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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
Paperback. The captivating, quirky and heartwarming new novel from the bestselling author of ELEANOR & PARK Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 27. Weight in Grams: 252.
- Publisher
- Orion Publishing Co
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781409152125
- ISBN
- 9781409152125
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.30
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Paperback. Salim the coachman tells enchanting tales, but suddenly he is struck dumb. Just as Scheherazade told tales to save her life, Salim's friends must spin yarns to save his speech. Set in Damascus in 1959, the novel alternates the real lives of our storytellers with stories from the distant past. Translator(s): Boehm, Philip. Num Pages: 263 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 131 x 22. Weight in Grams: 292.
- Publisher
- Arabia Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 263
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781906697358
- ISBN
- 9781906697358
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Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 14.98
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Paperback. Even as a young man, Hamid Farsi is acclaimed as a master of the art of calligraphy. But as time goes by, he sees that weaknesses in the Arabic language and its script limit its uses in the modern world. In a secret society, he works out schemes for radical reform, never guessing what risks he is running. Num Pages: 450 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 135 x 36. Weight in Grams: 440.
- Publisher
- Haus Publishing
- Number of pages
- 450
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781906697280
- ISBN
- 9781906697280
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.44
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Paperback. A dead man hangs from the portal of St Paul's Chapel in Damascus. He was a Muslim officer - and he was murdered. But when Detective Barudi sets out to interrogate the man's mysterious widow, the Secret Service takes the case away from him. Barudi continues to investigate clandestinely and discovers the murderer's motive. Translator(s): Bell, Anthea. Num Pages: 853 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 133 x 55. Weight in Grams: 618.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Arabia Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 853
- Publication date
- 2009
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781906697242
- ISBN
- 9781906697242
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 18.20
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Paperback. Gabriella has many siblings and more animals. Her father is an impoverished poet, her mother a classicist. This is the story of Gabriella and her brothers, and their unorthodox childhood in this wayward family. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 202 x 138 x 16. Weight in Grams: 180. Good clean copy with minor shelf wear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KSS0008148
- ISBN
- 9781408850671
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 132 x 14. Weight in Grams: 170.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 224
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- New edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781408850732
- ISBN
- 9781408850732
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.00€ 11.69
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€ 11.69
Paperback. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 199 x 20. Weight in Grams: 238.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 384
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781408850657
- ISBN
- 9781408850657
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.00€ 11.70
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Paperback. Laura Sale turned down Guy Mildmay's marriage proposal and left Norfolk for a life in the London art world. Years later and disillusioned with the art scene, she meets Guy in a restaurant. Will she leave London and return to the country? Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 199 x 21. Weight in Grams: 242.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 384
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781408850695
- ISBN
- 9781408850695
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.00€ 11.69
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Paperback. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 130 x 23. Weight in Grams: 238.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781408854150
- ISBN
- 9781408854150
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.00€ 11.70
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Paperback. In a small village in Puglia, there are two memorials: one to those killed in the First World War, and one to those lost in the Second World War. In this tale of the fate of a tiny hilltop village, Vitantonio and Giovanna are born moments apart just as the First World War ends, and just as their two fathers are killed on the front. Num Pages: 362 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FRD; FRH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
- Publisher
- Transworld Publishers Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 01st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781784162269
- ISBN
- 9781784162269
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Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 9.50
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Paperback. Translator(s): Jull Costa, Margaret. Series: Dedalus Europe 1992-2004. Num Pages: 356 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 211 x 127 x 32. Weight in Grams: 422.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Dedalus
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781903517178
- ISBN
- 9781903517178
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 13.47
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Paperback. Under a weak winter sun in small-town Spain, a man discovers a rotting corpse in a marsh. It's a despairing place filled with half-finished housing developments and unemployment, a place defeated by the burst of the economic bubble. Translator(s): Costa, Margaret Jull. Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
- Publisher
- Vintage
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 01st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099593171
- ISBN
- 9780099593171
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 19.30
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Hardback. Num Pages: 280 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 207 x 135 x 28. Weight in Grams: 428.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- M P Publishing Limited United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781849821810
- ISBN
- 9781849821810
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.05
€ 13.99
€ 11.05
Paperback. Amina, a baker in sultan's palace, awaits her son's return from a voyage at sea, fearful that the sea has claimed Said. Said begins to make his way home witnessing British colonial oppression along the way. When Said returns and learns the island's slave population is planning a revolt against sultan's tyrannical rule, he and Amina are drawn in. Translator(s): Romaine, Barbara. Series: CMES Modern Middle East Literatures in Translation Series. Num Pages: 109 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5487 x 3556 x 9. Weight in Grams: 150.
- Publisher
- University of Texas Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780292717527
- ISBN
- 9780292717527
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Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 17.59
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Paperback. A pair of lovers - a young female journalist and an older man who owns an isolated farm in the Brazilian outback - spend the night together. The next day they proceed to destroy each other. Amid vitriolic insults, cruelty and warring egos, their sexual adventure turns into a savage power game. Translator(s): Tobler, Stefan. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 64 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 64
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141396804
- ISBN
- 9780141396804
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 9.99€ 8.66
€ 9.99
€ 8.66
Paperback. For Andre, a young man growing up on a farm in Brazil, life consists of 'the earth, the wheat, the bread, our table and our family'. He loves the land, fears his austere, pious father who preaches from the head of the table as if it is a pulpit, and loathes himself, as he starts to harbour shameful feelings for his sister Ana. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 144
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141396781
- ISBN
- 9780141396781
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.26
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Paperback. The bible of lesbianism' THE TIMES Series: VMC. Num Pages: 512 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 126 x 33. Weight in Grams: 356.
- Publisher
- Little, Brown Book Group
- Number of pages
- 512
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781844085156
- ISBN
- 9781844085156
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.00€ 11.85
€ 13.00
€ 11.85
paperback. .
- Publisher
- Wordsworth
- Number of pages
- 448
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- New ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781840224559
- ISBN
- 9781840224559
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 6.32
€ 6.32
Paperback. 8vo good copy
- Condition
- Used, Good
- Edition
- Main Market
- Publisher
- Pan Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- SKU
- KEX0261377
- ISBN
- 9780330441193
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback.
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Edition
- Main Market
- Publisher
- Pan Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- SKU
- KNW0005538
- ISBN
- 9780330441193
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99