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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

Paperback. Contemporary Israeli novel about a professor trying to understand two things: the Arab mind and the secret of his son's failed marriage. Num Pages: 576 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 215 x 138 x 41. Weight in Grams: 616.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Peter Halban Publishers Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
576
Condition
New
SKU
V9781870015868
ISBN
9781870015868
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.89

Paperback. This paperback edition brings together novellas and short stories of the celebrated Jewish writer A.B. Yehoshua, including two stories previously unpublished in English. "Mr Mani", which appeared in the previous hardback edition, is now a novel in its own right. Num Pages: 376 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 218 x 146 x 33. Weight in Grams: 766.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Peter Halban Publishers Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
376
Condition
New
SKU
V9781870015721
ISBN
9781870015721
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 12.60

Hardcover. Set in North Africa, Spain, France and Germany in the turbulent, suspicion-ridden year prior to the first millennium. When Ben Attar, a Jewish merchant from North Africa, takes a second wife who lives in Paris, there are life-altering consequences. Yehoshua's previous books include "Mr Mani". Translator(s): Langes, Nicholas de; Lange, N.D.; Lange, Nicholas de. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 159 x 242 x 26. Weight in Grams: 588.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Peter Halban Publishers Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
First Edition (Stated), First Printing
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
SKU
V9781870015714
ISBN
9781870015714
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 12.60

Paperback. Ostensibly about everyday life, this intense, thoughtful and often humorous novel probes deep into the psyche of its characters and of their country. Editor(s): Halban Publishers. Num Pages: 464 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 128 x 31. Weight in Grams: 436.
Publisher
Halban Publishers United Kingdom
Number of pages
464
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9781905559190
ISBN
9781905559190
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.30

Paperback. Now an award-winning feature film 'The Human Resources Manager' Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 129 x 17. Weight in Grams: 210.
Publisher
Halban Publishers United Kingdom
Number of pages
208
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9781905559244
ISBN
9781905559244
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.25

Paperback. The Lover was A.B. Yehoshua's first novel and immediately brought him international recognition. It is brilliant, compassionate, and highly original, and as accomplished as all his later works. Num Pages: 360 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 126 x 28. Weight in Grams: 420.
Publisher
Peter Halban Publishers Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
360
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Edition
New edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781870015912
ISBN
9781870015912
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.81

Paperback. A. B. Yehoshua was shortlisted for the Man Booker International Prize 2005 Translator(s): Halkin, Hillel. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 200 x 29. Weight in Grams: 356.
Publisher
Peter Halban Publishers Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
384
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Edition
1st
Condition
New
SKU
V9781870015776
ISBN
9781870015776
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.06

Paperback. A.B. Yehoshua is as creative, humorous and provocative as ever in The Extra Translator(s): Schoffman, Stuart. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 139 x 216 x 27. Weight in Grams: 346.
Publisher
Halban Publishers
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781905559794
ISBN
9781905559794
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.39

Paperback. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 162 x 20. Weight in Grams: 404. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear.
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
New Island Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
SKU
KTJ0050879
ISBN
9781848402751
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback.
Publisher
Arcadia Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Condition
New
SKU
V9781905147595
ISBN
9781905147595
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.84

Paperback. In their rambling house near Romney Marsh, the children play in a story-book world - but their lives, and those of their rich cousins and their friends, the son and daughter of a curator at the new Victoria and Albert Museum, are already inscribed with mystery. Each family carries its own secrets. Num Pages: 624 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 32. Weight in Grams: 448. 617pp. Shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize 2009
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Condition
New
SKU
9780099535454
ISBN
9780099535454
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 11.14

Paperback. Deals with a forbidden schoolgirl love in 50s France. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 178 x 111. Weight in Grams: 128.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Edition
UK open market ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780747578567
ISBN
9780747578567
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 9.99
€ 8.58

Paperback. A novel of epic scope, rich in warmth, intellect and humanity, The Potter's Hand explores the lives and loves of one of Britain's greatest families, whose travails are both ordinary - births, deaths, marriages, opium addiction, depression - and utterly extraordinary. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 199 x 34. Weight in Grams: 412.
Publisher
Atlantic Books United Kingdom
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9781848879539
ISBN
9781848879539
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 16.79

Paperback. Strange, smart and sexy short stories from one of America's most brilliant contemporary writers. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 14. Weight in Grams: 160.
Publisher
Granta Books
Number of pages
224
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9781847087294
ISBN
9781847087294
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 9.99

Paperback. From the author of the best-selling This Book Will Save Your Life, an intense, thrilling portrait of the patient-analyst relationship gone awry Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 18. Weight in Grams: 198.
Publisher
Granta Books
Number of pages
288
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9781847087270
ISBN
9781847087270
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 9.99

Paperback. A modern day Revolutionary Road; a suburban New York couple tear apart the life they've built together Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 23. Weight in Grams: 254.
Publisher
Granta Books
Number of pages
368
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9781847087263
ISBN
9781847087263
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 9.99

Paperback. A funny, tender look at the ways your parents can disrupt your life and the pains of adolescence Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 14. Weight in Grams: 160.
Publisher
Granta Books
Number of pages
224
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9781847087706
ISBN
9781847087706
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 9.99

Paperback. A novel about two decent, damaged people trying to make moral choices in an immoral world: ready to sacrifice what's left of themselves for honesty, and for a chance at tenderness. Num Pages: 528 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099587439
ISBN
9780099587439
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.08

Paperback. Frustrated and appalled by his life and the way he lives it, Nathan Staples is sustained only by his passionate devotion for his estranged wife and teenage daughter. Nathan's path to becoming complete and alive again will be strewn with obstacles. Num Pages: 576 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 38. Weight in Grams: 404. Minor damage to bottom left of back cover. Otherwise remains like new
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Vintage
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Edition
New Ed
SKU
KOC0009543
ISBN
9780099730613
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. A collection of stories, in which, a husband and wife wait for a train as their relationship unspools silently around them, a woman contemplates the idea of her lover dying as she queues in a bank, and an almost impossibly uncomfortably lunch culminates in a passionate kiss. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 130 x 16. Weight in Grams: 170.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099587422
ISBN
9780099587422
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 17.61

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