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Short stories
Paperback. The short story is one of the most varied genres in American literature. This title brings together many of its finest examples from the early nineteenth century to the present. It contains a diverse cast of characters, including convicts, artists, farm labourers, slaves, soldiers and salesmen, witches and ghosts, families and lovers. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: DQ; FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 19. Weight in Grams: 234.
- Edition
- 01st Edition
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141194424
- ISBN
- 9780141194424
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.05
€ 13.99
€ 11.05
paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- W.W. Norton & Company
- Edition
- Shorter Eighth Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780393937763
- ISBN
- 9780393937763
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 47.99€ 46.44
€ 47.99
€ 46.44
Paperback. With this pair of absurd, comic stories, the author indulges his imagination and delights readers. Series: Little Black Classics. Num Pages: 64 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 163 x 112 x 8. Weight in Grams: 54.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141397528
- ISBN
- 9780141397528
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 5.52
€ 5.52
Paperback. The characters who inhabit Blake's haunting landscape-awash in their own worlds, adrift in their own lives-struggle to salvage what they can of their hopes and dreams from the encroaching tides. Series: Johns Hopkins: Poetry and Fiction. Num Pages: 244 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 159 x 225 x 18. Weight in Grams: 312.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781421421032
- ISBN
- 9781421421032
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 22.19
€ 24.99
€ 22.19
Paperback. A child is found standing on the street, with an empty bucket in her hand, and no memory of her name, her family or her past. Elsewhere, a girl grows up surrounded by familiar faces - a wet nurse, a piano teacher, a gardener, a best friend and a distant mother - but soon finds them slipping mysteriously from her life. Translator(s): Bernofsky, Susan. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 17. Weight in Grams: 176.
- Publisher
- Portobello Books Ltd
- Number of pages
- 192
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781846270581
- ISBN
- 9781846270581
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.78
€ 13.99
€ 10.78
Paperback. Featuring 14 short stories, this collection examines the positive and degenerative influence of the creative spirit on both people's behavior and their relationships with others. Num Pages: 90 pages. BIC Classification: FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 9. Weight in Grams: 127.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Parthian Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 90
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781902638256
- ISBN
- 9781902638256
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.35
€ 10.35
Paperback. From the author of WINTER'S BONE, twelve timeless Ozarkian tales of those on the fringes of society, by the 'least known major writer in the country today' (Denis Lehane, USA Today) Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 127 x 12. Weight in Grams: 126.
- Publisher
- Hodder & Stoughton
- Number of pages
- 176
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781444735789
- ISBN
- 9781444735789
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.09
€ 13.99
€ 11.09
Paperback. Series: Dover Thrift Editions. Num Pages: 112 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 208 x 133 x 7. Weight in Grams: 94.
- Publisher
- Dover Publications Inc.
- Number of pages
- 112
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Edition
- Some Writing
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780486270579
- ISBN
- 9780486270579
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 8.19
€ 8.19
Paperback. Bringing together contributions from major figures and work of Caribbean writers, this collection of short stories is pan-Caribbean, ranging beyond the Anglophone territories to include stories originally published in Spanish, French, and Dutch. Editor(s): Wickham, John; Brown, Stewart. Series: Oxford Books of Prose. Num Pages: 512 pages. BIC Classification: DQ; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 139 x 24. Weight in Grams: 622.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 512
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Edition
- Reissue
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780192802293
- ISBN
- 9780192802293
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 19.32
€ 25.99
€ 19.32
Paperback. Presents the full range of classic English ghost fiction, including some of the very best and most frightening ghost stories ever written. Editor(s): Cox, Michael; Gilbert, R. A. Series: Oxford Books of Prose & Verse. Num Pages: 528 pages. BIC Classification: FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 34. Weight in Grams: 386.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 528
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199556304
- ISBN
- 9780199556304
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 15.96
€ 19.99
€ 15.96
Paperback. A fresh contemporary design for A. S. Byatt's celebrated anthology of English short stories The Oxford Book of English Short Stories.The 37 stories featured here are selected from the 19th and 20th centuries, by authors ranging from Dickens, Trollope, and Hardy to J. G. Ballard, Angela Carter, and Ian McEwan. Editor(s): Byatt, A. S. Series: Oxford Books of Prose & Verse. Num Pages: 472 pages. BIC Classification: DQ; FA; FC; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 28. Weight in Grams: 348.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Number of pages
- 472
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Edition
- Reissue
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199561605
- ISBN
- 9780199561605
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 13.36
€ 16.99
€ 13.36
Paperback. Spanning the centuries from the late eighteenth to the late twentieth, this collection opens with a rumbustious tale from the Marquis de Sade, takes in the masters of the nineteenth century, from Stendhal and Balzac to Maupassant, and reaches to Quebec, Africa, and the French Carribbean in the twentieth century. Editor(s): Fallaize, Elizabeth. Series: Oxford Books of Prose & Verse. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADF; FA; FC; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 129 x 25. Weight in Grams: 280.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 376
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Edition
- Reissue
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199583171
- ISBN
- 9780199583171
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 13.39
