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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
Paperback. Booker Prize-winning author of "Hotel Du Lac" Anita Brookner creates a hauntingly beautiful story of a young woman's growing awareness of her own mortality and the limits of love. With lucid, unsentimental prose and witty insight, "The Bay of Angels" is a vibrant addition to the Brookner canon. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 198 x 17. Weight in Grams: 162.
- Publisher
- Fig Tree
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780241977835
- ISBN
- 9780241977835
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.76
€ 13.99
€ 11.76
Paperback. Paul Sturgis is a retired banker manager who lives alone in a dark little flat. He walks alone and dines alone, seeking out and taking pleasure in small exchanges with strangers: the cheerful Australian girl who cuts his hair, the lady at the drycleaners. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 14. Weight in Grams: 138.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Number of pages
- 208
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141040264
- ISBN
- 9780141040264
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.10
€ 13.99
€ 11.10
Paperback. A title that tells the story of two men, the charming Hartmann and the troubled Fibich, best friends ever since they came to England as German refugees, and how they respond to their shared history in different ways. Series: Penguin Decades. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 18. Weight in Grams: 204.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 224
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141048291
- ISBN
- 9780141048291
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.10
€ 13.99
€ 11.10
Paperback. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 132 x 205 x 18. Weight in Grams: 134.
- Publisher
- Fig Tree
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780241977750
- ISBN
- 9780241977750
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.10
€ 13.99
€ 11.10
Paperback. Somebody is social comedy at its best - a laugh-out-loud antidote to chick-fic, by a sparkling new voice. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 181 x 112 x 26. Weight in Grams: 230.
- Condition
- Used, Good
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Number of pages
- 336
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Edition
- Reprint
- SKU
- KLN0013646
- ISBN
- 9780007119882
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Num Pages: 145 pages, b/w illus. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 213 x 144 x 11. Weight in Grams: 196.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Grantha Corporation United States
- Number of pages
- 145
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781890206994
- ISBN
- 9781890206994
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 15.67
€ 16.99
€ 15.67
Paperback. Num Pages: 224 pages, Yes. BIC Classification: 2AB; CJBR; FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 209 x 149 x 12. Weight in Grams: 188.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1983
- Publisher
- Hodder Education Glasgow
- Edition
- Revised
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780716950035
- ISBN
- 9780716950035
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.95
€ 16.95
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Birlinn General
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781780274263
- ISBN
- 9781780274263
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 12.46
€ 12.46
Paperback. Num Pages: 236 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBC; FA; WSBB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 334.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- NeWest Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 236
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781897126172
- ISBN
- 9781897126172
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 17.49
€ 24.99
€ 17.49
Paperback. Num Pages: 278 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 143 x 19. Weight in Grams: 386.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Brindle and Glass Publishing, Ltd Canada
- Edition
- 1St Edition
- Number of pages
- 278
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781897142509
- ISBN
- 9781897142509
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 19.88
€ 27.99
€ 19.88
Paperback. A poetic work of fiction on the one hand, an autobiography on the other, The Life of Rebecca Jones is about one family's passage through the twentieth century. A fictional elegy to a threatened way of life. Translator(s): Jones, Lloyd. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 10. Weight in Grams: 118.
- Publisher
- Quercus Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780857387127
- ISBN
- 9780857387127
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.89
€ 11.99
€ 10.89
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- And Other Stories
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781908276520
- ISBN
- 9781908276520
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.76
€ 13.99
€ 11.76
Paperback. 262pp.
- Condition
- Used, Like New
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Peter Owen Publishers
- Number of pages
- 262
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- SKU
- KHS1002417
- ISBN
- 9780720611441
Paperback
Condition: Used, Like New
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FRH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 18. Weight in Grams: 358.
