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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
Paperback. Willem Elsschot's Cheese combines comedy and pathos in its depiction of a man trying to progress beyond his limited skill set. As poignant as it is funny, Cheese will appeal to anyone who has suffered the endless indignities of office life. Translator(s): Berg, Sander. Num Pages: 300 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 198 x 22. Weight in Grams: 158.
- Publisher
- Alma Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781846884160
- ISBN
- 9781846884160
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.81
€ 11.99
€ 10.81
Paperback. This volume gathers together some of the real and the imagined lives of Willa Muir, one of the finest and fiercest intellectuals of her generation. Series: Canongate Classics. Num Pages: 720 pages. BIC Classification: DNF; FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 126 x 30. Weight in Grams: 473.
- Publisher
- Canongate UK
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780862416058
- ISBN
- 9780862416058
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 18.40
€ 26.99
€ 18.40
Paperback. A novel that describes life on the Nebraska frontier. It presents a range of biographical, historical, and textual information. Editor(s): Rosowski, Susan J.; Mignon, Charles W.; Danker, Kathleen. Series: Willa Cather Scholarly Edition. Num Pages: 392 pages, Map, 16 photographs. BIC Classification: 2ABM; DSBH; DSK; FA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 23. Weight in Grams: 554.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Number of pages
- 392
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Scholarly
- SKU
- V9780803264373
- ISBN
- 9780803264373
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 25.20
€ 26.99
€ 25.20
Paperback. Editor(s): Mignon, Charles W.; Link, Frederick M.; Ronning, Kari A. Series: Willa Cather Scholarly Edition. Num Pages: 371 pages, Illus. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 522.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Number of pages
- 371
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Scholarly
- SKU
- V9780803264304
- ISBN
- 9780803264304
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 19.81
€ 19.99
€ 19.81
Paperback. Contains the author's essays that are personal on the surface, and stresses upon what impresses her in really good literature. Num Pages: 149 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ABM; BG; DSBF; DSBH; DSK; FA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5182 x 3404 x 10. Weight in Grams: 171.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1988
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Number of pages
- 149
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Reprint
- SKU
- V9780803263314
- ISBN
- 9780803263314
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 18.58
€ 18.99
€ 18.58
Paperback. In this powerful and astonishing novel, Willa Cather created one of the most winning yet thoroughly convincing heroines in American fiction. Series: VMC. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 130 x 22. Weight in Grams: 214.
- Publisher
- Little, Brown Book Group United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781844083749
- ISBN
- 9781844083749
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 11.81
€ 15.99
€ 11.81
Paperback. Editor(s): Lindemann, Marilee. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 12. Weight in Grams: 162.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 224
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199552320
- ISBN
- 9780199552320
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.82
€ 11.99
€ 10.82
Paperback. My Antonia took Cather out of the rank of provincial novelists while at the same time celebrating the provinces. It depicts the pioneering period of European settlement in the American prairie, through the stories of Jim Burden and Antonia Shimerda, who is the embodiment of the pioneer spirit. Editor(s): Sharistanian, Janet. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 15. Weight in Grams: 196.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Number of pages
- 272
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Edition
- Reissued
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199538140
- ISBN
- 9780199538140
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.81
€ 11.99
€ 10.81
Paperback. A rich and suggestive work which contrasts the middle-aged disillusion of Professor St Peter with his memories of his favourite student, the brilliant explorer and inventor Tom Outland Series: VMC. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 128 x 17. Weight in Grams: 174.
- Publisher
- Little, Brown Book Group United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781844083763
- ISBN
- 9781844083763
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.09
€ 13.99
€ 11.09
Paperback. Series: Dover Thrift Editions. Num Pages: 176 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 209 x 134 x 13. Weight in Grams: 148. Series: Dover Thrift S. 176 pages, illustrations. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: FA. Dimension: 209 x 134 x 13. Weight: 158.
- Publisher
- Dover Publications Inc.
