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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
Paperback. A NEW YORK TIMES BOOK OF THE YEAR An American myth and a contemporary portrait of the scars of the past that run through a family, and of our desperate need to escape our history, to subsume it with pleasure - or to rise above it with glory. Num Pages: 560 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130. Weight in Grams: 270.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- KEX0301868
- ISBN
- 9780008173319
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. A NEW YORK TIMES BOOK OF THE YEAR An American myth and a contemporary portrait of the scars of the past that run through a family, and of our desperate need to escape our history, to subsume it with pleasure - or to rise above it with glory. Num Pages: 560 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130. Weight in Grams: 270.
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780008173319
- ISBN
- 9780008173319
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Harare, Zimbabwe. A gun lost in a taxi will bind the fate of five couples - expats and locals - who will either be torn apart or brought together under its violent gravity Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 132 x 198 x 26. Weight in Grams: 234.
- Publisher
- Quercus Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780857054296
- ISBN
- 9780857054296
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.02
€ 13.99
€ 11.02
Paperback. Professor Harry Butler is obsessed with the mind/body problem. Unfortunately, this is not the least of his problems. His wife has turned his study into a Sufi shrine, the Drug Squad have taken up residence in his kitchen, and some of his colleagues suspect him of going astray academically. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 135 x 21. Weight in Grams: 280.
- Condition
- Used, Like New
- Publisher
- Harvill P. London
- Number of pages
- 224
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Edition
- New edition
- SKU
- KNH0003788
- ISBN
- 9781860467547
Paperback
Condition: Used, Like New
€ 17.95
€ 17.95
Hardcover. Num Pages: 104 pages, colour illus. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 191 x 216 x 10. Weight in Grams: 404.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Gazelle Book Services
- Number of pages
- 104
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9788120756915
- ISBN
- 9788120756915
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 9.99€ 8.67
€ 9.99
€ 8.67
Hardcover. Num Pages: 48 pages, illus. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 300 x 233 x 8. Weight in Grams: 430.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Sterling Publishers Pvt.Ltd India
- Number of pages
- 48
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9788120750494
- ISBN
- 9788120750494
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 9.45
€ 10.99
€ 9.45
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. Num Pages: 52 pages, portraits. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 157 x 6. Weight in Grams: 78.
- Publisher
- Little Lagoon United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 52
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780953523108
- ISBN
- 9780953523108
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.27
€ 13.27
Paperback. Adah's desire to write is pitted against the forces of an egotistical and unfeeling husband and a largely indifferent white society. Series: Heinemann African Writers Series. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 12. Weight in Grams: 162. Series: Heinemann African Writers Series. 192 pages. Adah's desire to write is pitted against the forces of an egotistical and unfeeling husband and a largely indifferent white society. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: FA. Dimension: 198 x 130 x 12. Weight: 168.
- Publisher
- Heinemann
- Number of pages
- 192
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780435909918
- ISBN
- 9780435909918
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.26
€ 17.26
Paperback. Winner of the Best First Book Award at Zimbabwe International Book Fair 2010. Ellie is a shy girl growing up in post-Independence Zimbabwe, longing for escape from the confines of small-town life. When she eventually moves to Britain, her wish seems to have come true. But life there is not all she imagined. Num Pages: 380 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 128 x 30. Weight in Grams: 412.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Parthian Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 380
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781906998530
- ISBN
- 9781906998530
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 13.44
€ 13.99
€ 13.44
Paperback. Editor(s): Cheyette, Bryan. Series: Jewish Writing in the Contemporary World. Num Pages: 336 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 139 x 229 x 30. Weight in Grams: 567.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803263888
- ISBN
- 9780803263888
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 42.99€ 38.60
€ 42.99
€ 38.60
Paperback. An evocative historical thriller based in one of London's original suburbs. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 131 x 21. Weight in Grams: 268.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Orion Publishing Co
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781780228389
- ISBN
- 9781780228389
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.23
€ 11.99
€ 10.23
Paperback. In November 1942, Bruno Schulz, teacher of drawing and handicrafts at a boys' college in Drohobycz, was shot dead by a Gestapo officer as he brought home a loaf of bread. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 155 x 24. Weight in Grams: 470.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1900
- Publisher
- Pan Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781447219477
- ISBN
- 9781447219477
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 14.25
€ 17.99
€ 14.25
Paperback. Explores how the history we think we know is not a series of events but rather a constellation of countless individual lives. And although every story is unique, each is founded on the same human desire - to be remembered. Translator(s): Proctor, Minna. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 22. Weight in Grams: 260.
