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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
Hardback. A new collection of meditation and stories from the Booker prize-winning author, Ben Okri. Illustrator(s): Clunie, Rosemary. Num Pages: 208 pages, Illustrated. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 170. .
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781786694508
- ISBN
- 9781786694508
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 16.33
€ 23.99
€ 16.33
Paperback. One great thought can change the dreams of the world. One great action, lived out all the way to the sea, can change the history of the world. The adventures of Azaro, the spirit child, continue. From the bestselling author of The Famished Road comes this radiant sequel. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 131 x 20. Weight in Grams: 220.
- Publisher
- Vintage
- Number of pages
- 304
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Edition
- Revised ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099218715
- ISBN
- 9780099218715
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.08
€ 13.99
€ 11.08
Paperback. A modern fable about one man's search for visibility on an enchanted island. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 131 x 13. Weight in Grams: 170.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781784082550
- ISBN
- 9781784082550
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 9.99€ 8.59
€ 9.99
€ 8.59
Paperback. Packed with ideas and inspiration, The Mystery Feast offers numerous pathways into the magical world of storytelling. Based on decades of honing his art, this stimulating booklet gives a glimpse into the mind of Ben Okri, a master of contemporary storytelling. Num Pages: 48 pages. BIC Classification: DNF; FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 133 x 131 x 9. Weight in Grams: 50.
- Publisher
- Clairview Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781905570768
- ISBN
- 9781905570768
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 6.56
€ 6.56
Paperback. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 131 x 9. Weight in Grams: 104.
- Publisher
- Vintage United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 144
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099983002
- ISBN
- 9780099983002
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.23
€ 11.99
€ 10.23
Paperback. A group of angry and ill-assorted people accept an invitation to make a journey to discover the real Arcadia. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 129 x 29. Weight in Grams: 294.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781784082574
- ISBN
- 9781784082574
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.13
€ 11.99
€ 10.13
Paperback. A group of world-weary travellers discover the meaning of life in a mysterious Swiss mountain village. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 199 x 26. Weight in Grams: 272.
- Publisher
- Head of Zeus
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781784081485
- ISBN
- 9781784081485
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 9.33
€ 10.99
€ 9.33
Paperback. This collection of short stories is set in Nigeria and reflects the mad, exotic and often dangerous chaos which reigns there. They include jumbled up voodoo stories, stories of shanty towns and of men from the villages seeking their fortunes in the streets and filthy gutters of the new towns. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 131 x 12. Weight in Grams: 154.
- Publisher
- Vintage United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 208
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099283881
- ISBN
- 9780099283881
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 14.25
€ 17.99
€ 14.25
Paperback. Contains short tales such as "Not Everything is Significant" and "Supercollider for the Family". Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 128 x 164 x 12. Weight in Grams: 148.
- Publisher
- Granta Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 128
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781846271984
- ISBN
- 9781846271984
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.78
€ 13.99
€ 10.78
Paperback. Series: Spirit Bear. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA; YFP; YNNR. Category: (E) Primary & Secondary Education; (J) Children / Juvenile; (Y) Teenage / Young Adult. Dimension: 194 x 130 x 13. Weight in Grams: 172.
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780380805600
- ISBN
- 9780380805600
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 9.99€ 8.43
€ 9.99
€ 8.43
Hardback. Hailed by Robert Coover as "the most audacious literary debut in decades", The Age of Wire and String is unlike anything you've read before -- now appearing for the first time heightened by an artist's visual interpretation of this legendary work. Illustrator(s): Morgan, Catrin. Num Pages: 192 pages, Illustrated. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 221 x 136 x 21. Weight in Grams: 376.
- Publisher
- Granta Books
- Number of pages
- 192
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781847086389
- ISBN
- 9781847086389
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 14.50
€ 19.99
€ 14.50
Paperback. Num Pages: 784 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 198 x 61. Weight in Grams: 540.
- Publisher
- Granta
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781783781485
- ISBN
- 9781783781485
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.07
€ 17.99
€ 13.07
Paperback. Ben Marcus's highly anticipated new short story collection - his first since his extraordinary debut The Age of Wire and String Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 130 x 19. Weight in Grams: 200.
- Publisher
- Granta Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781847086365
- ISBN
- 9781847086365
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.78
€ 13.99
€ 10.78
Paperback. In The Flame Alphabet, the most maniacally gifted writer of our generation delivers a work of heartbreak and horror, a novel about how far we will go, and the sorrows we will endure, in order to protect our families Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 134 x 23. Weight in Grams: 210.