- Number of pages
- 176
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Edition
- New edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780486282404
- ISBN
- 9780486282404
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 9.99€ 9.54
€ 9.99
€ 9.54
Hardback. Set during the great migration west to settle the plains of the North American continent, the narrative follows Antonia Shimerda, a pioneer who comes to Nebraska as a child and grows with the country, inspiring a childhood friend, Jim Burden, to write her life story. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 138 x 25. Weight in Grams: 362.
- Publisher
- Penguin Putnam Inc United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 304
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780143123156
- ISBN
- 9780143123156
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 17.73
€ 23.99
€ 17.73
Paperback. Willa Cather's best known novel; a narrative that recounts a life lived simply in the silence of the southwestern desert. Series: VMC. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 18. Weight in Grams: 176.
- Publisher
- Little, Brown Book Group United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781844083725
- ISBN
- 9781844083725
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.02
€ 13.99
€ 11.02
Paperback. A portrait of a woman who reflects the conventions of her age even as she defies them and whose transformations embody the decline and coarsening of the American frontier. Series: VMC. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 205 x 132 x 13. Weight in Grams: 138.
- Publisher
- Little, Brown Book Group United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 192
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781844083732
- ISBN
- 9781844083732
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.02
€ 13.99
€ 11.02
Hardcover. When their father dies young, exhausted by the failure of his attempts at agriculture, it is left to the visionary Alexandra to guide the family to prosperity and safeguard the fortune of her brothers. Strong-willed and fiercely independent, she succeeds against all odds, but only at the cost of her own fulfilment as a woman. Num Pages: 230 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 211 x 134 x 18. Weight in Grams: 342.
- Publisher
- Everyman United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 230
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781841593418
- ISBN
- 9781841593418
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 11.81
€ 15.99
€ 11.81
Paperback. The thrilling debut from comedy writer and stand up star, Will Smith - a novel about loneliness, about not belonging and about the corroding effects of keeping secrets. 'John le Carre meets 'Middlemarch' Independent Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 196 x 21. Weight in Grams: 222.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- HARPER COLLINS
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- KSG0015156
- ISBN
- 9780007594290
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Hardcover. The thrilling debut from comedy writer and stand up star, Will Smith - a novel about loneliness, about not belonging and about the corroding effects of keeping secrets. 'John le Carre meets 'Middlemarch' Independent Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 147 x 30. Weight in Grams: 442. Some light shelf wear else as new.
- Condition
- Used, Like New
- Publisher
- Fourth Estate
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- SKU
- KTG0003613
- ISBN
- 9780007594269
Hardback
Condition: Used, Like New
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 26. Weight in Grams: 292. Good clean copy with minor shelf wear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KAC0000592
- ISBN
- 9781408831670
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. What if a demented London cabbie called Dave Rudman wrote a book to his estranged son to give him some fatherly advice? What if that book was buried in Hampstead and hundreds of years later, when rising sea levels have put London underwater, spawned a religion? This book offers a historical detective story set in the far future. Num Pages: 512 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 32. Weight in Grams: 360.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780141014548
- ISBN
- 9780141014548
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 9.61
€ 10.99
€ 9.61
Paperback. Will Self's uncomfortable and disturbing allegory of the liberal West in the post-9/11 era Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 154 x 197 x 24. Weight in Grams: 250. 368 pages. Will Self's uncomfortable and disturbing allegory of the liberal West in the post-9/11 era. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: FA. Dimension: 154 x 197 x 24. Weight: 252.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Number of pages
- 368
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781408827383
- ISBN
- 9781408827383
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 17.67
€ 23.99
€ 17.67
Paperback. Will Self's stunning, hallucinogenic satire Num Pages: 512 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 154 x 197 x 33. Weight in Grams: 348.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Number of pages
- 512
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781408827406
- ISBN
- 9781408827406
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 15.94
€ 19.99
€ 15.94