Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
Hardcover. In this powerful and visionary novel of Celtic Britain in the tenth century, Sian Hayton writes of the Christianizing of the pagan world that was the overthrow of woman; of one particular woman in the north of Britain who comes to the monks to learn about the new faith, and they are scandalized by her beauty and her physical strength. Num Pages: 202 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 225 x 154 x 20. Weight in Grams: 438. 202 pages. In this powerful and visionary novel of Celtic Britain in the tenth century, Sian Hayton writes of the Christianizing of the pagan world that was the overthrow of woman; of one particular woman in the north of Britain who comes to the monks to learn about the new faith, and they are scandalized by her beauty and her physical strength. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: FA. Dimension: 225 x 154 x 20. Weight: 438.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1990
- Publisher
- New Amsterdam Books
- Edition
- New edition
- Number of pages
- 202
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781561310005
- ISBN
- 9781561310005
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 17.75
€ 17.99
€ 17.75
Paperback. Sian Busby's debut novel is a breathtaking feat of historical scholarship, which takes you to the heart of the Victorian soul. As Daniel McNaughten goes on trial, the dark forces lying beneath the surface of society threaten to break loose and overturn the very order of things. Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 134 x 38. Weight in Grams: 452.
- Publisher
- Short Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Edition
- paperback / softback
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781906021887
- ISBN
- 9781906021887
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 9.45
€ 10.99
€ 9.45
hardcover. The stories in Better Than War encompass narratives from a diverse set of Iranian immigrants, many searching for a balance between memories of their homeland and their new American culture. The everyday life of each character subtly reflects viewpoints that are simultaneously Iranian and American, of all ages and circumstances. Series: Flannery O'Connor Award for Short Fiction. Num Pages: 148 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 23. Weight in Grams: 825.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- University of Georgia Press United States
- Number of pages
- 148
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780820348537
- ISBN
- 9780820348537
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 24.38
€ 26.99
€ 24.38
Paperback. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 135 x 14. Weight in Grams: 222.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- New Directions Publishing Corporation United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780811218115
- ISBN
- 9780811218115
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.79
€ 15.79
Hardback. "This translation is dedicated to the memory of Hondao Shun (1936-1997) a kind and gentle man who was nothing like his namesake in this novel." Translator(s): Gessel, Van C. Series: Weatherhead Books on Asia. Num Pages: 328 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 164 x 24. Weight in Grams: 590. A Novel. Series: Weatherhead Books on Asia. 328 pages. "This translation is dedicated to the memory of Hondao Shun (1936-1997) a kind and gentle man who was nothing like his namesake in this novel.". Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Dimension: 236 x 164 x 24. Weight: 590. Translator(s): Gessel, Van C.
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Number of pages
- 328
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231162821
- ISBN
- 9780231162821
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 42.99€ 30.78
€ 42.99
€ 30.78
Paperback. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 158 x 230 x 17. Weight in Grams: 276.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Central Books
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781908742032
- ISBN
- 9781908742032
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 13.39
€ 13.99
€ 13.39
Paperback. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 147 x 224 x 26. Weight in Grams: 464.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691169675
- ISBN
- 9780691169675
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 27.43
€ 37.99
€ 27.43
Paperback. Num Pages: 270 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 106 x 171 x 18. Weight in Grams: 208.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- BetterLink Press Incorporated United States
- Edition
- 2
- Number of pages
- 270
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781602202368
- ISBN
- 9781602202368
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 13.56
€ 13.99
€ 13.56
The Jewish Book of Fables. The Selected Works of Eliezer Shtaynbarg.
