Short stories
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Short stories
Paperback. A parrot who speaks of love, a police dog who's a Buddhist, a microbe with an inferiority complex, a chameleon hoping to find himself, a scorpion with the fastest sting in the West? Viskovitz is each of these animals and many more; yet it is the human condition with all its highs and lows which is portrayed in these hilarious metamorphoses. Translator(s): Casey, John. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 185 x 128 x 12. Weight in Grams: 116. 160 pages. Viskovitz is each of these animals and many more; yet it is the human condition with all its highs and lows which is portrayed in these hilarious metamorphoses. You're an Animal Viskovitz is a whirlwind of ironic fables, a tour de force of comic inventiveness and intelligence unlike anything that you have read before. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: FYB. Dimension: 185 x 128 x 12. Weight: 116.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Canongate Books
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781841954936
- ISBN
- 9781841954936
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Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.74
€ 13.99
€ 10.74
Paperback. Set in a disturbing dreamlike version of Regency London, this story features a young italian clockmaker who contrives a magical means, not only of repairing time, but also of unlocking the mechanism of sexual happiness. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 130 x 14. Weight in Grams: 156.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- Vintage
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780749396985
- ISBN
- 9780749396985
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Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.45
€ 13.99
€ 10.45
Paperback. This edition includes a critical introduction and an extensive collection of historical documents relating to the composition and reception of the novel, the social implications of England's shift from a rural agrarian to an urban industrial economy, the role of women in provincial society. Emma is on HSC syllabus. Editor(s): Samuelian, Kristin Flieger. Series: Broadview Editions. Num Pages: 453 pages. BIC Classification: FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 490.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Broadview Press Ltd
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781551113210
- ISBN
- 9781551113210
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Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 16.11
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€ 16.11
Paperback. Ireland has always been a nation of story-tellers. This magnificent anthology chronicles the development of a rich literary tradition, from the earliest folk-tales to James Joyce, Liam O'Flaherty, and the rising stars of the new generation. Editor(s): Trevor, William. Series: Oxford Books of Prose & Verse. Num Pages: 592 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FC; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 128 x 35. Weight in Grams: 426 567pp
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Oxford
- Edition
- Reissue
- Number of pages
- 592
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780199583140
- ISBN
- 9780199583140
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 12.17
€ 14.99
€ 12.17
Paperback. Contains stories that feature tormented individuals who play out their doom in various odd little towns. This collection introduces readers to a community of artists who encounter demonic perils that ultimately engulf their lives. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FK; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 193 x 133 x 19. Weight in Grams: 200.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Virgin Books
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780753513743
- ISBN
- 9780753513743
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Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 13.73
€ 15.99
€ 13.73
Paperback. Num Pages: 467 pages. BIC Classification: FKC; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 150 x 217 x 24. Weight in Grams: 532.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1964
- Publisher
- Dover Publications
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780486204154
- ISBN
- 9780486204154
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.55
€ 17.55
Paperback. Short Stories and Poems. Series: Dover Thrift Editions. 224 pages. Editor(s): Blaisdell, Bob. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: DCQ; DQ; FC; FYB; HBWJ. Dimension: 131 x 209 x 15. Weight: 178.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Dover Publications Inc.
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780486482262
- ISBN
- 9780486482262
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 5.70
€ 5.70
Paperback.
