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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
Paperback. Two boys, both sons of doctors, are sent to the top of a mountain for "re-education" in Mao's China; an education that involves carting buckets of excrement up and down precipitous paths. They discover instead the discreet charm of bourgeois literature and the local tailor's attractive daughter. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 13. Weight in Grams: 130.
- Publisher
- Vintage
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099286431
- ISBN
- 9780099286431
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Condition: New
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Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Parthian Books United Kingdom
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781908946430
- ISBN
- 9781908946430
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 16.00
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Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Parthian Books United Kingdom
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781908946416
- ISBN
- 9781908946416
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Condition: New
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Paperback. Familiar with his students' hostile attitude towards both his lectures and himself, a senior school teacher reaches a decision that forces an assessment of his choice of life, of his marriage and ultimately of his values and worth in modern society. This is a story of a man lost in a world that no longer recognises either him or his talent. Translator(s): Lyngstad, Sverre. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 217 x 135 x 12. Weight in Grams: 184. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Harvill Secker
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KKD0005885
- ISBN
- 9781843432104
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Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 17.95
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Paperback. Familiar with his students' hostile attitude towards both his lectures and himself, a senior school teacher reaches a decision that forces an assessment of his choice of life, of his marriage and ultimately of his values and worth in modern society. This is a story of a man lost in a world that no longer recognises either him or his talent. Translator(s): Lyngstad, Sverre. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 217 x 135 x 12. Weight in Grams: 184. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Harvill Secker
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KKD0005757
- ISBN
- 9781843432104
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 17.95
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Paperback. It is Christmas Eve, and 55-year-old Professor Pal Andersen is alone, drinking coffee and cognac in his living room. Lost in thought, he looks out of the window and sees a man strangle a woman in the apartment across the street. Professor Andersen fails to report the crime. Translator(s): Langeland, Agnes Scott. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 128 x 11. Weight in Grams: 118.
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 160
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- Translation
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099578420
- ISBN
- 9780099578420
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 14.28
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€ 14.28
Paperback. Bjorn Hansen, a respectable town treasurer, has just turned fifty and is horrified by the thought that chance has ruled his life. Eighteen years ago he left his wife and their two-year-old son for his mistress, who persuaded him to start afresh in a small, provincial town and to dabble in amateur dramatics. Translator(s): Lyngstad, Sverre. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 129 x 18. Weight in Grams: 184.
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781784704988
- ISBN
- 9781784704988
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Condition: New
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Paperback. The first novel written in the Yoruba language and one of the first to be written in any African language. Illustrator(s): Onobrakpeya, Bruce. Translator(s): Soyinka, Wole. Num Pages: 153 pages, 6 B&W illustrations. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 133 x 203 x 12. Weight in Grams: 204.
- Publisher
- City Lights Publishers
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780872866300
- ISBN
- 9780872866300
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 15.51
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Paperback. The 'progress' of the modern industrialised world had led to the carnage of the First World War. What, then, did it mean to call ourselves 'human'? What are the definitive forms of our relationships - love, marriage, family, friendship - really worth? Without directly referring to the war, this novel explores these questions. Series Editor(s): Carabine, Dr. Keith. Series: Wordsworth Classics. Num Pages: 464 pages, notes, bibliography. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 25. Weight in Grams: 294. Used Copy But Remains Readable
- Condition
- Used, Good
- Publisher
- Wordsworth Editions
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Edition
- New edition
- SKU
- KDK0015037
- ISBN
- 9781853260070
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good
€ 4.99
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Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Random House USA Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 496
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Edition
- New edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780375758003
- ISBN
- 9780375758003
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 13.56
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Paperback. The 'progress' of the modern industrialised world had led to the carnage of the First World War. What, then, did it mean to call ourselves 'human'? What are the definitive forms of our relationships - love, marriage, family, friendship - really worth? Without directly referring to the war, this novel explores these questions. Series Editor(s): Carabine, Dr. Keith. Series: Wordsworth Classics. Num Pages: 464 pages, notes, bibliography. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 25. Weight in Grams: 294. Well read copy, but binding still tight. 508pp.