Shtaynbarg, Eliezer. Illus: Craft, Dana
The fable has a 3000-year-old tradition in Jewish literature, going back to the Bible and the Talmud. It was not until the advent of the illustrious poet and fabulist Eliezer Shtaynbarg that fable writing in Yiddish was honed to perfection. This text is devoted to Shtaynbarg's work. Illustrator(s): Craft, Dana. Translator(s): Leviant, Curt. Series: Judaic Traditions in Literature, Music and Art. Num Pages: 256 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: 2ACY; DQ; FA; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Syracuse University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780815607182
- ISBN
- 9780815607182
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 31.72
€ 36.99
€ 31.72
Collecting an autobiographical novel and three short stories, this work brings together the achievements of the great Russian masters, Chekhov and Nabokov and the Jewish and American storytellers, Bashevis Singer and Malamud. Editor(s): Shrayer, Maxim D. Num Pages: 248 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 23. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Syracuse University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780815608202
- ISBN
- 9780815608202
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 24.38
€ 25.99
€ 24.38
Hardback. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 149 x 20. Weight in Grams: 390.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780892729166
- ISBN
- 9780892729166
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 23.13
€ 25.99
€ 23.13
Paperback. Translator(s): Halkin, Halkin. Series: Library of Yiddish classics. Num Pages: 309 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 140 x 19. Weight in Grams: 323.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Schocken Books United States
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 309
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780805210699
- ISBN
- 9780805210699
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 16.99
€ 18.99
€ 16.99
Paperback. The author of Yiddish novels and short stories, Sholem Aleichem, evokes the voices of Yiddish speakers in these monologues written between 1901 and 1916. In each piece, a man or a woman comes forward to tell the story. Translator(s): Gorelick, Ted. Series: Judaic Traditions in Literature, Music and Art. Num Pages: 192 pages, glossary, notes. BIC Classification: DNF; FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 12. Weight in Grams: 249.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Syracuse University Press United States
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780815606345
- ISBN
- 9780815606345
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 19.40
€ 20.99
€ 19.40
Hardback. This volume follows the hapless, albeit hilarious, adventures of Menachem-Mendl, a dreamy optimist who travels to New York and across Eastern Europe in search of an elusive fortune at the approach of World War I. His wife and children are left behind in the shtetl of Kasrilevka. Translator(s): Shevrin, Aliza. Series: Library of Modern Jewish Literature. Num Pages: 418 pages, glossary. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 445.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Syracuse University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 418
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780815606772
- ISBN
- 9780815606772
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 26.14
€ 27.99
€ 26.14
Paperback. Presents an account of life in turn-of-the-century Russia. Through the workaday world of a rural dairyman, his grit, wit, and heart, his daughters' courtships and marriages, and the eventual menace of the pogroms, this title reveals the fabric of a vanished world. Translator(s): Shevrin, Aliza. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 194 x 129 x 20. Weight in Grams: 330.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Edition
- New
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780143105602
- ISBN
- 9780143105602
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.02
€ 13.99
€ 11.02
Paperback. Num Pages: 191 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 276.
- Publisher
- IBEX Publishers,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 191
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780936347837
- ISBN
- 9780936347837
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 24.90
€ 33.99
€ 24.90
Paperback. A stunning collection of short stories that will be adored by readers of Jhumpa Lahiri's The Lowland. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 126. .
- Publisher
- Fleet
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780349006475
- ISBN
- 9780349006475
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.23
€ 11.99
€ 10.23
Paperback. Num Pages: 212 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 153 x 15. Weight in Grams: 360.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Samuel Wachtman's Sons, Inc.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781888820669
- ISBN
- 9781888820669
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.02
€ 13.99
€ 11.02
Paperback. While expecting their new litter of kittens, Joe Grey and Dulcie become involved in investigating a human murderer who has been targeting the local elderly. Series: Joe Grey Mystery Series. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 106 x 171 x 32. Weight in Grams: 162.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers Inc
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780062403506
- ISBN
- 9780062403506
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 9.53
€ 9.53
Paperback. Illustrator(s): Barnard, Bryn. Num Pages: 44 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: CJBR; FA. Category: (J) Children / Juvenile; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 230 x 149 x 5. Weight in Grams: 106.
- Publisher
- Random House Books for Young Readers
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780375813078
- ISBN
- 9780375813078
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 7.03
€ 7.03