Short stories
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Short stories
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
€ 16.99€ 15.42
€ 16.99
€ 15.42
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€ 9.20
€ 10.99
€ 9.20
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
€ 26.99
€ 18.92
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€ 19.49
€ 20.99
€ 19.49
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
€ 13.99
€ 9.99
Paperback. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 137 x 12. Weight in Grams: 180.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1969
- Publisher
- New Directions Publishing Corporation United States
- Edition
- 3 Rev ed
- Number of pages
- 144
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780811201902
- ISBN
- 9780811201902
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 14.66
€ 15.99
€ 14.66
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€ 16.71
€ 24.99
€ 16.71
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
€ 14.99
€ 11.14
Paperback. Translator(s): Hingley, Ronald. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYB; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 129 x 17. Weight in Grams: 200.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 272
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Edition
- Reissue
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199553891
- ISBN
- 9780199553891
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.00€ 11.84
€ 13.00
€ 11.84
paperback. Editor(s): Daley, Ian. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 15. Weight in Grams: 177.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Route United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781901927108
- ISBN
- 9781901927108
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.27
€ 10.27
Paperback. Num Pages: 174 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 204 x 140 x 11. Weight in Grams: 230.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Caitlin Press Canada
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 174
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781894759403
- ISBN
- 9781894759403
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 12.60
€ 16.99
€ 12.60
Paperback. The Longman Caribbean Writers Series comprises of many classic novels, short stories and plays by the best known Caribbean authors, together with works of the highest quality from new writers. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB; YFU; YQEF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 191 x 127 x 11. Weight in Grams: 216.
- Publisher
- Pearson Education Limited United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 208
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1987
- Edition
- 4 Rev ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780582642614
- ISBN
- 9780582642614
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.05
€ 18.05
Paperback. Kurt Vonnegut's first and last works come together for the first time in print, in a collection aptly titled after his famous phrase, We Are What We Pretend To Be. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 206 x 143 x 13. Weight in Grams: 188.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Vanguard Press
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 176
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780306822780
- ISBN
- 9780306822780
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 16.74
€ 19.99
€ 16.74
Paperback. The final volume in the definitive collection of stories by the greatest science fiction writer of the twentieth century Series: The Collected Stories. Num Pages: 416 pages, 3d. BIC Classification: FL; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 27. Weight in Grams: 284.
- Edition
- New Ed
- Publisher
- Gollancz
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781857989489
- ISBN
- 9781857989489
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 5.70
€ 11.99
€ 5.70
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Citadel
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780806537986
- ISBN
- 9780806537986
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 16.61
€ 16.99
€ 16.61
Paperback. A young video shop assistant exchanges the home comforts of one mother-figure for a fleeting encounter with another; a brother and sister find themselves at the bottom of a coal mine with a Japanese tourist; a Welsh stag on a debauched weekend in Dublin confesses an unimaginable truth; and more. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 129 x 21. Weight in Grams: 226.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780571317028
- ISBN
- 9780571317028
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 12.99€ 5.47
€ 12.99
€ 5.47
Hardcover. Presents comic wedding mishaps, engagements broken and mended, honeymoon adventures, and scenes both heartwarming and heartbreaking. This book covers glamorous weddings in Paris and New York, and more eccentric ones in the Wild West and on a remote island beach. It features nervous brides, forgetful grooms, second thoughts, and second chances. Series: Everyman's Library Pocket Classics. Num Pages: 408 pages. BIC Classification: FR; FYB; WJW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 188 x 124 x 28. Weight in Grams: 430.
- Publisher
- Everyman
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781841596235
- ISBN
- 9781841596235
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 13.00€ 11.80
€ 13.00
€ 11.80
Paperback. From riffs on country music, George Bush, and his mother's midnight mania, to a bittersweet tribute to a dead friend, this book demonstrates why Kurt Vonnegut is equally well known as an essayist and commentator as he is a novelist. It resonates with Vonnegut's singular voice. Num Pages: 672 pages. BIC Classification: DNF; DQ; FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 42. Weight in Grams: 464.
- Publisher
- Vintage Classics
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099387817
- ISBN
- 9780099387817
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 13.37
€ 19.99
€ 13.37
Paperback. Translator(s): Bromfield, Andrew. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 132 x 17. Weight in Grams: 240.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- New Directions Publishing Corporation United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780811218603
- ISBN
- 9780811218603
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 17.07
€ 18.99
€ 17.07
Paperback. Wessex Tales was the first collection of Hardy's short stories, and they reflect the experience of a novelist at the height of his powers. Series Editor(s): Carabine, Dr. Keith. Series: Wordsworth Classics. Num Pages: 224 pages, maps. BIC Classification: FC; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 13. Weight in Grams: 154.
- Publisher
- Wordsworth Editions Ltd
- Number of pages
- 224
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Edition
- New edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781853262692
- ISBN
- 9781853262692
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 6.31
€ 6.31