Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
Hardback. A collection of stories that features: "Memorial Day", "Memo and Oblivion" and "The Interview". In "Memorial Day", an aging man at a public swimming pool recalls a brief but momentous affair he had with a young British woman in London thirty years ago and the paradoxical role his recently deceased father played in it. Series: Johns Hopkins: Poetry and Fiction. Num Pages: 280 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 224 x 168 x 25. Weight in Grams: 460.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781421402734
- ISBN
- 9781421402734
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 32.14
€ 36.99
€ 32.14
Paperback. Reissued to mark the 30th Anniversary of Brautigan's death. Introduced by Jarvis Cocker Series: The Canons. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 15. Weight in Grams: 148.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Canongate Books
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780857862648
- ISBN
- 9780857862648
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 12.99€ 10.45
€ 12.99
€ 10.45
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Vintage/Ebury (a Division of Random
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099437581
- ISBN
- 9780099437581
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 14.31
€ 17.99
€ 14.31
Paperback. Written in 160 pages of a loose-leaf notebook, this book comes to terms with the death of a friend by going on a personal odyssey which zigzags through time and landscapes, from Oakland to Hawaii, and the wilds of Montana. It walks a line between fiction and memoir, between dark introspection and a lust for life. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 153 x 198 x 8. Weight in Grams: 94.
- Publisher
- Canongate Books Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781841951461
- ISBN
- 9781841951461
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.76
€ 13.99
€ 11.76
Paperback. Presents episodic novel that set amongst the rural waterways of America. This title begins at the foot of the Benjamin Franklin statue in San Francisco's Washington Square, wanders through the wonders of America's rural waterways and ends, inevitably, with mayonnaise. Series: Canons. Num Pages: 140 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 204 x 136 x 10. Weight in Grams: 116.
- Publisher
- Canongate Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- 8th
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781782113805
- ISBN
- 9781782113805
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.76
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Paperback. Contains 62 stories that set mainly in Tacoma, Washington (where the author grew up) and in the flower-powered San Francisco of the late fifties and early sixties. Series: Canons. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 131 x 10. Weight in Grams: 128.
- Publisher
- Canongate Books Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- Main - Canons edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781782113782
- ISBN
- 9781782113782
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.76
€ 13.99
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Paperback. Jesse and Lee share a house owned by a very nice Chinese dentist, where it rains in the hall. They move to cabins on the cliffs at Big Sur where the deafening croaks of frogs can be temporarily silenced by the cry, 'Campbell's Soup'. Series: Canons. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 131 x 11. Weight in Grams: 126.
- Publisher
- Canongate Books Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- Main - Canons ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781782113799
- ISBN
- 9781782113799
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.78
€ 13.99
€ 10.78
Hardback. Three American soldiers set out on the gruelling ascent of a perilous Italian mountainside in the murky closing days of the Second World War. Haunted by their sergeant's cold-blooded murder of a young girl, and with only an old man of uncertain loyalties as their guide, they truge on in a state of barely suppressed terror and confusion. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 141 x 19. Weight in Grams: 298. Very good copiy in clean dustwrapper. Frst edition.
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Edition
- First Edition/First Printing
- Publisher
- Atlantic Books
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- SKU
- KEX0303081
- ISBN
- 9781848870840
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 20.00
€ 20.00
Paperback. From the prize-winning and world-renowned novelist comes a gorgeously rendered, emotionally devastating account of a relationship eroded by secrets, set against the backdrop of American's great national tragedy, 9/11. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 211 x 150 x 27. Weight in Grams: 422. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Publisher
- Atlantic Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- SKU
- KRA0009019
- ISBN
- 9781782393955
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. From the prize-winning and world-renowned novelist comes a gorgeously rendered, emotionally devastating account of a relationship eroded by secrets, set against the backdrop of American's great national tragedy, 9/11. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
- Publisher
- Atlantic Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 368
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781782393979
- ISBN
- 9781782393979
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.03
€ 11.99
€ 10.03
paperback. For disillusioned writer and itinerant barnstormer Richard Bach, belief is as real as a full tank of gas and sparks firing in the cylinders ..until he meets Donald Shimoda - former mechanic and self-described messiah who can make wrenches fly and Richard's imagination soar.. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: 2ABM; BG; FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 169 x 129 x 11. Weight in Grams: 120.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Arrow
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780099427865
- ISBN
- 9780099427865
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 9.80
€ 11.99
€ 9.80
Paperback. The complete edition of a timeless classic, includes the recently rediscovered Part Four and 'Last Words' by Richard Bach.Jonathan Livingston Seagull, the most celebrated inspirational fable of our time, tells the story of a bird determined to be more than ordinary. Num Pages: 144 pages, (1 x 8pp mono plate section). BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 170 x 129 x 6. Weight in Grams: 168.
