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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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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 collection of eight chilling stories by the author of 'The Birds' and 'Don't Look Now', introduced by Sally Beauman Series: Virago Modern Classics. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 126 x 21. Weight in Grams: 242.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Virago
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781844085750
- ISBN
- 9781844085750
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 12.99€ 10.45
€ 12.99
€ 10.45
Paperback. A collection of stories, in which moments of change, chance encounters, the twist of fate leads a person to a new way of thinking or being. It presents a radiant, indelible portrait of just how dangerous and strange ordinary life can be. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 131 x 21. Weight in Grams: 244.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- Thames & Hudson Ltd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780500300343
- ISBN
- 9780500300343
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 12.99€ 10.45
€ 12.99
€ 10.45
Paperback. The stories in 'The Coast of Good Intentions' evoke the landscape of the Pacific Northwest with impressive ease - crab factories, cranberry bogs, the fog-shrouded shore, the Seattle skyline. Here are ordinary lives in all their messy, unresolved glory. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 197 x 13. Weight in Grams: 136. 163pp
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Publisher
- Granta Books
- Number of pages
- 176
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- SKU
- KNW0007114
- ISBN
- 9781862076495
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 5.49
€ 5.49
Paperback. Num Pages: 560 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 106 x 177 x 33. Weight in Grams: 276.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Bantam
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- Reissue
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804179720
- ISBN
- 9780804179720
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.09
€ 11.09
Paperback. Num Pages: 528 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: FF; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 106 x 175 x 34. Weight in Grams: 262.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Bantam
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804179751
- ISBN
- 9780804179751
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.02
€ 11.02
Paperback. BIC Classification: FJW; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 107 x 175 x 34. Weight in Grams: 254.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Bantam
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804179799
- ISBN
- 9780804179799
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 9.99€ 9.35
€ 9.99
€ 9.35
Paperback. Katherine Mansfield's clear and perceptive short stories revolutionized the genre. This collection represents the whole range of her writing from short sharp studies to longer, richer tales, encompassing her three major volumes Bliss, The Garden Party and In a German Pension, along with fifteen unfinished stories published after her death. Num Pages: 816 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FC; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 129 x 197 x 36. Weight in Grams: 554.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780141441818
- ISBN
- 9780141441818
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 13.91
€ 19.99
€ 13.91
Paperback. Since the publication of "Self-Help", her first collection of stories, Lorrie Moore has been hailed as one of the greatest and most influential voices in American fiction. This title gathers together her complete stories and also includes: "Paper Losses", "The Juniper Tree", and "Debarking". Num Pages: 672 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 129 x 46. Weight in Grams: 522.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780571239368
- ISBN
- 9780571239368
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.87
€ 14.99
€ 11.87
paperback. Fairy tales, ghost stories, detective fiction and comedies of manners - the stories collected in this volume made Oscar Wilde's name as a writer of fiction, showing skill in a range of literary styles. The stories include: "The Canterville Ghost", "The Model Millionaire" and "The Happy Prince". Editor(s): Small, Ian. Num Pages: 320 pages, chronology, notes. BIC Classification: DQ; FC; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 128 x 19. Weight in Grams: 238.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Penguin Classics
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780141439693
- ISBN
- 9780141439693
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 9.75
€ 19.99
€ 9.75
Paperback. Collects adult short stories, in which the author begins by using his experiences in the war to write fiction. In 27 stories, written between 1944 and 1953, this title includes tales such as 'Man from the South'; 'Lamb to the Slaughter'; and 'The Sound Machine'. Num Pages: 624 pages, portraits (black and white). BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 28. Weight in Grams: 430.
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781405910101
- ISBN
- 9781405910101
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 13.64
€ 16.99
€ 13.64
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Simon & Schuster United States
- Edition
- Book Club (BCE/BOMC)
- Number of pages
- 672
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780684843322
- ISBN
- 9780684843322
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 22.16
€ 23.99
€ 22.16
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: 550.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Fourth Estate
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780007242290
- ISBN
- 9780007242290
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 13.83
€ 19.99
€ 13.83
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
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€ 19.91
€ 21.99
€ 19.91
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: 886.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- Everyman
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781857150995
- ISBN
- 9781857150995
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 22.99€ 18.89
€ 22.99
€ 18.89
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
€ 38.69
€ 38.69
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. "Rebhorn deserves our gratitude for an eminently persuasive translation.. I celebrate his accomplishment."-Edith Grossman Translator(s): Rebhorn, Wayne A. Num Pages: 1024 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 143 x 211 x 47. Weight in Grams: 802.
- Publisher
- WW Norton & Co
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780393350265
- ISBN
- 9780393350265
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 17.62
€ 18.99
€ 17.62