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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Mosaic Press
Edition
Second Edition, Second edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781771610674
ISBN
9781771610674
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 15.39

Paperback. This fascinating collection gave birth to a new paradigm when Akira Kurosawa made famous Akutagawa's disturbing tale of seven people recounting the same incident from shockingly different perspectives. Illustrator(s): Kuwata, M. Translator(s): Kojima, Takashi. Num Pages: 96 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 217 x 141 x 9. Weight in Grams: 164.
Publisher
Liveright
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780871401731
ISBN
9780871401731
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 13.69

Paperback. Written by Ryunosuke Akutagawa - one of Japan's foremost stylists and a modernist master whose short stories are marked by imagery, cynicism, beauty, and wild humour. His other works include: "Rashomon"; "In a Bamboo Grove"; "The Nose"; "O-Gin"; "Loyalty"; "Death Register"; "The Life of a Stupid Man"; and "Spinning Gears". Translator(s): Rubin, Jay. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 19. Weight in Grams: 238.
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Edition
Translation
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140449709
ISBN
9780140449709
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.05

Paperback. An ambitious, epic dystopian novel - part political thriller and part satire. Translator(s): McCarthy, Ralph; De Wolf, Charles; Takemori, Ginny. Num Pages: 672 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 42. Weight in Grams: 540.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Pushkin Press
Number of pages
672
Condition
New
SKU
9781908968494
ISBN
9781908968494
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 12.53

Paperback. A darkly satirical tale of the generation and gender gaps in Japanese society. Translator(s): McCarthy, Ralph. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 142 x 14. Weight in Grams: 188.
Publisher
Pushkin Press
Number of pages
192
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
First
Condition
New
SKU
V9781908968449
ISBN
9781908968449
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 11.48

Paperback. Every night, Kawashima Masayuki creeps from his bed and watches over his baby girl's crib while his wife sleeps. But this is no ordinary domestic scene. He has an ice pick in his hand, and a barely controllable desire to use it. Deciding to confront his demons, Kawashima sets into motion a chain of events seeming to lead inexorably to murder. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 13. Weight in Grams: 136.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Number of pages
192
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
paperback / softback
Condition
New
SKU
V9780747593133
ISBN
9780747593133
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 11.64

Paperback. It's just before New Year, and Frank, an overweight American tourist, has hired Kenji to take him on a guided tour of Tokyo's nightlife. But, Frank's behaviour is so odd that Kenji begins to entertain a horrible suspicion: his client may in fact have murderous desires. Translator(s): McCarthy, Ralph. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 130 x 12. Weight in Grams: 138. 192 pages. It's just before New Year, and Frank, an overweight American tourist, has hired Kenji to take him on a guided tour of Tokyo's nightlife. But, Frank's behaviour is so odd that Kenji begins to entertain a horrible suspicion: his client may in fact have murderous desires. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: FA. Dimension: 199 x 130 x 12. Weight: 138. Translator(s): McCarthy, Ralph.
Publisher
BLOOMSBURY PUBLISHING PLC
Number of pages
192
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Edition
New edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780747578888
ISBN
9780747578888
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.86

Paperback. A side-splittingly funny coming-of-age novel set in the Japan of the sixties, Ryu Murakami's novel is an unusually funny and autobiographical book from an author known for his darkly violent and cynical side. Being young in the 1960s is the same in Japan as everywhere. This is a personal but profound insight into a much wider upheaval in society. Translator(s): McCarthy, Ralph. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 132 x 197 x 14. Weight in Grams: 190.
Publisher
Pushkin Press
Number of pages
192
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
New
Condition
New
SKU
V9781908968463
ISBN
9781908968463
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 11.53

Paperback.
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Baen Books
Edition
Reprint
Number of pages
544
Condition
New
Format
Paperback
SKU
V9781476736136
ISBN
9781476736136
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.05

Paperback. Num Pages: 144 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 162 x 199 x 16. Weight in Grams: 326.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Poetry Wales Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
144
Condition
New
SKU
V9781854116475
ISBN
9781854116475
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.73

Paperback. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1FKA; FA; FQ; HRG; WH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781408881590
ISBN
9781408881590
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.09

Paperback. For readers of Cormac McCarthy and T. C. Boyle comes this harrowing and hypnotic new novel about a community of eccentric outcasts living in the Utah desert Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 197 x 27. Weight in Grams: 286.
Publisher
Oneworld Publications
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781780748207
ISBN
9781780748207
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.66

Paperback. An astonishing sojourn into the darkest parts of Western American lore Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 20. .
Publisher
Oneworld Publications United Kingdom
Number of pages
288
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781780745992
ISBN
9781780745992
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.70

Paperback. Num Pages: 224 pages, black & white illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 154 x 15. Weight in Grams: 352.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
NeWest Press Canada
Edition
1St Edition
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9781927063217
ISBN
9781927063217
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 15.75

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Perfect Edge
Number of pages
270
Condition
New
SKU
V9781782791416
ISBN
9781782791416
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 18.45

Hardcover. Num Pages: 164 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 136 x 201 x 22. Weight in Grams: 356.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Fantagraphics
Condition
New
SKU
V9781606998472
ISBN
9781606998472
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 21.58

Paperback. A bittersweet paean to dashed hopes and good intentions in contemporary middle America; a comic, deeply heartfelt dissection of the Dream by an exciting debut author. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 154 x 30. Weight in Grams: 486.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group
Condition
New
SKU
V9781472115348
ISBN
9781472115348
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 14.17

Paperback. Num Pages: 285 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 155 x 20. Weight in Grams: 322. 285 pages. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: FA. Dimension: 229 x 155 x 20. Weight: 324.
Publisher
Akashic Books,U.S.
Number of pages
285
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9781933354743
ISBN
9781933354743
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 17.33

paperback. Focuses on Lue Gim Gong, a real-life Chinese pioneer, who seized the opportunity to go to America's "Gold Mountain." This book presents the story of his attempt to assimilate the new culture, his few successes and his frequent setbacks as told by the women who cared most about him: his mother, a spinster who loved him, and a friend and co-worker. Num Pages: 408 pages, 1 illus. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 25. Weight in Grams: 554.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
University of Washington Press United States
Number of pages
408
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780295987149
ISBN
9780295987149
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.70

Paperback. Presents the story of two women caught in the shadow of their teenage years. This book tells how at fifteen, Sally Tuttle and Rowena Cresswell were firm friends, until a shocking event changed their lives. It also tells how in their late thirties, they are estranged, both single mothers, both haunted with memories of their intense friendship. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 22. Weight in Grams: 218. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Edition
Main
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KTG0007306
ISBN
9780571230600
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

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