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Paperback. Tells stories from the middle period of the author's career - influenced by his own experiences as a doctor. In this title, all the stories feature characters who face madness, alienation and frustration before they experience brief, ephemeral moments of insight, often earned at great cost, where they confront the reality of their existence. Translator(s): Wilks, Ronald. Num Pages: 368 pages, notes. BIC Classification: FC; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 128 x 23. Weight in Grams: 276.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Condition
New
SKU
9780140447866
ISBN
9780140447866
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 11.14

Hardcover. Starting with "Broomsticks and Other Tales" of 1925, with its twelve stories, this book continues with "The Lord Fish" of 1933 with seven stories. It includes three distinctive stories, 'Pigtails, Ltd', 'The Thief' and 'A Nose'. These stories are quirky, sometimes frightening, and often preoccupied with states of mind and personal identity. Editor(s): de la Mare, Giles. Num Pages: 376 pages, 19ill. BIC Classification: FA; FYB; YFB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (J) Children / Juvenile. Dimension: 240 x 166 x 34. Weight in Grams: 720.
Publisher
Giles de la Mare Publishers United Kingdom
Number of pages
376
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Condition
New
SKU
V9781900357050
ISBN
9781900357050
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 16.83

Paperback. A collection of stories about a long-haired woman who moves into the priest's house and sets fire to his furniture; a forester who mortgages his land and goes off to a seaside town looking for a wife; a farmer wakes half-naked and realises the money is almost gone. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 127 x 12. Weight in Grams: 158 183pp
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
9780571233076
ISBN
9780571233076
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 9.99

Hardcover. Num Pages: 242 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 135 x 20. Weight in Grams: 431.
Publisher
Marion Boyars Publishers Ltd
Number of pages
242
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1998
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780714530352
ISBN
9780714530352
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 19.56

Hardback. From the Pulitzer and Story Prize winner: sixteen new stories - provocative, funny, disturbing, magical - that delve into the secret lives and desires of ordinary people, alongside retellings of myths and legends that highlight the aspirations of the human spirit. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 166 x 243 x 29. Weight in Grams: 534.
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781472114303
ISBN
9781472114303
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 18.92

Paperback. A brilliantly original, deft and darkly funny debut short-story collection from the winner of the 2009 Caine Prize, sometimes referred to as the 'African Booker'. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 134 x 15. Weight in Grams: 164.
Publisher
Granta Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9781847082718
ISBN
9781847082718
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.26

Paperback. A dazzling collection about how the familiar can suddenly turn strange, for readers of Lydia Davis, George Saunders, and Karen Russell. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 211 x 142 x 15. Weight in Grams: 170.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
WW Norton & Co
Condition
New
SKU
V9780393350531
ISBN
9780393350531
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 15.92

Paperback. Contains stories that announce a dramatic change, a transformation of the literature of love in Latin America, and of the role - even the nature - of women in this most "feminine" literary tradition. Editor(s): Hughes, Psiche. Series: Latin American Women Writers. Num Pages: 187 pages. BIC Classification: FYB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5487 x 3404 x 12. Weight in Grams: 227.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Number of pages
187
Condition
New
SKU
V9780803273474
ISBN
9780803273474
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 20.88

Paperback. Seventeen stories from one of Europe's most enchanting cities. Editor(s): Constantine, Helen. Translator(s): Holmes, Deborah. Num Pages: 304 pages, 17 black-and-white photographs. BIC Classification: FA; FYB; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 196 x 16. Weight in Grams: 322.
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199669790
ISBN
9780199669790
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 14.29

Paperback. Translator(s): Ruleman, William. Num Pages: 132 pages. BIC Classification: FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 143 x 9. Weight in Grams: 212.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Ariadne Press United States
Edition
UK ed.
Number of pages
132
Condition
New
SKU
V9781572411739
ISBN
9781572411739
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 19.61

Paperback. .
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780198737599
ISBN
9780198737599
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.82

Paperback. Editor(s): Ochoa, Gabriel Garcia; Jones, Rebecca; Schwartz, Oscar. Num Pages: 112 pages. BIC Classification: DC; DQ; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 156 x 234 x 8. Weight in Grams: 212.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Monash University Publishing Australia
Number of pages
112
Condition
New
SKU
V9781922235497
ISBN
9781922235497
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 17.88

Paperback. Editor(s): McFarlane, Rosalind; Clifford, Samantha. Num Pages: 64 pages. BIC Classification: CBV; DQ; FYB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 153. Weight in Grams: 142.
Publisher
Monash University Publishing Australia
Number of pages
64
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9781921867521
ISBN
9781921867521
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 13.63

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
€ 14.23

Paperback. In a godforsaken barn, Presidents Eisenhower, John Adams and Rutherford B Hayes are bemused to find themselves reincarnated as horses. Clyde and Magreb - he a traditional capes-and-coffins vampire, she the more progressive variety - settle in an Italian lemon grove in the hope that its ripe fruit will keep their thirst for blood at bay. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 16. Weight in Grams: 190.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099578963
ISBN
9780099578963
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.08

Hardcover. .
Publisher
And Other Stories
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781908276865
ISBN
9781908276865
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 17.61

Paperback. Some of the short fiction in this anthology is set in the urban centres of Wales. Other stories take the threads of styles of writing, urban and contemporary, weave them into the strings of themes that tie together the diversity and intertwining cultures strewn across the landscape of a modern Wales. Editor(s): Davies, Lewis. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 138 x 21. Weight in Grams: 362.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Parthian Books
Edition
1st Printing
Number of pages
200
Condition
New
SKU
V9781902638423
ISBN
9781902638423
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 13.44

Paperback. A short story collection by the author of "Goats". Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; FYB; HBTB; KJH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. . Clean copy.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC London
Number of pages
192
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KEX0216213
ISBN
9780747568087
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. A short story collection by the author of "Goats". Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; FYB; HBTB; KJH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. . Clean copy.
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC London
Number of pages
192
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
SKU
KEX0216157
ISBN
9780747568087
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. A collection of stories that focus on female subjectivity. It features stories such as: "The Nocturnal Butterflies"; "Shadows in the Shadows"; and, "The Shunammite". Translator(s): Steele, Cynthia. Series: Latin American Women Writers. Num Pages: 130 pages, Illus. BIC Classification: 2ADS; DSK; FA; FYB; JFFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 12. Weight in Grams: 227.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Number of pages
130
Condition
New
SKU
V9780803259270
ISBN
9780803259270
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 16.45

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