Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
Hardback. Wang Qiyao is a young girl infatuated with the glitz and glamour of 1940s Hollywood. After being discovered by an amateur photographer, Wang Qiyao competes in the Miss Shanghai beauty pageant of 1946 and wins the title of second runner-up. This fleeting moment of stardom becomes the pinnacle of Wang Qiyao's life. Translator(s): Berry, Michael; Egan, Susan Chan. Series: Weatherhead Books on Asia. Num Pages: 456 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 291 x 237 x 34. Weight in Grams: 748.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Edition
- First Edition (1 in number lijne)
- Number of pages
- 456
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231143424
- ISBN
- 9780231143424
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.20
€ 40.99
€ 29.20
Paperback. A woman struggles with her past, as she sees her familiar world being swept away by India's brutal modernity. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 125 x 196 x 18. Weight in Grams: 190. Good clean copy with minor shelf wear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Quercus Publishing
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KAC0001589
- ISBN
- 9780857388315
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. A love story - as beautiful as it is unbearably sad - about two people who choose each other when others have abandoned them. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 21. Weight in Grams: 222.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Quercus
- Number of pages
- 320
- Publication date
- 2009
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781847247643
- ISBN
- 9781847247643
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.09
€ 13.99
€ 11.09
Paperback. LONGLISTED FOR THE MAN BOOKER PRIZE 2015 AND WINNER OF THE 2016 DSC PRIZE FOR SOUTH ASIAN LITERATURE - A stark and unflinching novel by a spellbinding storyteller, about religion, love and violence in the modern world Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 198 x 22. Weight in Grams: 178.
- Publisher
- MacLehose Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781848666900
- ISBN
- 9781848666900
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.95
€ 13.99
€ 10.95
Paperback. Num Pages: 202 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 146 x 16. Weight in Grams: 286.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Grantha Corporation United States
- Number of pages
- 202
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781890206420
- ISBN
- 9781890206420
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 16.23
€ 16.99
€ 16.23
Paperback. Translator(s): Harris, Elizabeth. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 136 x 172 x 17. Weight in Grams: 208.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Archipelago
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780914671244
- ISBN
- 9780914671244
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 16.99
€ 19.99
€ 16.99
Paperback. Translator(s): Grossman, Edith. Num Pages: 656 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 201 x 130 x 44. Weight in Grams: 524.
- Publisher
- Profile Books Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781781255094
- ISBN
- 9781781255094
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.28
€ 17.99
€ 13.28
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Dalkey Archive Press United States
- Number of pages
- 535
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781564784230
- ISBN
- 9781564784230
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.85
€ 19.85
Paperback. *'Frost in May is the unsurpassed novel of convent school life' Hermione Lee, Observer Series: VMC. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 128 x 15. Weight in Grams: 156.
- Publisher
- Little, Brown Book Group United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 224
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781844083787
- ISBN
- 9781844083787
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.10
€ 13.99
€ 11.10
Paperback. 'THE HUNGER GAMES meets the London riots on board Noah's Ark' THE TIMES Includes reading group notes and a fascinating glimpse into Lalla's childhood in the short story prequel 'The Time Being'. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
- Publisher
- Orion Publishing Co United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781780227344
- ISBN
- 9781780227344
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.14
€ 17.14
Paperback. 'Relativity is a novel of assured and measured empathy, a story of familial love and familial hurt that is fair, honest and remarkably non-judgmental. Hayes is a convincing writer and a true storyteller: her characters are alive.' Christos Tsiolkas, author of THE SLAP Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 129 x 198 x 26. Weight in Grams: 284.
- Publisher
- Little, Brown Book Group
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781472151704
- ISBN
- 9781472151704
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.18
€ 11.99
€ 10.18
Paperback. In a novel set in Soviet-era Poland, a boy is bewitched by his teacher and vows to win her heart, but later, when he becomes a teacher himself, he sees the story from the opposite side of the instructor's desk. Reprint. Translator(s): Kolakowska, Agnieszka. Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 128 x 29. Weight in Grams: 318. 438 pages. In a novel set in Soviet-era Poland, a boy is bewitched by his teacher and vows to win her heart, but later, when he becomes a teacher himself, he sees the story from the opposite side of the instructor's desk. Reprint. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: FA. Dimension: 196 x 128 x 29. Weight: 314.
- Publisher
- Canongate Books
- Number of pages
- 448
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781841955209
- ISBN
- 9781841955209
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 12.91
€ 17.99
€ 12.91
Paperback. Translator(s): Broner, Martina. Num Pages: 250 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 191 x 152. Weight in Grams: 367.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Archipelago
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780914671725
- ISBN
- 9780914671725
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 18.00
€ 19.99
€ 18.00
paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Harper Perennial Modern Classics United States
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 1292
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780062221629
- ISBN
- 9780062221629
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.10
€ 26.10
Paperback. This stunning, literary commercial novel in the vein of Curtis Sittenfeld's Prep is a New York Times bestseller and a stand-out debut launch for Tinder Press Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 144 x 197 x 26. Weight in Grams: 284.
- Publisher
- Headline Publishing Group United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 416
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780755395194
- ISBN
- 9780755395194
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.31
€ 17.99
€ 13.31
Paperback. Translator(s): Volokhonsky, Larissa; Pevear, Richard. Series: Vintage Classics. Num Pages: 576 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 135 x 205 x 28. Weight in Grams: 430.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Vintage
- Edition
- Vintage Classics ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781400032921
- ISBN
- 9781400032921
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 19.69
€ 21.99
€ 19.69
Paperback. The importance of Chekhov's stories is now recognized by readers as well as by fellow authors. Their themes - alienation, the absurdity and tragedy of human existence - have as much relevance today as when they were written, and this superb new translation captures their modernist spirit. Among the fourteen stories included are 'The Lady with the Little Dog', 'Gusev', and 'Rothschild's Violin'. Translator(s): Bartlett, Rosamund. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYB; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 129 x 14. Weight in Grams: 184.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199536689
- ISBN
- 9780199536689
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.73
€ 11.99
€ 10.73
Paperback. Translator(s): Bloshteyn, Maria. Num Pages: 168 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 128 x 202 x 12. Weight in Grams: 168.
- Publisher
- NYRB Classics
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- Translation
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781590178362
- ISBN
- 9781590178362
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 14.52
€ 16.99
€ 14.52
Paperback. Translator(s): Constantine, Peter. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 143 x 208 x 16. Weight in Grams: 280.
- Publisher
- Seven Stories Press,U.S.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Edition
- Later printing
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781583220269
- ISBN
- 9781583220269
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 16.81
€ 18.99
€ 16.81
Paperback. Translator(s): Mahany, J.T. Num Pages: 172 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 141 x 216 x 13. Weight in Grams: 238.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Open Letter
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781940953335
- ISBN
- 9781940953335
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 15.30
€ 15.99
€ 15.30