161 x 9. Weight in Grams: 54.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141397429
- ISBN
- 9780141397429
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 5.54
€ 5.54
Paperback. As well as 'The Aspern Papers', this selection includes 'The Death of the Lion', 'The Figure in the Carpet', and 'The Birthplace'. All four stories concern the figure of the artist and the cult of celebrity. This new edition includes extracts from James's Prefaces and Notebooks that shed light on the genesis of the stories. Editor(s): Poole, Adrian. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 13. Weight in Grams: 202.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 288
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199639878
- ISBN
- 9780199639878
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 9.95
€ 10.99
€ 9.95
Paperback. A collection of stories featuring the characters from The Crimson Petal and the White, Michel Faber's 150,000 copy-selling masterpiece Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 14. Weight in Grams: 164. Crimson Petal Stories. 208 pages. Michel Faber revisits the world of his bestselling novel The Crimson Petal and the White. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: FYB. Dimension: 198 x 129 x 14. Weight: 162.
- Publisher
- Canongate Books
- Number of pages
- 208
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780857860859
- ISBN
- 9780857860859
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.74
€ 13.99
€ 10.74
Hardcover. Unsettling, beautiful, laced with dark humour and tenderness, The Answer and Other Love Stories explores the inner lives of those who live as neighbours, pass each other in the street and work side by side. Num Pages: 261 pages. BIC Classification: FR; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 134 x 208 x 23. Weight in Grams: 344.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Parthian Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781908946928
- ISBN
- 9781908946928
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 13.44
€ 13.99
€ 13.44
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
€ 46.99
€ 41.92
Paperback. Stories of searching, desire and grief that radically rewrite the South African experience from the perspective of a diaspora generation Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 127 x 18. Weight in Grams: 292. Clean copy with some shelf wear, minor nicks and bumps on cover but otherwise clean
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- And Other Stories
- Condition
- Used, Good
- SKU
- KSS0003077
- ISBN
- 9781908276445
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Accompanied by a thorough introduction to Brazil's Machado, Machado's Brazil, these vibrant new translations of eight of Machado de Assis's best-known short stories bring nineteenth-century Brazilian society and culture to life for modern readers. Num Pages: 152 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 217 x 145 x 10. Weight in Grams: 192.
- Publisher
- Hackett Publishing Co, Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 151
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781603848527
- ISBN
- 9781603848527
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 16.14
€ 19.99
€ 16.14
Hardback. Accompanied by a thorough introduction to Brazil's Machado, Machado's Brazil, these vibrant new translations of eight of Machado de Assis's best-known short stories bring nineteenth-century Brazilian society and culture to life for modern readers. Num Pages: 152 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 224 x 164 x 15. Weight in Grams: 280.
- Publisher
- Hackett Publishing Co, Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 151
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781603848534
- ISBN
- 9781603848534
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 53.99€ 38.66
€ 53.99
€ 38.66
Paperback. A collection of short stories with such themes as dreams, labyrinths, mirrors, infinite libraries, the manipulations of chance, gaucho knife-fighters, transparent tigers and the elusive nature of identity itself. Translator(s): Hurley, Andrew. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FC; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 128 x 13. Weight in Grams: 170.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Number of pages
- 224
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Edition
- 01st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141183831
- ISBN
- 9780141183831
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.01
€ 13.99
€ 11.01
Paperback. The characters in this collection by the author of "Trainspotting" are often - on the surface - depraved, vicious, cowardly and manipulative, but their essential humanity is never undermined. Stereotypes are at once celebrated and destroyed, as the protagonists find themselves on unfamiliar ground. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 130 x 19. Weight in Grams: 218.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- W. W. Norton & Company
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780099435013
- ISBN
- 9780099435013
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.33
€ 13.99
€ 10.33
Paperback. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FYB; WH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130. Weight in Grams: 270.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2018
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780008172619
- ISBN
- 9780008172619
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 5.47
€ 10.99
€ 5.47
Paperback. Num Pages: 112 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 218 x 141 x 10. Weight in Grams: 124.
- Publisher
- Dover Publications Inc.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780486797038
- ISBN
- 9780486797038
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 9.77
€ 11.99
€ 9.77
Paperback. Editor(s): Sui, Gwee Li. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: DQ; FA; FYB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 142 x 39. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Dalkey Archive Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781564789051
- ISBN
- 9781564789051
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 6.23
€ 19.99
€ 6.23
Paperback. With five of the contributors who are Nobel Prize Winners in Literature, this work presents stories that capture the range of emotions and situations of our human universe: tragedy, comedy, fantasy, satire, dramas of sexual love and of war, in different continents and cultures. The contributors also include Margaret Atwood, and John Updike. Editor(s): Gordimer, Nadine. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 20. Weight in Grams: 264.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780747574309
- ISBN
- 9780747574309
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 12.99€ 7.28
€ 12.99
€ 7.28
Paperback. With five of the contributors who are Nobel Prize Winners in Literature, this work presents stories that capture the range of emotions and situations of our human universe: tragedy, comedy, fantasy, satire, dramas of sexual love and of war, in different continents and cultures. The contributors also include Margaret Atwood, and John Updike. Editor(s): Gordimer, Nadine. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 20. Weight in Grams: 264. Good copy with some shelf wear.
- Condition
- Used, Good
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- SKU
- KTG0012705
- ISBN
- 9780747574309
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good
€ 12.99€ 7.28
€ 12.99
€ 7.28