€ 16.99
€ 13.39
Paperback. Ireland has always been a nation of story-tellers. This magnificent anthology chronicles the development of a rich literary tradition, from the earliest folk-tales to James Joyce, Liam O'Flaherty, and the rising stars of the new generation. Editor(s): Trevor, William. Series: Oxford Books of Prose & Verse. Num Pages: 592 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FC; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 128 x 35. Weight in Grams: 426 567pp
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Oxford
- Edition
- Reissue
- Number of pages
- 592
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780199583140
- ISBN
- 9780199583140
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 13.08
€ 15.99
€ 13.08
Paperback. The definitive collection of the twentieth century's most characteristic genre-from H.G. Wells's prophetic vision of technological warfare to contemporary cyberspace and up-to-the-minute myths of genetic engineering. Editor(s): Shippey, Tom. Num Pages: 624 pages, bibliography. BIC Classification: DQ; FL; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 37. Weight in Grams: 446.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press, U.S.A.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Edition
- 1st
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780192803818
- ISBN
- 9780192803818
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 14.29
€ 17.99
€ 14.29
Paperback. From tales of the supernatural to pungent social realism, and from the humorous to the disturbing, whether rural or urban, this anthology shows the vitality of the Scottish short story. Editor(s): Dunn, Douglas. Series: Oxford Books of Prose & Verse. Num Pages: 512 pages. BIC Classification: DQ; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 132 x 30. Weight in Grams: 376.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 512
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199556540
- ISBN
- 9780199556540
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 15.91
€ 19.99
€ 15.91
paperback. V. S. Pritchett, one of our greatest short-story writers, has chosen forty-one stories written in the English language for this volume, producing a collection that successfully displays the wealth and variety of an art that spans some 200 years. Editor(s): Pritchett, V. S. Series: Oxford Books of Prose & Verse. Num Pages: 576 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FC; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 128 x 33. Weight in Grams: 412.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Number of pages
- 576
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199583133
- ISBN
- 9780199583133
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 13.39
€ 16.99
€ 13.39
Paperback. Num Pages: 296 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 206 x 135. .
- Publisher
- Peepal Tree Press Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845233488
- ISBN
- 9781845233488
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.69
€ 13.99
€ 11.69
Paperback. No modern Japanese writer was more idolized than Shiga Naoya. This work showcases the art of this writer who is often called "the god of the Japanese short story." Translator(s): Dunlop, Lane. Series: Modern Asian Literature Series. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: 2GJ; DNF; DSBH; DSK; FYB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 130 x 191 x 11. Weight in Grams: 176.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231121576
- ISBN
- 9780231121576
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 22.22
€ 30.99
€ 22.22
Paperback. The first collection of Ken Liu's multi-award-winning science fiction and fantasy short stories. Num Pages: 464 pages. BIC Classification: FL; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 199 x 30. Weight in Grams: 308.
- Publisher
- Head of Zeus
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781784975692
- ISBN
- 9781784975692
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.93
€ 13.99
€ 10.93
Paperback. A collection of interconnected tales devoted to a family living in a fertile valley on the outskirts of Monterey, California, and the effects that one particular family has on them all. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 16. Weight in Grams: 182.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780141186092
- ISBN
- 9780141186092
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 13.91
€ 19.99
€ 13.91
Paperback. Includes twenty-one short stories from some of the best American writers over the last two hundred years that provide a multi-faceted portrait of a country, a people and the literature produced by this most exuberant of nations. Editor(s): Cochrane, James. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: DQ; FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 154 x 197 x 26. Weight in Grams: 322.
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Number of pages
- 432
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- Re-issue
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780241952849
- ISBN
- 9780241952849
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.43
€ 17.99
€ 13.43
Paperback. Editor(s): Zwagerman, Joost. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 592 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 132 x 198 x 29. Weight in Grams: 410.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141395722
- ISBN
- 9780141395722
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.39
€ 17.99
€ 13.39
Paperback. The Golden Age of the English short story lies from its first wide acceptance in the middle of the nineteenth century until the middle of the twentieth, a period when there were a great many outlets in Britain for shorter fictions. This title celebrates this period through some of the most widely known writers of the time. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: DQ; FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 138 x 21. Weight in Grams: 246.
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Number of pages
- 336
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- Re-issue
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780241952856
- ISBN
- 9780241952856
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.47
€ 17.99
€ 13.47
Paperback. A collection of the finest short stories from our best loved authors, including Samuel Beckett, Graham Greene, William Golding, Kingsley Amis, Doris Lessing, Muriel Spark, J G Ballard, William Trevor, Ian McEwan, Martin Amis, Rose Tremain, Salman Rushdie, Graham Swift and Kazuo Ishiguro. Editor(s): Bradbury, Malcolm. Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: DQ; FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 33. Weight in Grams: 328.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 448
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780241952863
- ISBN
- 9780241952863
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 11.88
€ 15.99
€ 11.88