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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
Paperback. Describes Jenny Kilgour's coming of age as she has to choose between the kindly harshness of her grandfather's life on a remote hill farm, and the vulgar and glorious energy of Bella Cassie, a local girl who left the community to pursue success as a singer, and has now returned to scandalise them all. Editor(s): Watson, Roderick. Series: Canongate Classics. Num Pages: 672 pages, 1 map. BIC Classification: DQ; FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 130 x 43. Weight in Grams: 446. "The Quarrywood", "Weatherhouse", "A Pass in the Grampian", "The Living Mountain". 672 pages, 1 map. Describes Jenny Kilgour's coming of age as she has to choose between the kindly harshness of her grandfather's life on a remote hill farm, and the vulgar and glorious energy of Bella Cassie, a local girl who left the community to pursue success as a singer, and has now returned to scandalise them all. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: DQ; FA. Dimension: 200 x 130 x 43. Weight: 532.
- Publisher
- Canongate UK
- Number of pages
- 672
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780862415891
- ISBN
- 9780862415891
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 15.30
€ 20.99
€ 15.30
Paperback. * A brutally honest, linguistically inventive and profoundly moving novel that will inspire a generation of readers Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 137 x 18. Weight in Grams: 280.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Little, Brown Book Group United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781844085446
- ISBN
- 9781844085446
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.65
€ 19.65
Hardback. Translator(s): Balcom, John. Series: Weatherhead Books on Asia. Num Pages: 248 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 140 x 23. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231148108
- ISBN
- 9780231148108
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 33.48
€ 46.99
€ 33.48
Paperback. BIC Classification: DQ; FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 201 x 134 x 27. Weight in Grams: 430.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Random House USA Inc
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780385498357
- ISBN
- 9780385498357
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 19.37
€ 25.99
€ 19.37
Paperback. Follows the Al Jawad family into the awakening world of the 1920's and the sometimes violent clash between Islamic ideals, personal dreams and modern realities. Having given up his vices after his son's death, ageing patriarch Al-Sayyid Ahmad pursues an arousing lute-player - only to find she has married his eldest son. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 26. Weight in Grams: 302.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- Black Swan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780552995818
- ISBN
- 9780552995818
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.14
€ 14.99
€ 11.14
Paperback. Ahmad, a middle-class shopkeeper runs his household strictly according to the Qur'an while at night he explores the pleasures of Cairo. A tyrant at home, Ahmad forces his gentle, oppressed wife and two daughters to live cloistered lives behind the house's latticed windows, while his three very different sons live in fear of his harsh will. Num Pages: 512 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 33. Weight in Grams: 352.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- Black Swan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780552995801
- ISBN
- 9780552995801
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.45
€ 13.99
€ 10.45
Paperback. As Cairo shrugs off the final vestiges of colonialism, Ahmad Al Jawad has lost his power and surveys the world from a latticed balcony. Unable to control his family's destiny, he watches helplessly as his dynasty and the traditions he holds dear disintegrate before his eyes. But through Ahamd's three grandsons we see modern how Egypt takes shape. Num Pages: 320 pages, Illustrations, ports. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 129 x 20. Weight in Grams: 232.
- Publisher
- Black Swan
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780552995825
- ISBN
- 9780552995825
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 11.88
€ 15.99
€ 11.88
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing Group Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 102
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780385499224
- ISBN
- 9780385499224
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 13.40
€ 16.99
€ 13.40
Paperback. Num Pages: 158 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 163 x 13. Weight in Grams: 174.
- Publisher
- Anchor
- Number of pages
- 158
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1989
- Edition
- 1st Doubleday Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780385264624
- ISBN
- 9780385264624
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 14.98
€ 18.99
€ 14.98
Paperback. Num Pages: 286 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 131 x 17. Weight in Grams: 220.
- Publisher
- Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing Group Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 286
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780385264761
- ISBN
- 9780385264761
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 14.76
€ 19.99
€ 14.76
hardcover. Nagai Kafu was one of the most important Japanese writers of fiction during the first half of the 20th century. These two works, which appear in English for the first time, are superb examples of the author's evocative descriptions of the moods and fancies of Tokyo. Translator(s): Dunlop, Lane. Num Pages: 244 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 224 x 134 x 23. Weight in Grams: 412.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 244
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780804722599
- ISBN
- 9780804722599
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 81.27
€ 81.27
Paperback. 'Packed with humour and warmth' - Heat Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FRD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 126. Weight in Grams: 270.
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2018
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- KTG0014313
- ISBN
- 9780008192266
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Hardcover. 'Packed with humour and warmth' - Heat Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FRD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 240 x 164 x 28. Weight in Grams: 532. Some light shelf wear, else as new.
