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Short stories

Paperback. John Tripp (1927-1986) was one of the leading literary figures in Wales. Poet, short story writer, and journalist, he was an outspoken and often controversial writer whose passion and vigour often spilled over. This book features a collection of his writings. Editor(s): Curtis, Tony. Num Pages: 445 pages. BIC Classification: DCF; DN; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 201 x 130 x 32. Weight in Grams: 444.
Publisher
Parthian Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
445
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9781906998189
ISBN
9781906998189
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 13.39

Paperback. Num Pages: 224 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: FC; FYB; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 175 x 107 x 13. Weight in Grams: 112.
Format
Paperback
Publisher
Bantam Classics
Number of pages
224
Publication date
1972
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780553213690
ISBN
9780553213690
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 8.99
€ 7.79

Paperback. This new translation includes Kafka's most famous story, The Metamorphosis, together with two other stories, The Judgement and In the Penal Colony, and Meditation and the autobiographical Letter to his Father. The edition includes a detailed introduction, notes, and other helpful items. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYB; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 128 x 15. Weight in Grams: 158.
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
208
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Edition
Critical ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199238552
ISBN
9780199238552
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.25

Paperback. Translator(s): Appelbaum, Stanley. Series: Dover Thrift Editions. Num Pages: 96 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYB; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 209 x 134 x 7. Weight in Grams: 84. Series: Dover Thrift S. 96 pages. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: FC; FYB; FYT. Dimension: 209 x 134 x 7. Weight: 88. Translator(s): Appelbaum, Stanley.
Publisher
Dover Publications Inc.
Number of pages
96
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Edition
New
Condition
New
SKU
V9780486290300
ISBN
9780486290300
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 6.57

Paperback. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 129 x 17. Weight in Grams: 238.
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
336
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199540426
ISBN
9780199540426
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.25

Paperback. Stories in The Missing Woman circle around women who are either literally missing or who are missing some metaphorical piece of themselves. Burns asks questions about balance - safety with adventure - dreams with practicality - grief with joy - and challenges the reader to take a journey, make choices.. Num Pages: 250 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 205 x 130 x 22. Weight in Grams: 188.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Parthian Books
Condition
New
SKU
V9781910409664
ISBN
9781910409664
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 12.40

Paperback. Series: Persephone book. Num Pages: 336 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 193 x 140 x 29. Weight in Grams: 444.
Publisher
Persephone Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
336
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Edition
New ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9781903155158
ISBN
9781903155158
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 19.30

Paperback. With passions hopelessly conceived, affections betrayed, marriages made and broken, this title includes stories in which the joys, fears, loves and awakenings of women echo throughout, laying bare the unexceptional and yet inescapable pain of human contact. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 126 x 17. Weight in Grams: 186.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Condition
New
SKU
9780099458364
ISBN
9780099458364
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.45

Paperback. A collection of short stories from an award-winning writer. The characters in these stories are driven by paranoia and doubts, as well as hopes and fears of things only half-glimpsed. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 192 x 124 x 21. Weight in Grams: 224.
Condition
Used, Good
Edition
Main
Publisher
Canongate Books Ltd
Number of pages
304
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
SKU
KST0006822
ISBN
9781841958088
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. .
Publisher
Pariah Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780993037801
ISBN
9780993037801
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 12.60

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
New Africa Books (Pty) Ltd South Africa
Number of pages
160
Condition
New
SKU
V9780864863133
ISBN
9780864863133
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 12.36

Paperback. Editor(s): Kennedy, J. Gerald. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 17. Weight in Grams: 238.
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
336
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199540471
ISBN
9780199540471
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.78

Hardcover. Winner of the 2011 Drue Heinz Literature Prize Told in precise, evocative prose that skewers the heart of the matter time after time, these memorable stories view and illuminate the human condition from a compelling, funny and entirely original perspective. Num Pages: 120 pages. BIC Classification: FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 456.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
University of Pittsburgh Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822944102
ISBN
9780822944102
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 25.30

Paperback. Series: Dover Thrift Editions. Num Pages: 128 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: FC; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 132 x 9. Weight in Grams: 108. Series: Dover Thrift S. 128 pages, illustrations. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: FC; FYB. Dimension: 210 x 132 x 9. Weight: 108.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Dover Publications Inc.
Edition
New edition
Number of pages
128
Condition
New
SKU
V9780486270647
ISBN
9780486270647
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 8.23

An abridged version of a collection originally published in 1961, the 42 stories here are written by Jewish writers of the 20th century, including Sholem Aleichem, Abraham Raisin and Joseph Opotashu. They offer a testament to the mother tongue through the trials of Americanization. Illustrator(s): Craft, Dana. Editor(s): Goodman, Henry. Translator(s): Goodman, Henry. Series: Judaic Traditions in Literature, Music and Art. Num Pages: 208 pages, 3 photographs, 9 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ACY; 3JJ; FYB; HBJK; HBLW; JFFN; JFSR1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 526.
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Syracuse University Press United States
Edition
Abridged ed
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9780815606697
ISBN
9780815606697
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 26.32

Paperback. Murder, corruption, blackmail. All these are part of someone else's world, not part of the everyday lives of ordinary people..or are they? This is a collection of sinister stories from the bestselling author who won "The Sunday Times" Literary Award for 1990. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: FF; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 177 x 121 x 12. Weight in Grams: 102.
Publisher
Cornerstone United Kingdom
Number of pages
176
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099470304
ISBN
9780099470304
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 14.11

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
€ 11.02

Paperback. Short stories of hardscrabble lives in the Carolina foothills, sharing anew the early fiction from an acclaimed storyteller Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 10. Weight in Grams: 227.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
University of South Carolina Press
Edition
Revised ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9781611175141
ISBN
9781611175141
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 19.13

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

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

Hardcover. Num Pages: 164 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 136 x 201 x 22. Weight in Grams: 356.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Fantagraphics
Condition
New
SKU
V9781606998472
ISBN
9781606998472
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 21.58

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
€ 22.11

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
€ 10.74

Hardcover. Series: Pitt Drue Heinz Lit Prize. Num Pages: 184 pages. BIC Classification: FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 211 x 145 x 20. Weight in Grams: 318.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
University of Pittsburgh Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822944294
ISBN
9780822944294
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 25.42

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