- Publisher
- Truran United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 272
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781850221791
- ISBN
- 9781850221791
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 8.24
€ 8.24
paperback. WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY ALI SMITH A richly comic tale of the tangled fortunes of two theatrical families, the Hazards and the Chances, Angela Carter's witty and bawdy novel is populated with as many sets of twins, and mistaken identities as any Shakespeare comedy, and celebrates the magic of over a century of show business. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 16. Weight in Grams: 184.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- Vintage Classics
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780099981107
- ISBN
- 9780099981107
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 9.80
€ 11.99
€ 9.80
Paperback. THE PASSION OF NEW EVE is an extraordinary journey into the apocalyptic vision of the author Lorna Sage called 'The boldest of English writers'. Series: Virago Modern Classics. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 127 x 13. Weight in Grams: 138. Good clean copy with minor shelf wear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1982
- Publisher
- Virago
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KAC0001652
- ISBN
- 9780860683414
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Sharp-eyed Marianne lives in a white tower made of steel and concrete with her father and other Professors. Outside, where land is thickly wooded and wild beasts roam, live Barbarians, who raid and pillage in order to survive. Marianne is strictly forbidden to leave her civilized world but, fascinated by these savage outsiders, decides to escape. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 131 x 10. Weight in Grams: 142.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780141192383
- ISBN
- 9780141192383
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.27
€ 11.99
€ 10.27
Paperback. Is Sophie Fevvers, toast of Europe's capitals, part swan ..or all fake? Courted by the Prince of Wales and painted by Toulouse-Lautrec, she is an aerialiste extraordinaire and star of Colonel Kearney's circus. She is also part woman, part swan. Jack Walser, an American journalist, is on a quest to discover the truth behind her identity. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 130 x 23. Weight in Grams: 260.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- Vintage Classics
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780099388616
- ISBN
- 9780099388616
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.33
€ 13.99
€ 10.33
Paperback. A second collection of fairy tales by Angela Carter involving more alluring women, ailing warriors, enchantresses and seekers of revenge. They come from every corner of the globe to haunt, to entice, transform and even to help. Illustrator(s): Sargood, Corinna. Editor(s): Carter, Angela. Num Pages: 240 pages, line drawings. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 129 x 198 x 19. Weight in Grams: 271. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- Virago
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KKD0006200
- ISBN
- 9781853816161
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 17.95
€ 17.95
Paperback. A collection of short stories which tear through the archives of cinema, of art and of the subconscious. A young Lizzie Borden visits the circus; a pianist makes a Faustian pact in a fly-blown Southern brothel; and a transfigured Mary Magdalene steps out of the canvases of Donatello and de la Tour. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 129 x 13. Weight in Grams: 124.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- Vintage Classics
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099133711
- ISBN
- 9780099133711
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 14.31
€ 17.99
€ 14.31
Paperback. * Full of the wit and irreverence for which Carter is renowned Series: VMC. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 127 x 11. Weight in Grams: 122.
- Publisher
- Virago
- Number of pages
- 160
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781860490941
- ISBN
- 9781860490941
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.12
€ 13.99
€ 11.12
Hardback. Her writing is pyrotechnic - fuelled with ideas, packed with images and spangling the night with her starry language' Observer Series: VMC Designer Collection. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 237 x 128 x 23. Weight in Grams: 334.
- Edition
- 01st Edition
- Publisher
- Little, Brown Book Group
- Number of pages
- 240
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781844085231
- ISBN
- 9781844085231
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 14.33
€ 17.99
€ 14.33
Paperback. In this, her second novel, (awarded the 1967 John Llewellyn Rhys Prize) Angela Carter's brilliant imagination and starting intensity of style explore and extend the nature and boundaries of love. Series: VMC. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 15. Weight in Grams: 164.
- Publisher
- Virago
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1981
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780860681908
- ISBN
- 9780860681908
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.76
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Paperback. Charts the destructive emotional war between a young woman, her husband and his disruptive brother as they move through a labyrinth of betrayal, alienation and lost connections. This revised edition evokes the ebb of the 1960s, and includes an afterword which describes the progress of the survivors into the anguish of middle age. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 131 x 9. Weight in Grams: 100.
- Publisher
- Vintage Classics
- Number of pages
- 128
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099594215
- ISBN
- 9780099594215
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.89
€ 11.99
€ 10.89