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Short stories
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
€ 82.81€ 64.29
€ 82.81
€ 64.29
Hardback. Editor(s): Jayyusi, Salma Khadra. Num Pages: 400 pages, Please figure on drawing one simple map of the Arab world. BIC Classification: DQ; FC; FYB; FYT. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 36. Weight in Grams: 700.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231149228
- ISBN
- 9780231149228
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 112.39€ 85.82
€ 112.39
€ 85.82
Hardback. Translator(s): Balcom, John. Series: Modern Chinese Literature from Taiwan. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 140 x 25. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231147347
- ISBN
- 9780231147347
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.27
€ 40.99
€ 29.27
Hardback. Depicts the violence, chaos, and dark comedy of China in the post-Mao era. This book offers an account of the often hedonistic individualism that is taking root. It depicts a spiritually bankrupt society, periodically rocked by spasms of uncontrolled violence. It presents a story about casual sex in a provincial city. Translator(s): Lovell, Julia. Series: Weatherhead Books on Asia. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; FYB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 220 x 151 x 23. Weight in Grams: 390. And Other Stories of China. Series: Weatherhead Books on Asia. 256 pages. Depicts the violence, chaos, and dark comedy of China in the post-Mao era. This book offers an account of the often hedonistic individualism that is taking root. It depicts a spiritually bankrupt society, periodically rocked by spasms of uncontrolled violence. It presents a story about casual sex in a provincial city. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1FPC; FYB. Dimension: 220 x 151 x 23. Weight: 390. Translator(s): Lovell, Julia.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231136945
- ISBN
- 9780231136945
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.28
€ 40.99
€ 29.28
Paperback. No modern Japanese writer was more idolized than Shiga Naoya. This work showcases the art of this writer who is often called "the god of the Japanese short story." Translator(s): Dunlop, Lane. Series: Modern Asian Literature Series. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: 2GJ; DNF; DSBH; DSK; FYB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 130 x 191 x 11. Weight in Grams: 176.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231121576
- ISBN
- 9780231121576
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 22.22
€ 30.99
€ 22.22
Hardback. These twelve stories represent the best work of respected "nativist" writer Cheng Ch'ing-wen and encompass his major themes: the tensions between men and women, parents and children, city and village, tradition and modernity. Series: Modern Chinese Literature from Taiwan. Num Pages: 240 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 23. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231113861
- ISBN
- 9780231113861
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 99.37€ 76.26
€ 99.37
€ 76.26
Paperback. This volume features 63 short stories spanning five decades including "Girls in their Summer Dresses", "Sailor Off the Bremen" and "The Eighty-Yard Run". Series: Phoenix Fiction S. Num Pages: 764 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 153 x 41. Weight in Grams: 1016.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226751283
- ISBN
- 9780226751283
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 26.02
€ 32.99
€ 26.02
Paperback. "The Constance Garnett translation has been revised throughout by the editor." Translator(s): Garnett, C. Num Pages: 352 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: FC; FYB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 137 x 202 x 24. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1985
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226300696
- ISBN
- 9780226300696
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 28.88
€ 35.99
€ 28.88
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
€ 27.99
€ 22.64
Paperback. Follows the interactions of a socially insecure, pun-loving family man, an officious lady caseworker from an adoption agency, and a chauvinist pig - all suburban neighbors who know far too much about one another's private lives in this goofy and gently hilarious tale of marital quibbles. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 133 x 203 x 18. Weight in Grams: 354.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226171067
- ISBN
- 9780226171067
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 20.25
€ 24.99
€ 20.25
Paperback. These fantasies and true-to-life fables were created by Oscar Wilde for his own sons. Here is the tale of the Prince who is not as happy as he seems, of the Selfish Giant who learns how to love children, and of the Star-Child who suffers bitter trials when he rejects his parents. Series: Wordsworth Children's Classics. Num Pages: 80 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYB; YFA; YFU. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (J) Children / Juvenile. Dimension: 199 x 132 x 5. Weight in Grams: 62. Clean copy with minor shelf wear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- Wordsworth Editions
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KAC0003066
- ISBN
- 9781853261237
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
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. Num Pages: 300 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130. Weight in Grams: 190.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2018
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- KTG0014229
- ISBN
- 9780007517367
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FV; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 127. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- New Directions Publishing Corporation
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Reprint
- SKU
- V9780811225526
- ISBN
- 9780811225526
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 17.47
€ 18.99
€ 17.47
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
€ 24.99€ 22.10
€ 24.99
€ 22.10
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
€ 37.99€ 37.91
€ 37.99
€ 37.91
Paperback. Num Pages: 282 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 133 x 203 x 18. Weight in Grams: 240.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Random House USA Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 282
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780307277824
- ISBN
- 9780307277824
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 19.97
€ 24.99
€ 19.97
Paperback. Bookish boys and taciturn men, strong women and wayward sons, fathers and daughters, lovers and husbands, a composer and his muse, a builder-architect and his legacy - this title presents their stories. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 193 x 130 x 17. Weight in Grams: 188. Good clean copy with minor shelf wear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Vintage
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KAC0001592
- ISBN
- 9780099502586
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Ranges from the northern plains of Montana to the streets of Paris and the suburbs of Chicago. The tragedies that stalk the characters are unfolded with an indelible wit and clarity. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 19. Weight in Grams: 184.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780747585275
- ISBN
- 9780747585275
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 13.87
€ 18.99
€ 13.87
Paperback. Mines literary gold from the wind-scrubbed landscape of the American West - and from the guarded hopes and gnawing loneliness of the people who live there. This is a story collection about ordinary women, men and children. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 17. Weight in Grams: 212.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780747585251
- ISBN
- 9780747585251
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.38
€ 13.99
€ 10.38