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Short stories

Paperback. A traveler shuts himself up in his hotel room, with no-one but room service to talk to; a teenager stalks her long-lost father; a journalist interviews a great poet with a dark past; a woman pursues a doomed liaison with an anonymous man she meets once a month at the casino; and a bar lady locked in with the regulars at night.. Translator(s): Gramich, Eluned. Num Pages: 250 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 205 x 128 x 14. Weight in Grams: 208.
Publisher
Parthian Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781910409633
ISBN
9781910409633
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 12.36

Paperback. Twelve stories are representative of the tragic, melodramatic, sentimental, pathetic, and comic aspects of Balzac's art and testify to his keen sense of irony when observing the human condition. Translator(s): Raphael, Sylvia. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 17. Weight in Grams: 214.
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1977
Edition
Edition Unstated
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140443257
ISBN
9780140443257
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.47

Pamphlet. Translator(s): Angles, Jeffrey. Series: Keshiki. Num Pages: 48 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 140 x 4. .
Publisher
UEA Publishing Project
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781911343011
ISBN
9781911343011
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 9.99
€ 9.10

Paperback. Commissioned by George R.R. Martin and Gardner Dozois, these tales of dangerous women by the most stellar names in fiction are available for the first time in three-volume paperback. George R.R. Martin is the bestselling author of A Song of Ice and Fire, the inspiration for HBO's hit series GAME OF THRONES. Editor(s): Martin, George R. R.; Dozois, Gardner. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FM; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 196 x 19. Weight in Grams: 218.
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
0th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780007549436
ISBN
9780007549436
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 9.91

Paperback.
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Penguin
Number of pages
304
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Edition
New Ed
SKU
KNW0014461
ISBN
9780141006536
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 17.95

Paperback. Features four tales of seduction and suspense such as The Visitor, Bitch, The Great Switcheroo and The Last Act. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 139 x 197 x 14. Weight in Grams: 150.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
208
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
Reissue
Condition
New
SKU
V9780241955727
ISBN
9780241955727
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.08

Paperback.
Publisher
The American University in Cairo Press Egypt
Number of pages
224
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Condition
New
SKU
V9789774248108
ISBN
9789774248108
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.07

Paperback.
Publisher
Luath Press Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
196
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781842820773
ISBN
9781842820773
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.49

Paperback. Set in contemporary Bombay and other cities, this is a collection of 11 short stories that reflect Desai's skill for evoking the full flavour of Indian life. The colours, smells and sounds, as well as some intensely individual characters, are here. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 10. Weight in Grams: 110.
Publisher
Vintage
Number of pages
144
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099428534
ISBN
9780099428534
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.29

Paperback. A collection of stories, in which, a husband and wife wait for a train as their relationship unspools silently around them, a woman contemplates the idea of her lover dying as she queues in a bank, and an almost impossibly uncomfortably lunch culminates in a passionate kiss. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 130 x 16. Weight in Grams: 170.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099587422
ISBN
9780099587422
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 17.67

Paperback. Includes such characters as: a frustrated housewife who is seeking extreme experience or a young woman contemplating the death of her lover, dark devices and desires rise to the surface. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 125 x 14. Weight in Grams: 164.
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Number of pages
208
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571230181
ISBN
9780571230181
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.73

Paperback. Ranging from the 1850s through two world wars to the present, and from Canada to Brisbane, the Balkans and the Somme, this title includes dazzling stories that reveal the secrets of unconventional women who refuse to be contained. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 201 x 129 x 20. Weight in Grams: 224.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099459712
ISBN
9780099459712
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.08

Paperback. Num Pages: 160 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: FC; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 202 x 130 x 8. Weight in Grams: 156.
Publisher
Dover Publications Inc. United States
Number of pages
160
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780486490908
ISBN
9780486490908
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 9.77

Pamphlet. Translator(s): Barton, Polly. Series: Keshiki. Num Pages: 48 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 140 x 4. .
Publisher
UEA Publishing Project
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781911343073
ISBN
9781911343073
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 9.99
€ 9.14

Paperback. John Tripp (1927-1986) was one of the leading literary figures in Wales. Poet, short story writer, and journalist, he was an outspoken and often controversial writer whose passion and vigour often spilled over. This book features a collection of his writings. Editor(s): Curtis, Tony. Num Pages: 445 pages. BIC Classification: DCF; DN; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 201 x 130 x 32. Weight in Grams: 444.
Publisher
Parthian Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
445
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9781906998189
ISBN
9781906998189
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 13.44

Hardback. Editor(s): Paul S. Williams. Num Pages: 400 pages, ports. BIC Classification: FL; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 152 x 32. Weight in Grams: 767.
Publisher
North Atlantic Books,U.S.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Edition
1st Printing
Condition
New
SKU
V9781556434600
ISBN
9781556434600
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 42.99
€ 30.50

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

Paperback. Translator(s): Thomas, Dominic. Series: Global African Voices. Num Pages: 138 pages. BIC Classification: FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5487 x 3556. .
Publisher
Indiana University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9780253026699
ISBN
9780253026699
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 20.87

Paperback. A long-awaited new collection of Marina Warner's short stories. Like her award-winning novels, Marina Warner's stories conjure up mysteries and wonders in a physical world, treading a delicate, magical line between the natural and the supernatural, between openness and fear. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 132 x 198 x 31. Weight in Grams: 232.
Publisher
Salt Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781784630386
ISBN
9781784630386
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.15

Paperback. Collects stories that capture the emotional undercurrents hidden beneath ordinary events. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FC; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 12. Weight in Grams: 180.
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Edition
Reissue
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140186550
ISBN
9780140186550
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.47

Paperback. How does love change us? How do we change ourselves for love - or for lack of it? Ten stories by acclaimed author Deborah Levy explore these delicate, impossible questions. From London gardens to a forest outside Prague, these are twenty-first century lives dissected with razor-sharp humour, about what it means to live and love, together and alone. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
Publisher
And Other Stories
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
New edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781911508090
ISBN
9781911508090
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.86

Paperback. A missing girl. A ruthless crime gang. A man so evil he must be stopped at any cost. DI Ray Mason and PI Tina Boyd begin a desperate hunt for the truth that will take them into a dark and terrifying world of corruption and deadly secrets, where murder is commonplace, and nothing and nobody is safe.. Series: The Bone Field Series. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: FF; FH; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. Weight in Grams: 368.
Publisher
Cornerstone
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781784752323
ISBN
9781784752323
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.06

Paperback. Brilliant, funny and tragic, Four Bare Legs in a Bed is an outstanding and invigorating collection of short stories. In Simpson's uniquely imaginative and sensuous voice, we hear of the mixed blessings of independence and marriage, of sex and babies. By the winner of the Somerset Maugham Award, the Hawthornden Prize and the E.M.Forster Award. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 12. Weight in Grams: 140.
Publisher
Vintage
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1991
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780749391621
ISBN
9780749391621
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.88

Paperback. Compelling, rich and strange, the ghost stories of Edith Wharton, like vintage wine, have matured and grown more potent with the passing years. Series Editor(s): Davies, David Stuart. Series: Tales of Mystery & the Supernatural. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FKC; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 17. Weight in Grams: 200.
Publisher
Wordsworth Editions Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
304
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9781840221640
ISBN
9781840221640
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 7.12

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