- Condition
- Used, Acceptable
- Publisher
- Wordsworth Editions
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Edition
- New edition
- SKU
- KLN0007979
- ISBN
- 9781853260070
Paperback
Condition: Used, Acceptable
€ 4.99
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Paperback. A semi-autobiographical novel that explores the emotional conflicts through the protagonist, Paul Morel, and the suffocating relationships with a demanding mother and two very different lovers. It is a pre-Freudian exploration of love and possessiveness Series Editor(s): Carabine, Dr. Keith. Series: Wordsworth Classics. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 127 x 21. Weight in Grams: 262. Clean copy with some shelfwear. Good to very good
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Edition
- Reprint
- Publisher
- Wordsworth Editions
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1992
- SKU
- KST0032034
- ISBN
- 9781853260476
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
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Paperback. Is the meaning of life to find the meaning of life? Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 133 x 18. Weight in Grams: 194. Some light shelf wear, else as new
- Condition
- Used, Like New
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- SKU
- KRA0011659
- ISBN
- 9780007332182
Paperback
Condition: Used, Like New
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Paperback. A rollicking, laugh-out-loud funny-novel set to sizzle in summer 2011. Num Pages: 284 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 23. Weight in Grams: 250. Clean copy in very good condition.
- Condition
- Used, Like New
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers London
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- SKU
- KNH0012019
- ISBN
- 9780007332151
Paperback
Condition: Used, Like New
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Paperback. Is the meaning of life to find the meaning of life? Num Pages: 284 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 232 x 153 x 22. Weight in Grams: 318. Fine copY
- Condition
- Used, Like New
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Number of pages
- 284
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- SKU
- KST0010930
- ISBN
- 9780007332199
Paperback
Condition: Used, Like New
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Paperback. A rollicking, laugh-out-loud funny-novel set to sizzle in summer 2011. Num Pages: 284 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 23. Weight in Grams: 250. Clean copy
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers London
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- SKU
- KEX0245532
- ISBN
- 9780007332151
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Condition: Used, Very Good
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Hardback. Constance Chatterley feels trapped in her sexless marriage to the invalid Sir Clifford. Unable to fulfil his wife emotionally or physically, Clifford encourages her to have a liaison with a man of their own class. But Connie is attracted instead to her husband's gamekeeper. Editor(s): Squires, Michael; Poplawski, Paul. Series: Penguin Clothbound Classics. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: D; FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 206 x 136 x 34. Weight in Grams: 526.
- Edition
- 01st Edition
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Number of pages
- 400
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780141192482
- ISBN
- 9780141192482
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Condition: New
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Paperback. Num Pages: 110 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 122 x 10. Weight in Grams: 150.
- Publisher
- Hesperus Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- KTG0007680
- ISBN
- 9781843914198
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 4.99
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Paperback. Num Pages: 110 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 122 x 10. Weight in Grams: 150. Some light shelf wear else as new.
- Condition
- Used, Like New
- Publisher
- Hesperus Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- SKU
- KTG0007676
- ISBN
- 9781843914198
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Condition: Used, Like New
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Hardcover. This novel renews the Victorian family saga in a modern setting, tracing the history of the Brangwens through several generations. The book was banned when it first appeared in 1915 for its sensuous immediacy and the frankness with which it explores emotional and sexual life. Num Pages: 460 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 213 x 137 x 29. Weight in Grams: 552.
- Publisher
- Everyman
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781857151619
- ISBN
- 9781857151619
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 15.00
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Paperback. Continues where "The Rainbow" left off, with the third generation of Brangwens: Ursula Brangwen, now a teacher at Beldover, a mining town in the Midlands, and her sister Gudrun, who has returned from art school in London. Editor(s): Vasey, Lindeth; Farmer, David. Num Pages: 608 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 128 x 28. Weight in Grams: 436.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Number of pages
- 608
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Edition
- New
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141441542
- ISBN
- 9780141441542
Paperback
Condition: New
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Hardcover. Published in 1913, this is a fictionalized account of Lawrence's love for his mother. It traces Paul Morel's childhood, his growing into adolescence and adulthood, and the frustrations of his love for Miriam and Clara caused by his mother's possessiveness and his devotion to her. Num Pages: 403 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 213 x 135 x 30. Weight in Grams: 574.
- Publisher
- Everyman London
- Number of pages
- 403
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1991
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781857150223
- ISBN
- 9781857150223
Hardback
Condition: New
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Paperback. Series: Dover Thrift Editions. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 131 x 7. Weight in Grams: 110. Good clean copy
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Publisher
- Dover Publications Inc.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- SKU
- KCD0017720
- ISBN
- 9780486277943
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
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Paperback. Two young women living during the First World War find their solitary life interrupted. There exists a complex relationship between a German countess and a married Scottish soldier. A wounded prisoner of war has a disturbing influence on an Englishwoman. These three novels deal with human relationships and the devastating results of war. Editor(s): Miehl, Dieter. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 17. Weight in Grams: 206.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 272
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Edition
- Revised
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141441832
- ISBN
- 9780141441832
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.05
€ 13.99
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