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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

Paperback. Features such characters as: Satsuki who has spent thirty years hating one man: did her desire for revenge cause the earthquake? Miyake who left his family in Kobe to make midnight bonfires on a beach hundreds of miles away; and, fourteen-year-old Sala who has nightmares that the Earthquake Man is trying to stuff her inside a little box. Translator(s): Rubin, Jay. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 10. Weight in Grams: 112.
Edition
01st Edition
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Number of pages
144
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099448563
ISBN
9780099448563
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.02

Paperback. Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Dimension: 176 x 113 x 30. Weight in Grams: 240.
Publisher
RANDOM HOUSE EXPORT
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099512820
ISBN
9780099512820
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.95

Paperback. Toru Okada's cat has disappeared and this has unsettled his wife, who is herself growing more distant every day. Then there are the increasingly explicit telephone calls he has started receiving. Translator(s): Rubin, Jay. Num Pages: 640 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 32. Weight in Grams: 462.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Number of pages
640
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099540953
ISBN
9780099540953
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 11.80

Paperback. Tsukuru Tazaki had four best friends at school. By chance all of their names contained a colour. The two boys were called Akamatsu, meaning 'red pine', and Oumi, 'blue sea', while the girls' names were Shirane, 'white root', and Kurono, 'black field'. Tazaki was the only last name with no colour in it. Translator(s): Gabriel, Philip. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 129 x 25. Weight in Grams: 218.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099590378
ISBN
9780099590378
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.02

Paperback. Features animated crows, a criminal monkey, an ice man, as well as the dreams that shape us and the things we wish for. Whether during a chance reunion in Italy, a romantic exile in Greece, a holiday in Hawaii or in the grip of everyday life, this title features characters that confront loss, or sexuality, or the glow of a firefly. Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 197 x 30. Weight in Grams: 314.
Publisher
Vintage
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Edition
01st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099488668
ISBN
9780099488668
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.00

Paperback. A collection that features such stories as: When a man's favourite elephant vanishes, the balance of his whole life is subtly upset; a couple's midnight hunger pangs drive them to hold up a McDonald's; a woman finds she is irresistible to a small green monster that burrows through her front garden; and, more. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 132 x 198 x 22. Weight in Grams: 240.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099448754
ISBN
9780099448754
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.02

Paperback. Toru Okada's cat has disappeared. His wife is growing distant every day. Then there are the increasingly explicit telephone calls he has been receiving. In this title, as the story unfolds, the suburban realities of Okada's vague and blameless life, spent cooking, reading, listening to jazz and opera and drinking beer are truned inside out. Translator(s): Rubin, Jay. Num Pages: 624 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 40. Weight in Grams: 458.
Edition
01st Edition
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099448792
ISBN
9780099448792
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 11.82

Paperback. You've just passed someone on the street who could be the love of your life, the person you're destined for - what do you do? Series: Vintage Minis. Num Pages: 96 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 178 x 110. .
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
01st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781784872632
ISBN
9781784872632
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 8.99
€ 7.87

Paperback. The year is 1Q84. This is the real world, there is no doubt about that. But in this world, there are two moons in the sky. In this world, the fates of two people, Tengo and Aomame, are closely intertwined. They are each, in their own way, doing something very dangerous. Num Pages: 1344 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 132 x 308 x 61. Weight in Grams: 918.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Number of pages
1328
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099578079
ISBN
9780099578079
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 16.53

Paperback. The man was leading an aimless life, time passing, one big blank. His girlfriend has perfectly formed ears, ears with the power to bewitch, marvels of creation. The man receives a letter from a friend, enclosing a seemingly innocent photograph of sheep, and a request: place the photograph somewhere it will be seen. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 197 x 23. Weight in Grams: 230.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781784870157
ISBN
9781784870157
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.08

Paperback. Hear the Wind Sing and Pinball, 1973 are the author's earliest novels. They follow the fortunes of the narrator and his friend, known only by his nickname, the Rat. In this title, the rat goes on a quest to find the exact model of pinball machine he had enjoyed playing years earlier: the three-flipper Spaceship. Translator(s): Goossen, Ted. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 129 x 197 x 23. Weight in Grams: 238.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099590392
ISBN
9780099590392
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 11.82

Paperback. Kafka Tamura runs away from home at fifteen, under the shadow of his father's dark prophesy. The aging Nakata, tracker of lost cats, who never recovered from a bizarre childhood affliction, finds his pleasantly simplified life suddenly turned upside down. As their parallel odysseys unravel, cats converse with people; fish tumble from the sky. Series: Vintage Magic. Num Pages: 512 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 198 x 33. Weight in Grams: 370.
Edition
01st Edition
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099458326
ISBN
9780099458326
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.02

Paperback. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 180 x 115 x 14. Weight in Grams: 118.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
Export ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099520863
ISBN
9780099520863
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.81

Paperback. When he hears her favourite Beatles song, Toru Watanabe recalls his first love Naoko, the girlfriend of his best friend Kizuki. Immediately he is transported back almost twenty years to his student days in Tokyo, adrift in a world of uneasy friendships, casual sex, passion, loss and desire. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 131 x 27. Weight in Grams: 280.
Publisher
Vintage
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
Media tie-in
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099554561
ISBN
9780099554561
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.02

Paperback. Features such characters as: High-class call girls billed to Mastercard; a psychic 13-year-old dropout with a passion for Talking Heads; a hunky matinee idol doomed to play dentists and teachers; and, a one-armed beach-combing poet, an uptight hotel clerk and one very bemused narrator caught in the web of advanced capitalist mayhem. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 129 x 25. Weight in Grams: 282.
Edition
01st Edition
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099448761
ISBN
9780099448761
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.02

Paperback. BIC Classification: FA. Dimension: 181 x 137 x 39. Weight in Grams: 334.
Publisher
Vintage
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Edition
01st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099494096
ISBN
9780099494096
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.05

Paperback. An evocative account of a childhood summer spent beside the sea in Norfolk by brother and sister, Eustace and Hilda. Series: FF Classics. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 180 x 138 x 19. Weight in Grams: 150.
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Number of pages
240
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Edition
FF Classics
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571203826
ISBN
9780571203826
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 9.94

Paperback. A masterly evocation of childhood and its influences on the adult mind, from the author of The Go-Between Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 18. Weight in Grams: 188.
Publisher
John Murray Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
272
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9781848547803
ISBN
9781848547803
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.02

Paperback. * A revenger's tragedy of lust, cruelty and betrayal - the magnificent novel from Josephine Hart, reissued now as a Virago Modern Classic Series: VMC. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 129 x 196 x 13. Weight in Grams: 160. Clean copy with minor shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Virago
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KJE0001497
ISBN
9781844087174
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Coolly and compellingly narrated by a man, this is a novel of psychological insight and power, about the reckless quality of exclusive love, about the damage families do - and try, sometimes dangerously, to undo. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. Weight in Grams: 7058. Clean copy in good condition
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Vintage
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Edition
New Ed
SKU
KST0026429
ISBN
9780099424338
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 6.78

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