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Paperback. Tells the tales of women overcoming violence and repression. This collection takes you into a world where spirits converse with humans and where unsuspecting people are drawn into forces greater than themselves. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 127 x 10. Weight in Grams: 136.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Zubaan India
- Number of pages
- 160
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789383074921
- ISBN
- 9789383074921
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 16.93
€ 19.99
€ 16.93
Paperback. A collection of micro-fictions by one of Argentina's most prolific and distinguished authors. Translator(s): Stewart, Steven J. Series: Latin American Women Writers. Num Pages: black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: FA; FYB; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5487 x 3556 x 11. Weight in Grams: 254.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803220904
- ISBN
- 9780803220904
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 20.87
€ 20.99
€ 20.87
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
€ 26.99
€ 25.29
Paperback. From the threat of a serial killer as the background for a young girl's first brush with death to the fallout of a modern-day visitation from the Virgin Mary; from an AIDS-stricken squatter refusing to vacate an empty Lisbon home to a mother's yearlong struggle with the death of her daughter, this book includes stories that make their world ours. Series: Prairie Schooner Book Prize in Fiction. Num Pages: 168 pages, 14 photos, 7 figures. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 142 x 217 x 9. Weight in Grams: 212.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Number of pages
- 168
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803217904
- ISBN
- 9780803217904
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 18.58
€ 18.99
€ 18.58
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
€ 24.99
€ 20.64
Paperback. Offers fiction intended for both Western and Middle Eastern readers. The stories in this volume deal with issues both traditional and modern, including relations between parents and children, between husbands and wives, and between citizens of independent Morocco and its nationalist representative government. Translator(s): Abouzeid, Leila. Series: CMES Modern Middle East Literatures in Translation Series. Num Pages: 127 pages, 20 b&w illus. BIC Classification: 1HBM; FA; FYB; FYT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 214 x 141 x 8. Weight in Grams: 182.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- University of Texas Press United States
- Number of pages
- 127
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780292712652
- ISBN
- 9780292712652
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.30
€ 15.30
Paperback. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Rutgers University Press United States
- Edition
- Revised and Expanded
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813529530
- ISBN
- 9780813529530
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 34.15
€ 37.99
€ 34.15
paperback. Contains the celebrated series about Ashenden, a secret service agent in World War I. Based on the author's own experiences with the British Intelligence service in Switzerland, this title dramatises both the romance and absurdity of espionage as well as its ruthlessness and brutality. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 20. Weight in Grams: 218.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Vintage Books USA
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780099428855
- ISBN
- 9780099428855
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.29
€ 14.99
€ 11.29
Paperback. This volume contains 24 short stories published between 1914 and 1919, including the six stories later collected as "You Know Me Al". Two-thirds of the stories describe real teams, real players and real events - which Lardner covered as a reporter. Editor(s): Hilton, George W. Num Pages: 648 pages, 111 half-tones. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 350 x 39. Weight in Grams: 1419.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Edition
- Annotated
- Number of pages
- 648
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804729635
- ISBN
- 9780804729635
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 41.92
€ 46.99
€ 41.92
Paperback. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 154 x 233 x 18. Weight in Grams: 276.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- No Exit Press
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781843447597
- ISBN
- 9781843447597
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.07
€ 17.99
€ 13.07
Paperback. Hrabal s books are distinctive witness to the life of ordinary people only at first glance. In the book, Rambling on await the reader stories set in the popular Hrabal s Kersko. The book was filmed in 1983 by Jiri Menzel. " Translator(s): Short, David. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB; FYT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 133 x 191 x 13. Weight in Grams: 166.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Karolinum Press, Charles University
- Edition
- Classroom ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9788024632865
- ISBN
- 9788024632865
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 11.69
€ 11.99
€ 11.69
paperback. Editor(s): Durrell, Lawrence. Num Pages: 397 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 202 x 135 x 29. Weight in Grams: 464.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1969
- Publisher
- New Directions Publishing Corporation United States
- Number of pages
- 397
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780811201117
- ISBN
- 9780811201117
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 21.66
€ 24.99
€ 21.66
paperback. An erotic glimpse into the Hungary of the early twentieth century. It collects ten short stories focusing on the poor and dispossessed and describing the human condition and the futility of life. Translator(s): Batki, John. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYB; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 129 x 15. Weight in Grams: 182.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Penguin Classic
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780141193038
- ISBN
- 9780141193038
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 9.35
€ 15.99
€ 9.35
paperback. South of No North is a collection of short stories written by Charles Bukowski that explore loneliness and struggles on the fringes of society. Num Pages: 192 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 17. Weight in Grams: 206.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Ecco
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780876851890
- ISBN
- 9780876851890
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 9.35
€ 15.99
€ 9.35
Paperback. A collection of twenty stories that are both melancholy and funny, farce and fantasy. It charts the struggles of an Italian peasant to reconcile country habits with urban life, combining comical disasters with a surrealistic view of city life through the eyes of an outsider. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 10. Weight in Grams: 114.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Vintage Digital
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780099428541
- ISBN
- 9780099428541
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 12.99€ 10.25
€ 12.99
€ 10.25
Paperback / so. Harrison's latest highly acclaimed volume of novellas is a sparkling and exuberant collection about love, the senses, and family, no matter how untraditional. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 140 x 19. Weight in Grams: 356. Good clean copy with minor shelf wear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Grove Press / Atlantic Monthly Press United States
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KAC0000430
- ISBN
- 9780802142559
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 10.99€ 4.99
€ 10.99
€ 4.99
Hardback. In this fictional contribution to T"he Writer and the City" series, Patrick McGrath excavates the layers of New York's turbulent history; a trio of stunning tales from the hand of a master storyteller. Series: Writer and the City Series. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 193 x 120 x 20. Weight in Grams: 288. Good clean copy in fine dustwrapper with minor shelf wear
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KAC0000460
- ISBN
- 9780747574293
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Num Pages: 200 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: FYB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 13. Weight in Grams: 400.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Broadview Press Ltd Canada
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781554810628
- ISBN
- 9781554810628
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.82
€ 30.82
paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Penguin Publishing Group
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780140437973
- ISBN
- 9780140437973
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 10.08
€ 10.99
€ 10.08
paperback. Drenched by rain, the town has been decaying ever since the banana company left. Its people are sullen and bitter, so when the doctor - a foreigner who ended up the most hated man in town - dies, there is no one to mourn him. But also living in the town is the Colonel, who is bound to honour a promise made many years ago. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 9. Weight in Grams: 98.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Penguin Books
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780241968765
- ISBN
- 9780241968765
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.00€ 9.99
€ 19.00
€ 9.99