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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

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

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

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

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

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

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
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.50

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

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

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

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
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 17.59

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

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

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

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

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

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

Paperback. .
Publisher
Parthian Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
Second edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781910409039
ISBN
9781910409039
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 12.36

Paperback. To love someone, need you know everything about them? When Alice and Joseph meet, they fall quickly into a tentative but serious relationship. Both are still young and hopeful of each other, but each brings with them an emotional burden. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 22. Weight in Grams: 234. Good clean copy with minor shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KAC0001292
ISBN
9780099461777
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. "The Dark Room" tells three stories: that of Helmut a young photographer in the 1930s; Lore a 12-year-old girl at the end of the war; and Micha, a young school teacher, half a century later. Between them, the reader traces the legacy of the Nazi period on the lives of ordinary Germans. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 131 x 25. Weight in Grams: 284. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Vintage
Condition
Used, Very Good
Edition
1st Vintage Book Edition
SKU
KKD0001833
ISBN
9780099287179
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 17.95

Paperback. Reno mounts her motorcycle and sets a collision course for New York. In 1977 the city is alive with art, sensuality and danger. She falls in with a bohemian clique colonising downtown and the lines between reality and performance begin to bleed. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 36. Weight in Grams: 370.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099586982
ISBN
9780099586982
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.00
€ 11.82

Paperback. Fidel and Raul Castro are in the hills, descending only to burn sugarcane plantations and recruit rebels. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 21. Weight in Grams: 246.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099586999
ISBN
9780099586999
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.05

paperback. Summer, 1972: In the claustrophobic heat, eleven-year-old Byron and his friend begin 'Operation Perfect', a hapless mission to rescue Byron's mother from impending crisis. Winter, present day: As frost creeps across the moor, Jim cleans tables in the local cafe, a solitary figure struggling with OCD. Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 136 x 28. Weight in Grams: 310.
Publisher
Black Swan
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780552778107
ISBN
9780552778107
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.05

Paperback. When Harold Fry nips out one morning to post a letter, leaving his wife hoovering upstairs, he has no idea that he is about to walk from one end of the country to the other. He has no hiking boots or map, let alone a compass, waterproof or mobile phone. All he knows is that he must keep walking. To save someone else's life. Num Pages: 384 pages, chapter heads. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 24. Weight in Grams: 268.
Publisher
Black Swan
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9780552778091
ISBN
9780552778091
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.08

Paperback. The school term has ended. It is almost Christmas but Binny, out last-minute shopping couldn't feel less like wishing glad tidings to all men. Ducking out of the rain she finds herself in the sort of shop she would never normally visit. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 5HC; FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 129 x 177 x 20. Weight in Grams: 144.
Publisher
Transworld Publishers Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781784162047
ISBN
9781784162047
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.08

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