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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

Paperback. In an unnamed Middle Eastern city, four women from different social and cultural backgrounds tell their story. There is Suha, an educated Lebanese woman brought to the desert by her husband; Tamr, who must fight against male rule to educate herself; and, Suzanne, captivated by the men and the mystery of the Arabian desert. Translator(s): Cobham, Catherine. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 20. Weight in Grams: 254.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
9781408805909
ISBN
9781408805909
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 4.99

Paperback. The Impossible Fairy Tale tells the story of the nameless 'Child', who struggles to make a mark on the world, and her classmate Mia, whose spoiled life is everything the Child's is not. Translator(s): Hong, Janet. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 127. .
Publisher
Tilted Axis Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781911284093
ISBN
9781911284093
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 13.40

Hardback. One of the most-talked about works of fiction to emerge from China in recent years, this novel about an urban youth "displaced" to a small village in rural China during the Cultural Revolution is a fictionalized portrait of the author's own experience as a young man. Translator(s): Lovell, Julia. Series: Weatherhead Books on Asia. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: 2G; FA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 160 x 24. Weight in Grams: 590.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
400
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231127448
ISBN
9780231127448
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 49.88

paperback. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 142 x 198 x 16. Weight in Grams: 176.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Granta Books
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
9781846275975
ISBN
9781846275975
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 12.99
€ 10.45

Paperback. Translator(s): Smith, Deborah. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 198 x 14. Weight in Grams: 140.
Publisher
Portobello Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781846276033
ISBN
9781846276033
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.74

Paperback. Num Pages: 136 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 134 x 8. Weight in Grams: 172.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Dover Publications Inc. United States
Number of pages
136
Condition
New
SKU
V9780486431680
ISBN
9780486431680
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.62

Paperback. .
Publisher
The American University in Cairo Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9789774167881
ISBN
9789774167881
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.75

Paperback. The battered hulk of a huge ship looms out of the stinging spray of a furious gale. Only one man, half-mad, remains aboard, working without sleep or sustenance to save her from sinking. But this man is no hero, and this ship was not meant to be saved. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 131 x 19. Weight in Grams: 208.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099577430
ISBN
9780099577430
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.02

Paperback. The spectre of another world war haunts journalist Walter Craig and disturbs the peace of his seaside holiday. But below the Cornish cliffs, hidden by churning seas, the enemy is very real indeed, and much closer than anyone could suspect. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 131 x 15. Weight in Grams: 166.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099577348
ISBN
9780099577348
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 16.85

Paperback. It lies somewhere beneath the snow, high in the Dolomites: Nazi gold, tainted with the blood of murdered men. Only a few know its secrets, and one by one they come in search of it - a hot-tempered Italian Comtessa, a racketeering pimp, a Greek criminal, a film-maker and a hapless writer. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 13. Weight in Grams: 142.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing United Kingdom
Number of pages
192
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099577423
ISBN
9780099577423
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.02

Paperback. Features stories such as: "Under the Lion's Paw", "Up the Coolly", "Mrs. Ripley's Trip" and more. Num Pages: 247 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5182 x 3404 x 17. Weight in Grams: 295.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press new york
Condition
New
SKU
V9780803270589
ISBN
9780803270589
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 20.79

Paperback. Set mainly in Uzbekistan between 1900 and 1980, this title introduces the inhabitants of the small town of Gilas on the ancient Silk Route. It chronicles the dramatic changes that felt throughout Central Asia in the early twentieth century. Translator(s): Chandler, Robert. Num Pages: 336 pages, maps. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 22. Weight in Grams: 250.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Number of pages
336
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099466130
ISBN
9780099466130
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.01

Paperback. Translator(s): Davies, Humphrey. Num Pages: 215 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 151 x 226 x 12. Weight in Grams: 334.
Publisher
The American University in Cairo Press
Number of pages
224
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9789774166013
ISBN
9789774166013
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 18.72

Hardcover. Offers a portrait of a marginalized Egyptian community, bringing to life the absurd and tragic characters who occupy the margins of society while paying tribute to a historical Cairene neighborhood. This novel reveals a social climate where ruthlessness and goodness seem almost indistinguishable and humanity is on display in all its rich variety. Translator(s): Booth, Marilyn. Series: Middle East Literature in Translation. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 140 x 17. Weight in Grams: 308.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Syracuse University Press
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780815608523
ISBN
9780815608523
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 19.79

Paperback. .
Publisher
The American University in Cairo Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9789774167362
ISBN
9789774167362
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.09

Paperback. Poke Rafferty is playing family with Rose, the dancer he wants to marry, and with Miaow, the street child he wants to adopt. Yet when everything is beginning to work out, trouble comes looking for Poke. Suddenly he finds himself pulled into a dark side of Bangkok that he doesn't know or understand, but everything he has is suddenly under threat. Num Pages: 352 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 136 x 22. Weight in Grams: 266.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers Inc United States
Edition
Reprint
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780061257223
ISBN
9780061257223
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 15.00

Paperback. Hlynur Bjorn is an unemployed 30-something loner, still living with his mum, who spends his days on the Internet, watching satellite TV, and gazing at girls in the pub. But Hlynur's cosy, unthreatening world is shaken when his mother comes out as a lesbian, and her Spanish girlfriend Lolla moves into their home. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 186 x 115 x 27. Weight in Grams: 216.
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Number of pages
384
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571209767
ISBN
9780571209767
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.78

Paperback. This tender novel tells the tale of Alfgrim, an abandoned child, whose mother gave birth to him in the turf-and-stone cottage of Bjorn of Brekkukot, the fisherman, on the outskirts of what is now Reykjavik. Translator(s): Magnusson, Magnus. Num Pages: 256 pages, maps. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 17. Weight in Grams: 184.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Vintage Classics
Condition
New
SKU
9781860469343
ISBN
9781860469343
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.82

Paperback. Bjartus is a sheep farmer determined to eke a living from a blighted patch of land. Nothing, not merciless weather, nor his family will come between him and his goal of financial independence. Only Asta Solillja, the child he brings up as his daughter, can pierce his stubborn heart. Num Pages: 544 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 34. Weight in Grams: 398.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099527121
ISBN
9780099527121
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 11.86

Paperback. When the Americans make an offer to buy land in Iceland to build a NATO airbase after the Second World War, a storm of protest is provoked throughout the country. Narrated by a country girl from the north, this novel follows her experiences after she takes up employment as a maid in the house of her Member of Parliament. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 133 x 12. Weight in Grams: 162.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Number of pages
192
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099455158
ISBN
9780099455158
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.01

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