- Publisher
- Harper Thorsons
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- New Illustrated Thorsons Classics edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780006490340
- ISBN
- 9780006490340
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 12.19
€ 13.99
€ 12.19
paperback. Sandleford Warren is in danger. Hazel's younger brother Fiver is convinced that a great evil is about to befall the land, but no one will listen. And why would they when it is Spring and the grass is fat and succulent? Num Pages: 496 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 31. Weight in Grams: 350.
- Edition
- 01st Edition
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Number of pages
- 496
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780241953235
- ISBN
- 9780241953235
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.76
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Paperback. * A brand-new, hilarious short story collection from Perrier Award winner Rich Hall Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 127 x 14. Weight in Grams: 164.
- Publisher
- Little, Brown Book Group
- Number of pages
- 224
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780349121338
- ISBN
- 9780349121338
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.76
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Paperback. An English translation of 1992 best-selling fiction novel that explores the nature of totalitarian regimes and life in the aftermath of a long dictatorship. Translator(s): Waisman, Sergio Gabriel. Num Pages: 186 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 140 x 229 x 13. Weight in Grams: 236.
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Number of pages
- 186
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822325864
- ISBN
- 9780822325864
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.52
€ 32.99
€ 29.52
Paperback. Num Pages: 64 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 142 x 5. Weight in Grams: 94. 64pp
- Publisher
- Cinnamon Press
- Number of pages
- 64
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781907090028
- ISBN
- 9781907090028
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.45
€ 10.45
Paperback. Edwards was a graduate of University College, Cardiff and although spent time in Vienna, Florence and London this was her permanent home. Both Davies and Edwards were clearly influenced by Chekhov (Davies called him "my god") and the stories in "Rhapsody" are reminiscent of his work. This novel established his name as a young writer to watch. Series: Library of Wales. Num Pages: 345 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 213 x 135 x 22. Weight in Grams: 348.
- Publisher
- Parthian Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 345
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781905762477
- ISBN
- 9781905762477
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.41
€ 11.41
Paperback. A mix of Wodehousian farce and whodunit that is sure to appeal to Downtown Abbey fans, Lady Georgie - 34th in line to the throne, flat broke and struggling to survive in the Great Depression - is embroiled in a mystery. Series: Her Royal Spyness. Num Pages: 352 pages, no internal images/maps. BIC Classification: FA; FF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 126. .
- Publisher
- Little, Brown Book Group
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781472120700
- ISBN
- 9781472120700
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.76
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Paperback. A mix of Wodehousian farce and whodunit that is sure to appeal to Downtown Abbey fans, Lady Georgie - 34th in line to the throne, flat broke and struggling to survive in the Great Depression - is embroiled in a mystery. Series: Her Royal Spyness. Num Pages: 320 pages, no internal images/maps. BIC Classification: FA; FF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 126. .
- Publisher
- Little, Brown Book Group
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781472120687
- ISBN
- 9781472120687
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.76
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Paperback. Taliesin Jones is a boy on the brink of adulthood, faced for the first time with life's biggest questions. Taliesin's life is falling apart: his mother has run off with her hairdresser, his father's temper is out of control and his brother has been ominously mute for weeks. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 137 x 198 x 14. Weight in Grams: 154.
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780241972144
- ISBN
- 9780241972144
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 14.31
€ 17.99
€ 14.31