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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

Paperback. Born in Taiwan, raised in the scholarly traditions of ancient China but forced into the Japanese educational system, Hu Taiming, the protagonist of Orphan of Asia, ultimately finds himself estranged from all three cultures. This autobiographical novel is regarded as an expression of the postwar Taiwanese national consciousness. Translator(s): Mentzas, Ioannis. Series: Modern Chinese Literature from Taiwan. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 281.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231137263
ISBN
9780231137263
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 20.43

Paperback. Num Pages: 264 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 143 x 211 x 12. Weight in Grams: 226.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
BetterLink Press Incorporated United States
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
SKU
V9781602202443
ISBN
9781602202443
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 14.37

This book brings together the essay collection "Written in the margins of life (Xie zai ren sheng bian shang)" and the short story collection "Human, beast, ghost (Ren shou gui)." Editor(s): Rea, Christopher G. Series: Weatherhead Books on Asia. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: DNF; FA; FYB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152. Weight in Grams: 454.
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231152747
ISBN
9780231152747
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 129.59

Set in the magical jungles of Borneo, this work recounts the life of Su Qi, a troubled, sensitive son of a wealthy family.It presents a deeply evocative exploration of sexuality and identity and a reworking of Chinese and Western myth. Translator(s): Jaffee, Valerie. Series: Modern Chinese Literature from Taiwan. Num Pages: 216 pages, N/A. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 140 x 19. Weight in Grams: 454.
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
216
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231140584
ISBN
9780231140584
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 45.94

Paperback. Na'ama Newman wakes up one morning to a new reality. Her husband Udi, formerly a healthy, active tour guide, announces that he can no longer move his legs. The paralysis is diagnosed as psychosomatic - Udi has gone on strike and Na'ama must cope with the crisis, while balancing the demands of work and motherhood. Translator(s): Bilu, Dalya. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 19. Weight in Grams: 203. 288 pages. Na'ama Newman wakes up one morning to find her husband Udi, formerly a healthy, active tour guide, saying he can't move his legs. The paralysis is diagnosed as psychosomatic - Udi has gone on strike, and Na'ama must cope with the crisis, while balancing the demands of work and motherhood. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: FA. Dimension: 196 x 129 x 19. Weight: 196. Translator(s): Bilu, Dalya.
Publisher
Canongate Books
Number of pages
288
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9781841954165
ISBN
9781841954165
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.71

Paperback. Presents the story of the confessional of a famous glamour girl of the affluent 1920s and an aspiring ballerina which captures the spirit of an era. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 16. Weight in Grams: 190.
Publisher
Vintage United Kingdom
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099286554
ISBN
9780099286554
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.08

Paperback. Num Pages: 263 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DQ; FA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 215 x 146 x 9. Weight in Grams: 172.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Dalkey Archive Press
Condition
New
SKU
9781564789259
ISBN
9781564789259
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 6.12

Paperback. Translator(s): Manoukian, Jennifer; Jinbashian, Ishkhan. Series: Middle East Literature in Translation. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 14. Weight in Grams: 308.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Syracuse University Press United States
Number of pages
200
Condition
New
SKU
V9780815634683
ISBN
9780815634683
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.11

Paperback. 'The perfect antidote to the winter blues..a sweet, funny and compelling tale that makes you wonder exactly what your life would be like if you just had the nerve to try and change it' - Debbie Johnson, bestselling author of Christmas at the Comfort Food CafeTwo women, two very different lives - one perfect solution to escape festive heartbreak! Num Pages: 332 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FRD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 131 x 35. Weight in Grams: 242.
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780008210458
ISBN
9780008210458
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.86

Paperback. Callum Pope cannot get over the brutal killing of his girlfriend Sarah Glass. He and Sarah had created strawdonkey.com. Four years later and, on the day Sarah's killer is released from prison, Callum flies to Reykjavik to try and make a fresh start. But can he escape the horror he is running away from? Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 24. Weight in Grams: 292.
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Black Swan
Number of pages
448
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
SKU
KNW0014246
ISBN
9780552772174
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback / so. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FJW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 170 x 104 x 20. Weight in Grams: 136.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Kensington Publishing United States
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780786035168
ISBN
9780786035168
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 8.52

Paperback. Zane brings us a tale of a woman with a split personality: one highly sexed, the other repressed and nervous around men. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 209 x 135 x 20. Weight in Grams: 266.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
Reprint
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9780743476249
ISBN
9780743476249
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 16.70

Hardback. Series: SB - The Africa List. Num Pages: 296 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 138 x 213 x 30. Weight in Grams: 430.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Seagull Books London Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
SKU
V9780857423320
ISBN
9780857423320
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 22.54

Paperback. .
Publisher
Periscope
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781902932453
ISBN
9781902932453
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 12.95

Paperback. 'White Teeth' is a comic epic of multicultural Britain which tells the story of immigrants in England over a period of 40 years. Num Pages: 560 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 180 x 110. Weight in Grams: 315.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140297782
ISBN
9780140297782
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.81

Paperback. Dealing - among many other things - with friendship, love, war, three cultures and three families over three generations, one brown mouse, and the tricky way the past has of coming back and biting you on the ankle, this book is written with a passion for ideas, for language and for the rich tragic-comedy of life. Num Pages: 560 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 36. Weight in Grams: 390.
Edition
1st Paper Back - 6th Impression
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140276336
ISBN
9780140276336
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.08

Paperback. Following one Alex-Li Tandem - a twenty-something, Chinese-Jewish autograph dealer turned on by sex, drugs and organised religion, this title takes in London and New York, love and death, fathers and sons, as Alex tries to discover how a piece of paper can bring him closer to his heart's desire. Illustrator(s): Mills, Roderick. Num Pages: 432 pages, line illustrations. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 28. Weight in Grams: 300.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140276343
ISBN
9780140276343
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.02

Paperback. Num Pages: 464 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
01st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141036601
ISBN
9780141036601
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.08

Paperback. Series: Penguin Essentials. Num Pages: 560 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 181 x 111. .
Publisher
Penguin
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9780241981399
ISBN
9780241981399
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.08

Paperback. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 183 x 122 x 29. Weight in Grams: 258.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Edition
1st THUS
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141026664
ISBN
9780141026664
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.82

Paperback. .
Publisher
PENGUIN BOOKS
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9780241965269
ISBN
9780241965269
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.82

Paperback. Series: Break Away Books. Num Pages: 202 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 205 x 133 x 17. Weight in Grams: 250.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Indiana University Press
Edition
Break Away Book Club ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780253019813
ISBN
9780253019813
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 18.70

Paperback. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 140 x 17. Weight in Grams: 246.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Eschia Books Canada
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9781926696201
ISBN
9781926696201
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 14.96

Paperback. After ten years' journeying Odysseus returns, again and again, to Ithaca. Each time he finds something different: his patient wife Penelope has betrayed him and married; his arrival accelerates time and he watches his family age and die in front of him; and, he walks into an empty house in ruins. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 134 x 16. Weight in Grams: 172.
Publisher
Vintage United Kingdom
Number of pages
240
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099547075
ISBN
9780099547075
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.81

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