- Publisher
- Granta Books
- Number of pages
- 304
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781847086242
- ISBN
- 9781847086242
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.75
€ 13.99
€ 10.75
Paperback. Veering between the comic and tragic, the self-contemptuous and the inspired, Leaving the Atocha Station is a dazzling introduction to one of the smartest, funniest and most audacious writers of a generation Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 131 x 12. Weight in Grams: 140.
- Publisher
- Granta Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781847086914
- ISBN
- 9781847086914
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.75
€ 13.99
€ 10.75
Paperback. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 128 x 18. Weight in Grams: 186.
- Publisher
- Granta Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781847088932
- ISBN
- 9781847088932
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.02
€ 11.99
€ 10.02
Paperback. 213 BC. Syracuse. Under the merciless Sicilian sun, a city is at war. Outside the walls, a vast Roman army waits. Yet the city's incredible defences, designed by Archimedes, mean that Syracuse will not be taken easily. A veteran of the bitter war since its beginning, Quintus is ready to give his life in the service of the Republic. Num Pages: 496 pages, maps (black and white). BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 199 x 32. Weight in Grams: 356.
- Publisher
- Cornerstone
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099580768
- ISBN
- 9780099580768
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.05
€ 13.99
€ 11.05
Paperback. The original hardcover "Superbad" was a collection of two dozen pieces ranging from postmodern satire to more serious fiction. The lot of it has been remixed--much like popular music--and reprinted in trade paper, the result a challenging novel with a clear set of themes and characters, tightly constructed and intricately interwoven. Num Pages: 156 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 12. Weight in Grams: 202.
- Publisher
- Counterpoint New York
- Number of pages
- 156
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- KEX0228313
- ISBN
- 9781932360134
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. To be adapted into a major motion picture directed by Oscar-winning director Ang Lee Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 144 x 24. Weight in Grams: 218.
- Publisher
- Canongate Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780857864406
- ISBN
- 9780857864406
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.00€ 11.52
€ 13.00
€ 11.52
Paperback. From the slums of Haiti to a golf course in Myanmar, and from the Colombian jungle to the diamond mines of Sierra Leone, this title stories describe a world in political and social upheaval, and the lives caught in the balance. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 156 x 19. Weight in Grams: 168.
- Publisher
- Canongate Books
- Number of pages
- 240
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780857867117
- ISBN
- 9780857867117
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.75
€ 13.99
€ 10.75
Paperback. Perfect for fans of Alone in Berlin by Hans Fallada and The Girl Who Fell From the Sky by Simon Mawer - tightly plotted, emotionally gripping and a brilliant sense of place and period. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 129 x 197 x 25. Weight in Grams: 308.
- Publisher
- Abacus
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780349139760
- ISBN
- 9780349139760
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.02
€ 13.99
€ 11.02
Paperback. When Elena falls in love with Riccardo, she also falls in love with the idea of a bigger world beyond her sheltered life in rural Italy. And when she loses him, she gives up her hopes for the future and her expectations of happiness, filling the sudden void in her life with her son and brother-in-law. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 26. Weight in Grams: 332.
- Publisher
- Granta Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 352
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781846270826
- ISBN
- 9781846270826
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 9.24
€ 10.99
€ 9.24
Paperback. For amiable City trader Jimmy Corby money was the new Rock n' Roll. His whole life was a party, adrenalin charged and cocaine fuelled. If he hadn't met Monica he would probably have ended up either dead or in rehab. But Jimmy was as lucky in love as he was at betting on dodgy derivatives, so instead of burning out, his star just burned brighter. Num Pages: 480 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 133 x 31. Weight in Grams: 334.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Black Swan
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Number of pages
- 480
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780552775106
- ISBN
- 9780552775106
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.06
€ 13.99
€ 11.06
Paperback. Chart Throb is the ultimate pop quest. There are ninety five thousand hopefuls, three judges, just one winner. And that's Calvin Simms, the genius behind the show. Calvin always wins because Calvin writes the rules. But this year, as he sits smugly in judgement upon the mingers, clingers and blingers, he has no idea that the rules are changing. Num Pages: 464 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 29. Weight in Grams: 330. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Black Swan
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KAK0011018
- ISBN
- 9780552773768
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99