Short stories
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Short stories
Paperback. Explores the buttoned-up world of the British upper classes. This book includes stories, in which, an imaginative teenager gives a visitor the fright of his life, the ordered home of a respectable country gent is rocked to its core, and 'Laura' expresses the hope of revenge via reincarnation. Num Pages: 704 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJC; FC; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 143 x 208 x 40. Weight in Grams: 508.
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781784871918
- ISBN
- 9781784871918
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 11.80
€ 15.99
€ 11.80
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: 554.
- Publisher
- Fourth Estate
- Number of pages
- 784
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Edition
- (Reissue)
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780007242290
- ISBN
- 9780007242290
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 15.99
€ 23.99
€ 15.99
paperback. The second 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: 198 x 129 x 46. Weight in Grams: 562.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Fourth Estate
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780007245765
- ISBN
- 9780007245765
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 15.53
€ 19.99
€ 15.53
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: 882.
- Publisher
- Everyman
- Number of pages
- 955
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Edition
- Later printing
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781857150995
- ISBN
- 9781857150995
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 20.32
€ 30.99
€ 20.32
Paperback. BIC Classification: FC; FYB; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 204 x 184 x 26. Weight in Grams: 480.
- Publisher
- Schocken Books United States
- Number of pages
- 512
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780805210552
- ISBN
- 9780805210552
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 19.99
€ 21.99
€ 19.99
Paperback. With 92 enthralling and pulse-quickening stories spanning five decades, and featuring such classics as Prima Belladonna and The Index, Ballard's "Complete Stories" evokes Kafka and Borges with its ability to render psychosis, modern paranoia, and fantastical creations on the page. Num Pages: 1199 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 154 x 50. Weight in Grams: 1450.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- WW Norton & Co
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780393339291
- ISBN
- 9780393339291
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 39.22
€ 39.22
Paperback / so. Series: Exile Classics. Num Pages: 313 pages. BIC Classification: FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 213 x 140 x 23. Weight in Grams: 386.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Exile Editions Canada
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781550963052
- ISBN
- 9781550963052
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 19.14
€ 19.99
€ 19.14
Paperback / so. Series: Exile Classics. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 211 x 137 x 25. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Exile Editions Canada
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781550963069
- ISBN
- 9781550963069
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 19.38
€ 19.99
€ 19.38
Paperback / so. Series: Exile Classics. Num Pages: 326 pages. BIC Classification: FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 213 x 140 x 25. Weight in Grams: 431.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Exile Editions Canada
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781550963076
- ISBN
- 9781550963076
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 19.45
€ 19.99
€ 19.45
Paperback. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 208 x 133 x 8. Weight in Grams: 220. 208 pages. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: FC; FYB. Dimension: 208 x 133 x 8. Weight: 194.
- Publisher
- Dover Publications Inc.
- Number of pages
- 208
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780486452166
- ISBN
- 9780486452166
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.31
€ 11.99
€ 10.31
Paperback. Reassembles the Charles W Chesnutt's work in the conjure tale genre. This work allows the reader to see how the original volume was created, how an African American author negotiated with the tastes of the dominant literary culture of the late nineteenth century, and how that culture both promoted and delimited his work. Num Pages: 216 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 143 x 15. Weight in Grams: 340.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822313878
- ISBN
- 9780822313878
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 25.05
€ 26.99
€ 25.05
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Tagus
- Number of pages
- 176
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781933227412
- ISBN
- 9781933227412
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 20.39
€ 21.99
€ 20.39
Paperback. This paperback edition brings together novellas and short stories of the celebrated Jewish writer A.B. Yehoshua, including two stories previously unpublished in English. "Mr Mani", which appeared in the previous hardback edition, is now a novel in its own right. Num Pages: 376 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 218 x 146 x 33. Weight in Grams: 766.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Peter Halban Publishers Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 376
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781870015721
- ISBN
- 9781870015721
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 12.52
€ 16.99
€ 12.52
Paperback. A consummate storyteller, the author made fantastic creatures and machines entirely believable; and, by placing ordinary men and women in extraordinary situations, he explored, with humor, what it means to be alive in a century of rapid scientific progress. Editor(s): Parrinder, Patrick. Num Pages: 464 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 20. Weight in Grams: 322.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 464
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141441986
- ISBN
- 9780141441986
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.29
€ 17.99
€ 13.29
Paperback. Translator(s): Obejas, Achy. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 140. .
