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Paperback. Translator(s): Garnett, C. Num Pages: 302 pages. BIC Classification: 2AGR; DSK; FC; FYB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 203 x 133 x 16. Weight in Grams: 332. 302 pages. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. BIC Classification: 2AGR; DSK; FC; FYB. Dimension: 203 x 133 x 16. Weight: 322. Translator(s): Garnett, C.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1985
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Edition
Reprint
Number of pages
302
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226300689
ISBN
9780226300689
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 22.64

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
€ 25.29

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together novellas and short stories of the celebrated Jewish writer A.B. Yehoshua, including two stories previously unpublished in English.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
€ 12.60

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
€ 13.39

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

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
€ 9.47

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
€ 11.02

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
€ 11.08

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
€ 17.39

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

€ 6.31

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
€ 10.26

Hardback. Translator(s): Jalil, Intizar. Num Pages: 232 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 127 x 20. Weight in Grams: 363.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Seagull Books London Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
SKU
V9780857423931
ISBN
9780857423931
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 20.64

Paperback. An anthology of Decadent short stories reflecting a variety of fin-de-siecle themes. It showcases the short story as the most attractive medium through which writers experiment with Decadent themes and styles. It stresses the role of the magazine culture in the unprecedented explosion of the Decadent short story in the 1890s. Editor(s): Boyiopoulos, Kostas; Choi, Yoonjoung; Tildesley, Matthew Brinton. Num Pages: 432 pages, 12 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: DQ; FC; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 157 x 235 x 26. Weight in Grams: 718.
Publisher
EDINBURGH UNIVERSITY PRESS
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748692149
ISBN
9780748692149
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.99
€ 35.11

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

€ 17.99
€ 17.59

Paperback. Translator(s): Waldman, Guido. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 752 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADT; 3H; DNF; DSBB; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 130 x 36. Weight in Grams: 514.
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
752
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199540419
ISBN
9780199540419
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 12.60

Paperback. Editor(s): Kaus, Jan. Translator(s): Dickens, Eric. Series: Dedalus Literary Fiction Anthologies. Num Pages: 344 pages. BIC Classification: DQ; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 166 x 26. Weight in Grams: 322.
Publisher
Dedalus Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
344
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9781903517956
ISBN
9781903517956
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 13.45

paperback. Num Pages: 350 pages. BIC Classification: FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 127 x 25. Weight in Grams: 334.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Dedalus Limited United Kingdom
Edition
Ist
Number of pages
350
Condition
New
SKU
V9781903517857
ISBN
9781903517857
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 13.44

Paperback. Editor(s): Shirane, Haruo. Translator(s): Watson, Burton. Series: Translations from the Asian Classics. Num Pages: 160 pages, 8 illus. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; DQ; FC; FYB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 162 x 21. Weight in Grams: 242. Series: Translations from the Asian Classics. 160 pages. Editor(s): Shirane, Haruo. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; DQ; FC; FYB. Dimension: 236 x 162 x 21. Weight: 248. Translator(s): Watson, Burton.
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Number of pages
160
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231152457
ISBN
9780231152457
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 20.52

Hardback. Editor(s): Shirane, Haruo. Translator(s): Watson, Burton. Series: Translations from the Asian Classics. Num Pages: 160 pages, 8 illus. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; DQ; FC; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 214 x 172 x 17. Weight in Grams: 352.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
160
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231152440
ISBN
9780231152440
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 82.89
€ 64.29

Paperback. Includes stories such as: The Diamond as Big as the Ritz, The Cut-Glass Bowl, May Day, The Rich Boy, Crazy Sunday, An Alcoholic Case, The Lees of Happiness, The Lost Decade and Babylon Revisited. Series Editor(s): Carabine, Dr. Keith. Series: Wordsworth Classics. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 237 x 128 x 15. Weight in Grams: 158.
Publisher
Wordsworth Edition
Number of pages
240
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9781853262128
ISBN
9781853262128
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 6.31

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