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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

Hardback. Set in Cairo in the aftermath of the Six-Day War of 1967, this title introduces us to an assortment of characters who, each in his or her own way, comes face to face with the questions raised by human weakness and misfortune. It presents a struggle between 'old' and 'new' in the realm of moral values that leaves the future in doubt. Num Pages: 152 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 204 x 129 x 16. Weight in Grams: 320.
Publisher
The American University in Cairo Press Egypt
Number of pages
152
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9789774164521
ISBN
9789774164521
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 24.05

Paperback. Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 137 x 204 x 25. Weight in Grams: 366.
Publisher
Transworld Publishers (Division of Random House Australia) Australia
Number of pages
448
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Edition
1st Anchor Books Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780385264730
ISBN
9780385264730
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 18.10

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
€ 15.12

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
€ 16.06

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

€ 81.20

Paperback. Translator(s): Moger, Robin. Num Pages: 312 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 153 x 229 x 24. Weight in Grams: 478.
Publisher
The American University in Cairo Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
Translation
Condition
New
SKU
V9789774166624
ISBN
9789774166624
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 20.75

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

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

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

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

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

€ 14.99
€ 11.62

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
€ 14.20

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
€ 16.10

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

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
€ 13.15

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

€ 14.99
€ 11.60

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

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: 151 x 210 x 19. Weight in Grams: 290.
Publisher
Atlantic Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9781782397304
ISBN
9781782397304
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 19.93

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
€ 9.95

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

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.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Condition
New
SKU
KSG0013292
ISBN
9780007315772
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 4.99

Paperback. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FRH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130. .
Publisher
Pan Macmillan
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
Main Market Ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9781509815715
ISBN
9781509815715
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.25

Paperback. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 135 x 25. Weight in Grams: 294.
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers Inc
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780062449658
ISBN
9780062449658
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.46

Paperback. Num Pages: 480 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 204 x 138 x 19. Weight in Grams: 388.
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers Inc
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9780062244765
ISBN
9780062244765
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.61

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