- Publication date
- 1954
- Publisher
- Del Rey Books
- Edition
- Reissue
- Number of pages
- 528
- Condition
- New
- Format
- Paperback
- SKU
- V9780440378648
- ISBN
- 9780440378648
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 11.60
€ 11.99
€ 11.60
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
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€ 6.23
Paperback. Editor(s): McLaughlin, Robert L. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 142 x 21. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Dalkey Archive Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781564781857
- ISBN
- 9781564781857
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 6.23
€ 19.99
€ 6.23
Paperback. New York is a city of writers. And when the city was attacked on 9/11, its writers began to do what writers do, they began to look and feel and think and write. This book gathers a multi-hued range of voices that convey, with immediacy and imagination, the shock and loss suffered in September. Editor(s): Baer, Ulrich. Num Pages: 344 pages, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JM; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 220 x 121 x 18. Weight in Grams: 358.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Edition
- New edition
- Number of pages
- 344
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814799352
- ISBN
- 9780814799352
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 27.31
€ 30.99
€ 27.31
Paperback. Here are his notorious First Nation narratives of indigenous Canadians, and a literary homage to J. D. Salinger. Alongside the "real" story of the 1951 Giants and the afterlife of Roberto Clemente, are the legends of a pirated radio station and a hockey game rigged by tribal magic. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FM; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 156 x 47. Weight in Grams: 471.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Tachyon Publications
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781616961879
- ISBN
- 9781616961879
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 6.23
€ 13.99
€ 6.23
Hardback. Suitable for those who is, has ever been, or might one day be married. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 181 x 136 x 16. Weight in Grams: 212. Clean copy with minor shelf wear
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Canongate Books
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KMK0007103
- ISBN
- 9780857868497
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Series: Dover Thrift Editions. Num Pages: 80 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 207 x 222 x 7. Weight in Grams: 74.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Dover Publications Inc.
- Number of pages
- 80
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780486419251
- ISBN
- 9780486419251
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 5.46
€ 5.46
Paperback. Series: Dover Thrift Editions. Num Pages: 112 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FC; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 208 x 131 x 8. Weight in Grams: 94. Series: Thrift Editions. 112 pages. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: FA; FC; FYB. Dimension: 208 x 131 x 8. Weight: 94.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Dover Publications Inc.
- Edition
- Unabridged
- Number of pages
- 112
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780486275529
- ISBN
- 9780486275529
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 7.44
€ 7.44
Hardback. A collection of dark, funny short stories: Miranda July channelling Beyonce.. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 145 x 282 x 23. Weight in Grams: 338. Fine clean copy in good dust wrapper
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Simon & Schuster Ltd
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KCW0003736
- ISBN
- 9781471153792
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Includes tales such as 'The Steadfast Tin Soldier' and 'Big Klaus and Little Klaus'. Series: Penguin Little Black Classics. Num Pages: 64 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 162 x 113 x 7. Weight in Grams: 54. Clean copy with damage to cover but pages remain ini very good condition
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Edition
- 01st Edition
- Condition
- Used, Good
- Format
- Paperback
- SKU
- KEA0000181
- ISBN
- 9780141398044
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Set in 1797, Billy Budd is a tale of satanic treachery, tragedy and great pathos that explores human relationships and the inherently ambiguous nature of man-made justice. Series Editor(s): Carabine, Dr. Keith. Series: Wordsworth Classics. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 128 x 17. Weight in Grams: 208. Used paperback in very good condition. May have some light shelfwear.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Wordsworth Editions
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KRF2232033
- ISBN
- 9781853267499
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 10.99€ 4.99
€ 10.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. A collection of stories by a young American writer. They are centred around the Orthodox Jewish community and span the Jewish experience from the Holocaust and Stalin's Russia to modern-day New York and Jerusalem. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 128 x 19. Weight in Grams: 252. Used paperback in very good condition. May have some light shelfwear.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KRF2232015
- ISBN
- 9780571201310
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 10.99€ 4.99
€ 10.99
€ 4.99
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
€ 20.99
€ 19.13
Paperback. Translator(s): Searls, Damion. Num Pages: 208 pages, black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 125 x 203 x 14. Weight in Grams: 252.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- NYRB Classics
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781590176726
- ISBN
- 9781590176726
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.57
€ 17.99
€ 13.57
Paperback. Whether it is taking a troublesome cow to be mated with a prime bull; dealing with a rat-infested hayrick; learning the ways and means of maggot farming; or describing the fine art of poaching pheasants using nothing but raisins and sleeping pills, the author brings his stories of everyday country folk and their strange passions to life. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 135 x 197 x 13. Weight in Grams: 136.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780241955734
- ISBN
- 9780241955734
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 9.70
€ 10.99
€ 9.70
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. Taking you on a trip to the shopping malls and theme parks and enviromental hazards that lie just around the chronological corner, this book introduces you to a gang of misfits and losers struggling to survive in an increasingly haywire world. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 198 x 19. Weight in Grams: 150.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781784871291
- ISBN
- 9781784871291
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 9.75
€ 11.99
€ 9.75