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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

Paperback. Calcutta, 1967. Unnoticed by his family, Supratik has become dangerously involved in extremist political activism. Compelled by an idealistic desire to change his life and the world around him, all he leaves behind before disappearing is a note. At home, his family slowly begins to unravel. Num Pages: 528 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 130 x 33. Weight in Grams: 370.
Publisher
Vintage
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099554486
ISBN
9780099554486
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 11.85

Hardback. Asks the fundamental question: how does one imagine the ways one can live in the world? This book opens the central, defining events of our century - displacement and migration - but not as you imagine them. It also delivers a haunting vision of a people defined by that most unquenchable of human urges, the striving for a different life. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 240 x 156. . "Asks the fundamental question: how does one imagine the ways one can live in the world? This book opens the central, defining events of our century - displacement and migration - but not as you imagine them. It also delivers a haunting vision of a people defined by that most unquenchable of human urges, the striving for a different life. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 240 x 156. . Fine in unclipped dustwrapper"
Condition
Used, Like New
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
SKU
KTJ0050321
ISBN
9781784740429
Hardback
Condition: Used, Like New

€ 15.00

paperback. Num Pages: 280 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 220 x 140. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1986
Publisher
Spokesman Books United Kingdom
Edition
Revised
Number of pages
280
Condition
New
SKU
V9780851244396
ISBN
9780851244396
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 14.48

Paperback. Translator(s): Whitehouse, Ruth. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 135 x 197 x 15. Weight in Grams: 206. 192 pages. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: FA; FYB; FYT. Dimension: 135 x 197 x 15. Weight: 206. Translator(s): Whitehouse, Ruth.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Carcanet Press Ltd.
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
SKU
V9781905583355
ISBN
9781905583355
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 14.25

Paperback. .
Number of pages
259
Publisher
Amazon Publishing United States
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781503936645
ISBN
9781503936645
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.66

Paperback. The wildly compelling, award-winning debut novel from the author of THE TELEPORTATION ACCIDENT. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 18. Weight in Grams: 188.
Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton
Number of pages
272
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9780340998410
ISBN
9780340998410
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.05

Paperback. The dazzling new novel by the Man Booker-nominated, Granta Best of Young British novelist, Ned Beauman. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 153. .
Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton General Division
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781473613591
ISBN
9781473613591
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 14.95

Paperback. From the award-winning Ned Beauman, an 'unquestionably brilliant' (TLS) novel that establishes him as one of the exciting and influential voices in modern British fiction. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 23. Weight in Grams: 250.
Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton United Kingdom
Number of pages
368
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
0th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780340998441
ISBN
9780340998441
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.05

Paperback. From the prizewinning author of BOXER, BEETLE and the Booker-longlisted THE TELEPORTATION ACCIDENT comes Ned Beauman's third and most thrilling novel to date. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 130 x 17. Weight in Grams: 180.
Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
0th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781444765533
ISBN
9781444765533
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.09

Paperback. In the aftermath of Bangladesh's bloody war of independence in 1971, as thousands of migrants from the countryside flood the capital, journalist Khaleque Biswas begins to feel the stirrings of disillusionment. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 143 x 202 x 30. Weight in Grams: 374.
Publisher
Periscope
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781859640067
ISBN
9781859640067
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.61

Paperback. The year is 1714. Daniel Waterhouse has returned to England, where he joins forces with his friend Isaac Newton to hunt down a shadowy group attempting to blow up Natural Philosophers with 'Infernal Devices' - time bombs. As Daniel and Newton conspire, a struggle is waged for England's Crown: who will take control when the ailing queen dies? Num Pages: 912 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 48. Weight in Grams: 654.
Publisher
Cornerstone
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099463368
ISBN
9780099463368
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.39

Paperback. Neal Stephenson hacks into the secret histories of nations and the private obsessions of men, decrypting with dazzling virtuosity the forces that have shaped the past century. He weaves together the cracking of the Axis codes during WWII and the quest to establish a free South East Asian 'data haven' for digital information in the present. Num Pages: 928 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 48. Weight in Grams: 674.
Publisher
Arrow
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Edition
01st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099410676
ISBN
9780099410676
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.37

paperback. Including a cast of characters such as Newton, Leibniz, Christopher Wren, Charles II, Cromwell and the young Benjamin Franklin, this book shows the ability to get inside a place and time; and more. Num Pages: 944 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 51. Weight in Grams: 684.
Edition
01st Edition
Publisher
Arrow
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099410683
ISBN
9780099410683
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.39

Paperback. Neal Stephenson's staggering techno-thriller is now in paperback: 'Fantastic stuff' Sunday Times, Books of the Year Num Pages: 912 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 129 x 59. Weight in Grams: 942.
Edition
Main
Publisher
Atlantic Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9781848874510
ISBN
9781848874510
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 24.35

Paperback. Presents a translation of Turkish author Nazli Eray's "Orphee". This work is a rewriting of the myth from the perspective of Eurydice, the wife of Orpheus. Set in junta-ruled Turkey of the 1980s, it resonates with references to the film "Last Tango in Paris", and evolves as a mystery story. Series: CMES Modern Middle East Literatures in Translation Series. Num Pages: 114 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 9. Weight in Grams: 202.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
University of Texas Press United States
Number of pages
114
Condition
New
SKU
V9780292714090
ISBN
9780292714090
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 17.53

Paperback. Translator(s): Blasing, Mutlu Konuk. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 139 x 211 x 14. Weight in Grams: 236.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Persea Books Inc United States
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
SKU
V9780892554188
ISBN
9780892554188
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 17.59

Paperback. BIC Classification: FA. Dimension: 203 x 146 x 24. Weight in Grams: 426.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers Inc
Edition
First Paperback Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780061997747
ISBN
9780061997747
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 15.43

Paperback. Surrounded by a coterie of ministers, the Imam rules over an imaginary earthly kingdom. Bint Allah is the Daughter of God, a beautiful illegitimate girl. She is falsely accused by the Imam of adultery and sentenced to death by stoning. Num Pages: 235 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 127 x 18. Weight in Grams: 214.
Publisher
Saqi Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
235
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9781846590627
ISBN
9781846590627
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 14.42

Paperback. Bodour, a distinguished literary critic and university professor, carries with her a dark secret. As a young university student she gives birth to an illegitimate daughter, Zeina, who she abandons. Zeina grows up to become one of Egypt's most beloved entertainers, whilst Bodour turns to writing. Can mother and daughter be reunited? Num Pages: 267 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 151 x 198 x 19. Weight in Grams: 252.
Publisher
Saqi Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
267
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
Tra
Condition
New
SKU
V9780863564178
ISBN
9780863564178
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 15.39

Paperback. In a suburb on the outskirts of Tokyo, four girls drift through tedious summer school classes. Then Toshi's next-door neighbour is found brutally murdered and the girls suspect Worm, the neighbour's son. They become drawn into a treacherous vortex of brutality and seduction which rises from within themselves as well as the world around them. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 190 x 135 x 15. Weight in Grams: 216.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099523192
ISBN
9780099523192
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.02

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