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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

Hardback. Naguib Mahfouz, the first and only writer of Arabic to be awarded the Nobel Prize for literature, wrote prolifically from the 1930s until shortly before his death in 2006. Here Denys Johnson-Davies makes an essential selection of short stories and extracts from novels and other writings, to present Mahfouz's best writing in all genres. Num Pages: 244 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 247 x 161 x 31. Weight in Grams: 794.
Publisher
The American University in Cairo Press Egypt
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9789774163876
ISBN
9789774163876
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 25.86

Hardback. On his 'journey from the dreams of the jinn to the love of the truth' Jaafar Ibrahim Sayyed al-Rawi is guided by his motto, 'let life be filled with holy madness to the last breath'. He goes from a life of comfort with a promising future guaranteed by his wealthy grandfather, Sayyed al-Rawi, to the life of a pauper. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 208 x 136 x 15. Weight in Grams: 276.
Publisher
The American University in Cairo Press Egypt
Number of pages
176
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9789774164538
ISBN
9789774164538
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 22.66

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
€ 11.80

Hardback. A new paperback edition of the major early novel by the Egyptian Nobel laureate Translator(s): Hutchins, William M. Num Pages: 242 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 155 x 23. Weight in Grams: 594.
Publisher
The American University in Cairo Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
SKU
V9789774161568
ISBN
9789774161568
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 24.76

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
€ 13.36

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

€ 26.99
€ 22.89

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

€ 18.99
€ 17.37

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

€ 16.99
€ 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
€ 14.74

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

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

€ 19.99
€ 19.77

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. Family missteps and physiological mysteries are brought together in a collection sure to raise the blood. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 133 x 15. Weight in Grams: 271.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Biblioasis Canada
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9781926845937
ISBN
9781926845937
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 16.89

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

€ 15.99
€ 11.66

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
€ 13.15

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

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

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