- Publisher
- Canongate Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 352
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Edition
- New ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781841959832
- ISBN
- 9781841959832
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.07
€ 17.99
€ 13.07
Paperback. Num Pages: 216 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 217 x 141 x 15. Weight in Grams: 274.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- NeWest Press Canada
- Edition
- 1St Edition
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781896300252
- ISBN
- 9781896300252
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 15.06
€ 19.99
€ 15.06
Paperback. This is the story of Joseph, a tall, scattered looking boy of 17, and his wonderfully indomitable mother, Meg, who is resolved, in the summer after her son's high-school graduation, to start arranging his life for him, even going so far as to accompany him to college. Num Pages: 288 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: FA; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 205 x 135 x 17. Weight in Grams: 300.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226264165
- ISBN
- 9780226264165
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 25.06
€ 31.99
€ 25.06
Paperback. Num Pages: 560 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 204 x 133 x 31. Weight in Grams: 616.
- Publisher
- The New York Review of Books, Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 560
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781590173602
- ISBN
- 9781590173602
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 23.18
€ 34.99
€ 23.18
Paperback. A tale of identical twin brothers who grow up on a farm in rural Wales and never leave home. They till the rough soil and sleep in the same bed, touched only occasionally by the advances of the twentieth century. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 133 x 16. Weight in Grams: 196.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Vintage Classics
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780099769712
- ISBN
- 9780099769712
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 5.70
€ 11.99
€ 5.70
paperback. The songlines are the invisible pathways that criss-cross Australia, ancient tracks connecting communities and following ancient boundaries. This is an account which recalls the authors' travels across the length and breadth of Australia seeking to find the truth about the songs and unravel the mysteries of their stories. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: 1MBF; 2AB; FA; JFC; WTL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 19. Weight in Grams: 218.
- Publisher
- Vintage Classics
- Number of pages
- 304
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099769910
- ISBN
- 9780099769910
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.00€ 11.82
€ 13.00
€ 11.82
Paperback. Traces the fortunes of the enigmatic and unconventional hero, Kaspar Utz. Despite the restrictions of Cold War Czechoslovakia, Utz asserts his individuality through his devotion to his precious collection of Meissen porcelain. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 131 x 9. Weight in Grams: 110.
- Publisher
- Vintage United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 144
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099770015
- ISBN
- 9780099770015
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.08
€ 13.99
€ 11.08
Paperback. Francisco Manoel da Silva, a poor Brazilian sailed to the African kingdom of Dahomey in the early 1800s, determined to make his fortune in the slave trade. Armed with nothing but an iron will, he became a man of substance in Ouidah, and friend to the mad, mercurial king. Num Pages: 112 pages, map. BIC Classification: FA; FV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 8. Weight in Grams: 88.
- Publisher
- Vintage United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 112
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099769613
- ISBN
- 9780099769613
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.05
€ 13.99
€ 11.05
Paperback. Winner of the 2004 Prix de Flore, France's most exclusive literary award. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 24. Weight in Grams: 310.
- Publisher
- Snowbooks Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781905005185
- ISBN
- 9781905005185
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.87
€ 11.99
€ 10.87
Paperback. Editor(s): Collins, Thomas J.; Altick, Richard D. Num Pages: 842 pages, 1 port. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 33. Weight in Grams: 823.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Broadview Press Ltd Canada
- Number of pages
- 842
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781551113722
- ISBN
- 9781551113722
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 42.99€ 38.46
€ 42.99
€ 38.46
paperback. BABY COME BACK is the gripping, touching and funny story of what happens when a wife discovers her deadly rival is her husband's mother. Another wry, witty novel from a wonderful bestselling author. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 178 x 108. Weight in Grams: 210. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Little, Brown Book Group
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KKD0005855
- ISBN
- 9780751529685
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 17.95
€ 17.95