- Condition
- Used, Like New
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- SKU
- KTG0014750
- ISBN
- 9780008192259
Hardback
Condition: Used, Like New
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. The executive director of an insurance company, Harold, and his doctor wife, Claudia, for whom violence could never be a means of solving personal conflict, are faced with something that could never happen to them: their son has committed murder. What kind of loyalty do a mother and a father owe a son who has committed this unimaginable horror? Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 20. Weight in Grams: 252. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Edition
- New edition
- SKU
- KKD0004885
- ISBN
- 9780747542575
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 17.95
€ 17.95
Paperback. The executive director of an insurance company, Harold, and his doctor wife, Claudia, for whom violence could never be a means of solving personal conflict, are faced with something that could never happen to them: their son has committed murder. What kind of loyalty do a mother and a father owe a son who has committed this unimaginable horror? Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 20. Weight in Grams: 252. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Edition
- New edition
- SKU
- KKD0004874
- ISBN
- 9780747542575
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 17.95
€ 17.95
Paperback. Features a collection of sixteen stories. Num Pages: 272 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 18. Weight in Grams: 222. 272 pages, Illustrations. Features a collection of sixteen stories. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Dimension: 197 x 129 x 18. Weight: 222.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Edition
- New edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780747511892
- ISBN
- 9780747511892
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 11.70
€ 15.99
€ 11.70
Paperback. A majestic novel about post-Independence South Africa by the Nobel laureate and Booker Prize winner Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 202 x 137 x 26. Weight in Grams: 352. 432 pages. A majestic novel about post-Independence South Africa by the Nobel laureate and Booker Prize winner. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: FA. Dimension: 202 x 137 x 26. Weight: 298.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Number of pages
- 432
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781408831267
- ISBN
- 9781408831267
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.23
€ 17.99
€ 13.23
Paperback. The collected stories of one of the world's great living writers are published in one volume for the first time Num Pages: 560 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 152 x 197 x 37. Weight in Grams: 458. Stories 1952-2007. 560 pages. The collected stories of one of the world's great living writers are published in one volume for the first time. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Dimension: 152 x 197 x 37. Weight: 374.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Number of pages
- 560
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780747596189
- ISBN
- 9780747596189
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 14.78
€ 19.99
€ 14.78
Paperback. Nadine Gordimer's Booker Prize-winning story of the forces and relationships seething in the South Africa of the day Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 128 x 22. Weight in Grams: 234. 336 pages. Nadine Gordimer's Booker Prize-winning story of the forces and relationships seething in the South Africa of the day. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: FA. Dimension: 198 x 128 x 22. Weight: 230.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Number of pages
- 336
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780747578246
- ISBN
- 9780747578246
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.15
€ 17.99
€ 13.15
Paperback. Presents the story of a young woman's slowly evolving identity in the turbulent political environment of South Africa. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 198 x 25. Weight in Grams: 312. 384 pages. Presents the story of a young woman's slowly evolving identity in the turbulent political environment of South Africa. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: FA. Dimension: 197 x 129 x 27. Weight: 262.
- Number of pages
- 384
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC United Kingdom
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Edition
- New ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780747549796
- ISBN
- 9780747549796
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.23
€ 17.99
€ 13.23
Paperback. A terrifyingly plausible vision. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 14. Weight in Grams: 148. 208 pages. A terrifyingly plausible vision. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: FA. Dimension: 197 x 130 x 14. Weight: 154.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Number of pages
- 208
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Edition
- New
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780747578383
- ISBN
- 9780747578383
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 11.68
€ 15.99
€ 11.68
Hardback. Set in the Irish Catholic community of 1950s Liverpool and in Ireland, this is a saga of working class families, living on the edge of poverty yet bound together by humour and loyalty, gossip, grumbling and endless cups of tea. Num Pages: 848 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 160 x 237 x 62. Weight in Grams: 994.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Head of Zeus
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781786692375
- ISBN
- 9781786692375
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 13.87
€ 13.87
Paperback. 'I am Akram Khan, formerly Sergeant Khan of the Yeoman's Guard, and I am submitting. I am saving my pleasures for when I am dead.' So begins the story of a young man's journey to radicalisation. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 198 x 28. Weight in Grams: 230.
- Publisher
- Atlantic Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781782397328
- ISBN
- 9781782397328
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.01
€ 11.99
€ 10.01
Paperback. Named as one of the GRANTA BEST OF YOUNG BRITISH NOVELISTS 2013. Longlisted for the Orange Prize and winner of the Betty Trask Award. For fans of Half of a Yellow Sun, a stunning novel set in 1930s Somalia spanning a decade of war and upheaval, all seen through the eyes of a small boy alone in the world. Num Pages: 288 pages, map. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 20. Weight in Grams: 398. Very good copy with light shelf wear
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Format
- Paperback
- SKU
- KCW0005842
- ISBN
- 9780007315772
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99