- Publisher
- Regan Arts United States
- Number of pages
- 128
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781632060228
- ISBN
- 9781632060228
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 15.52
€ 16.99
€ 15.52
Paperback / so. Translator(s): Armstrong, Elizabeth L. BIC Classification: FA; FM; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 193 x 124 x 13. Weight in Grams: 159.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- MerwinAsia United States
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781937385491
- ISBN
- 9781937385491
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.77
€ 30.77
Paperback. A collection of Vargas Llosa's short fiction whose domain is the Peru of male youth and machismo, where life's dramas play themselves out on the soccer field, on the dance floor and on street corners. The author has published many novels, including "The Storyteller". Translator(s): Kolovakos, Gregory; Christ, Ronald J. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 11. Weight in Grams: 133. Good copy with some shelf wear, yellowing of pages
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber London
- Condition
- Used, Good
- SKU
- KKD0010097
- ISBN
- 9780571162123
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good
€ 17.95
€ 17.95
Paperback. Full grown with a long, smoke-coloured beard, requiring the services of a cane and fonder of cigars than warm milk, Benjamin Button is a very curious baby indeed. And, as Benjamin becomes increasingly youthful with the passing years, his family wonders why he persists in the embarrassing folly of living in reverse. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 13. Weight in Grams: 160.
- Edition
- 01st Edition
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Number of pages
- 208
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141190198
- ISBN
- 9780141190198
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 9.46
€ 10.99
€ 9.46
Paperback. 'Most cosmic civilizations long for things, in the depths of their souls, they would never openly admit to..' Trurl and Klapaucius are 'constructors' - they travel around the universe creating machines of astonishing inventiveness and power and visiting a bewildering variety of violent, peculiar and morose civilizations. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 304 pages, 14. BIC Classification: FLC; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 18. Weight in Grams: 224.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141394596
- ISBN
- 9780141394596
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.95
€ 13.99
€ 10.95
Hardcover. Includes semi-autobiographical stories subtly layer the specifics of the Jewish experience with universal dilemmas of childhood, growing up, and old age. Series: Library of Modern Jewish Literature. Num Pages: 186 pages, glossary. BIC Classification: FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 463.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Syracuse University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780815609322
- ISBN
- 9780815609322
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 21.55
€ 21.99
€ 21.55
Paperback. A collection of short stories by the author of An Angel at My Table. Series: VMC. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 133 x 21. Weight in Grams: 218.
- Publisher
- Little, Brown Book Group United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 304
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781844084623
- ISBN
- 9781844084623
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.02
€ 13.99
€ 11.02
Paperback. Num Pages: 232 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 142 x 216 x 16. Weight in Grams: 360.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Gallaudet University Press,U.S. United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781563686030
- ISBN
- 9781563686030
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 17.25
€ 19.99
€ 17.25
Paperback. Tolstoy wrote many masterly short stories, and this volume contains four of the longest and best in distinguished translations that have stood the test of time. Series Editor(s): Carabine, Dr. Keith. Series: Wordsworth Classics. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 2AGR; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 16. Weight in Grams: 188.
- Publisher
- Wordsworth Editions Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781840224535
- ISBN
- 9781840224535
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 6.55
€ 6.55
Paperback. In these six late stories Tolstoy explores human relationships and moral choices, raising profound questions about life in gripping fictional form. 'The Death of Ivan Ilyich' is an existential masterpiece, a harrowing tale of the final illness and death of a bourgeois lawyer. Newly translated, and with a wide-ranging Introduction. Editor(s): Kahn, Andrew. Translator(s): Slater, Nicolas Pasternak. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYB; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 13. Weight in Grams: 196.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199669882
- ISBN
- 9780199669882
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.79
€ 11.99
€ 10.79