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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

Hardcover. .
Publisher
Random House USA Inc United States
Number of pages
264
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780375504525
ISBN
9780375504525
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 22.98

Paperback. Nancy, a black nursemaid, is about to be hanged for killing her mistress' baby. The mother, Temple Drake, knows the reason why. The night before the execution, a lawyer pleads with Temple to intercede, but will the past allow for justice or absolution in the present? Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 126 x 20. Weight in Grams: 184.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing United Kingdom
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099585916
ISBN
9780099585916
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.08

Paperback. Joe Christmas - a man doomed, deracinated and alone - wanders the Deep South in search of an identity, and a place in society. After killing his perverted God-fearing lover, it becomes inevitable that he is pursued by a lynch-hungry mob. Yet after the sacrifice, there is new life, a determined ray of light in the author's complex and tragic world. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 131 x 25. Weight in Grams: 272.
Publisher
Vintage Classics
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099283157
ISBN
9780099283157
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.08

Hardcover. Series: Modern Library. Num Pages: 348 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 191 x 120 x 26. Weight in Grams: 508.
Publisher
Random House Inc
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1992
Condition
New
SKU
V9780679600176
ISBN
9780679600176
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 22.16

Paperback. Num Pages: 267 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 134 x 16. Weight in Grams: 230.
Publisher
Vintage
Number of pages
267
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1991
Edition
Reissue
Condition
New
SKU
V9780679732259
ISBN
9780679732259
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 15.84

Paperback. Depicting the gradual disintegration of the Compson family through four fractured narratives, this novel explores intense, passionate family relationships where there is no love, only self-centredness. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 130 x 20. Weight in Grams: 208.
Format
Paperback
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Publication date
1995
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099475019
ISBN
9780099475019
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 8.67

Paperback. Quentin Compson and Shreve, his Harvard room-mate, are obsessed by the tragic rise and fall of Thomas Sutpen. As a poor white boy, Sutpen was turned away from a plantation owner's mansion by a negro butler. From then on, he was determined to force his way into the upper echelons of Southern society. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 24. Weight in Grams: 274.
Format
Paperback
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Publication date
1995
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099475118
ISBN
9780099475118
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 9.42

Hardcover. This narrative chronicles the decline of the American South through the experiences of Benjy Compson, who struggles to articulate his vision of life. William Faulkner is the author of "As I Lay Dying" and "Sanctuary" and he won the Nobel Prize in 1949. Num Pages: 278 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 211 x 134 x 24. Weight in Grams: 452.
Publisher
Everyman
Number of pages
278
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1992
Condition
New
SKU
V9781857150698
ISBN
9781857150698
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 15.04

paperback. Spolit, feckless Temple Drake, the daughter of a judge, runs away from school with an unsuitable man. Abandoned by him with a gang of moonshiners, Temple falls into the clutches of the psychotic Popeye. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 130 x 16. Weight in Grams: 178.
Publisher
Vintage Classics
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099541028
ISBN
9780099541028
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.04

Paperback. Successive episodes in the death and burial of Addie Bundren are recounted by various members of the family circle, principally as they are carting their mother's coffin to Jefferson, Mississippi, in order to bury her among her people. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 16. Weight in Grams: 190.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Edition
01st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099479314
ISBN
9780099479314
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 8.68

Paperback. In New Orleans in 1937, a man and woman embark on a headlong flight into the wilderness of illicit passion. In Mississippi ten years earlier, a convict sets forth across a flooded river, risking his one chance at freedom to rescue a pregnant woman. From these separate stories, the author composes a symphony of deliverance and damnation. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 198 x 19. Weight in Grams: 222.
Publisher
Vintage/Ebury (a Division of Random
Number of pages
304
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099282921
ISBN
9780099282921
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.04

Paperback. A group of soldiers travel by train across the United States in the aftermath of the First World War. One of them is horribly scarred, blind and almost entirely mute. Moved by his condition, a few civilian fellow travellers decided to see him home to Georgia, to a family who believed him dead, and a fiancee who grew tired of waiting. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 133 x 19. Weight in Grams: 196.
Publisher
Vintage United Kingdom
Number of pages
272
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099282822
ISBN
9780099282822
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.77

Paperback. Featuring a collection of short stories, this book includes fictions such as 'A Bear Hunt', 'A Rose for Emily', 'Two Soldiers' and 'The Brooch'. Num Pages: 864 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 175 x 198 x 49. Weight in Grams: 636.
Publisher
Vintage United Kingdom
Number of pages
912
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099546054
ISBN
9780099546054
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 16.49

Paperback. Series: Vintage International. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 135 x 20. Weight in Grams: 280.
Publisher
Random House USA Inc
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9780307946751
ISBN
9780307946751
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 16.37

Paperback. Num Pages: 518 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 142 x 28. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Dalkey Archive Press
Condition
New
SKU
9781564781369
ISBN
9781564781369
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 6.23

paperback. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 209 x 143 x 17. Weight in Grams: 306.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Dover Publications Inc. United States
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
SKU
V9780486468877
ISBN
9780486468877
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 11.85

Paperback. A composite novel written by 12 authors, including Henry James, William Dean Howells, Mary E. Wilkins Freeman and Elizabeth Stuart Phelps. The introduction presents an account of the creation of the novel, and June Howard offers additional context and critical perspective. Num Pages: 416 pages, 12 illustrations. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 136 x 56. Weight in Grams: 386.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Duke University Press London
Number of pages
416
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822328384
ISBN
9780822328384
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.51

Paperback. 'Elegant, nicely crafted and insightful' - The Times Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: 5SG; FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 25. Weight in Grams: 242.
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Condition
New
SKU
V9780349107752
ISBN
9780349107752
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.81

Paperback. A special edition of The Well-Tempered Clavier as part of The Legend Press Collection, celebrating 10 years of publishing. Series: The Legend Press Collection. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 129 x 197 x 24. Weight in Grams: 226.
Publisher
Legend Press Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9781785079788
ISBN
9781785079788
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.98

Paperback. A hugely moving and intelligent novel from the bestselling author of The Sixth Lamentation and The Gardens of the Dead, A Whispered Name reaches into the mysteries of one man's past and casts light on the long shadows war leaves behind. Series: Father Anselm Novels. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 126 x 23. Weight in Grams: 284.
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group United Kingdom
Number of pages
352
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780349121291
ISBN
9780349121291
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.04

Paperback. The latest in CWA Gold dagger winner William Brodrick's much loved Father Anselm series - and Anselm faces the most difficult and troubling case of his life. Series: Father Anselm Novels. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 128 x 198 x 30. Weight in Grams: 304.
Publisher
Abacus
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9780349000398
ISBN
9780349000398
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.04

Paperback. In THE SIXTH LAMENTATION, William Brodrick introduced Father Anselm, the barrister turned monk who found himself plunged into the tangled history of occupied Paris. Now Father Anselm is brought back to his own past, and someone else's secrets. Series: Father Anselm Novels. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 126 x 23. Weight in Grams: 236.
Publisher
Abacus
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
SKU
V9780349121123
ISBN
9780349121123
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.04

paperback. The major and stunning new novel about wartime espionage from bestselling author William Boyd Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 127 x 21. Weight in Grams: 232. Good clean copy showing light age and wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC London
Condition
Used, Good
SKU
KMK0025462
ISBN
9780747586203
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 5.12

Paperback. John James Todd, a Scotsman born in 1899 and one of the great self-appointed (and failed) geniuses of the twentieth century. This book deals with his life and work. Num Pages: 592 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 38. Weight in Grams: 420.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Number of pages
592
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141046914
ISBN
9780141046914
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.01

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