×


 x 

Shopping cart

Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

Results 4781 - 4800 of 12979

Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

Paperback. Humphrey and Ailsa meet as children by a grey, northern sea. Humphrey is quiet, serious - and will in time explore the sea's mysteries; Ailsa is angry, a freckled cobra ready to strike. Yet they fascinate one another and when they meet again years later they fall briefly - and disastrously - in love. Num Pages: 352 pages, no pictures. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 23. Weight in Grams: 242.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Penguin
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141027456
ISBN
9780141027456
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 16.82

Paperback. Liz, Alix and Esther are old friends whose lives continue to cross and uncross. As the years pass, they are more than ever disposed to question, to re-evaluate, to examine their motives and directions in the brutally prosperous, atrocity-hungry society of Britain. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 124 x 23. Weight in Grams: 298. Good clean copy showing light age, shelf and reading wear, remains a nice copy
Condition
Used, Very Good
Edition
Reprint
Publisher
Penguin
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1990
SKU
KSG0020161
ISBN
9780140122282
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Margaret Drabble returns with a powerful novel of unbreakable love, enduring friendships and a society changing forever. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 19. Weight in Grams: 208.
Publisher
Canongate Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9781782111122
ISBN
9781782111122
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.75

Paperback. It is the Swinging Sixties, and Rosamund Stacey is young and inexperienced at a time when sexual liberation is well on its way. She conceals her ignorance beneath a show of independence, and becomes pregnant as a result of a one night stand. Series: Penguin Decades. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 127 x 14. Weight in Grams: 130.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141041728
ISBN
9780141041728
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 14.27

paperback. The new novel from literary great Margaret Drabble is by turns dark and joyous, hilarious and heartbreaking, and asks us what makes a good life, and a good death Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
Publisher
Canongate Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9781782118336
ISBN
9781782118336
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.74

Paperback. Series: Penguin Essentials. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 118 x 304 x 14. Weight in Grams: 106.
Publisher
Penguin UK
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9780241979174
ISBN
9780241979174
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.26

Paperback. A collection of tales that range from one man's honeymooning epiphany in "Hassan's Tower" to the journeying fantasies of "A Voyage to Cythera", and the joy of "The Merry Widow" which explore cruel and loving relationships, social change and personal obsessions. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 144 x 198 x 15. Weight in Grams: 192.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141196435
ISBN
9780141196435
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.04

Paperback. A story of love and survival set in the cotton mills of Derbyshire. Num Pages: 512 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 32. Weight in Grams: 368.
Publisher
Pan Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
480
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
Reprints
Condition
New
SKU
V9781447245377
ISBN
9781447245377
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.17

Paperback. From the author of Twisted Strands comes a spellbinding saga of family ties, heartbreak and rediscovered love. Num Pages: 464 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 133 x 197 x 30. Weight in Grams: 330.
Publisher
Pan Macmillan
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
New edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781447268307
ISBN
9781447268307
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.21

Paperback. Secrets.. Tragedy.. Love.. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 132 x 27. Weight in Grams: 318.
Publisher
Pan Macmillan
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
New edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781447280767
ISBN
9781447280767
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.19

Paperback. Passionate .. Powerful .. Romantic .. Num Pages: 512 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 132 x 32. Weight in Grams: 372.
Publisher
Pan Macmillan
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
New edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781447285885
ISBN
9781447285885
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.22

Paperback. The critically acclaimed, IMPAC shortlisted debut novel from the author of THE PIRATE'S DAUGHTER. Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 29. Weight in Grams: 318.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Headline Publishing Group
Condition
New
SKU
V9780755347049
ISBN
9780755347049
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.05

Paperback. The ultimate 'thinking-person's beach read', a novel based on a fascinating kernel of fact. Num Pages: 528 pages, Illustrations, 1 map. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 35. Weight in Grams: 354. Good clean copy with minor shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Headline Publishing Group
Condition
Used, Very Good
Edition
1st
SKU
KSS0007591
ISBN
9780755343591
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. The ultimate 'thinking-person's beach read', a novel based on a fascinating kernel of fact. Num Pages: 528 pages, Illustrations, 1 map. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 35. Weight in Grams: 358. Used paperback in good condition. Some shelf wear.
Condition
Used, Good
Edition
1st
Publisher
Headline Publishing Group
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
SKU
KRF0024006
ISBN
9780755343591
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 4.99

paperback. The final volume in the extraordinary speculative fiction trilogy - a decade in the making - from one of the greatest writers in the English language today. Num Pages: 496 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 128 x 33. Weight in Grams: 392.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Virago
Condition
New
SKU
9781844087877
ISBN
9781844087877
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 9.99

Paperback. One of the most important writers in English today' GERMAINE GREER An exceptional novel from the winner of the 2000 Booker Prize Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 25. Weight in Grams: 258. Clean copy with minor shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1982
Publisher
Virago Press Ltd
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KAC0002284
ISBN
9780860683032
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Funny, sharp, witty, clever' - The Times Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 125 x 24. Weight in Grams: 288.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Virago
Condition
New
Edition
01st Edition
SKU
9780860681298
ISBN
9780860681298
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.14

Paperback. * A major paperback from one of our great writers:following the first of her speculative fiction, ORYX AND CRAKE Num Pages: 528 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 169 x 33. Weight in Grams: 416.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Virago Press Ltd
Condition
New
SKU
9780349004075
ISBN
9780349004075
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 11.29

Paperback. The Republic of Gilead offers Offred only one function: to breed. If she deviates, she will, like dissenters, be hanged at the wall or sent out to die slowly of radiation sickness. But even a repressive state cannot obliterate desire - neither Offred's nor that of the two men on which her future hangs. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FL; FM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 194 x 127 x 21. Weight in Grams: 228.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Vintage Books
Condition
New
Edition
01st Edition
SKU
9780099740919
ISBN
9780099740919
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.45

Paperback. It stirs depths that Cat's Eye did not reach, and grants deeper stronger powers to women's friendship in distress' MARINA WARNER An exceptional novel from the winner of the 2000 Booker Prize Num Pages: 576 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 125 x 38. Weight in Grams: 390.
Edition
01st Edition
Publisher
Virago
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Condition
New
SKU
V9781853817229
ISBN
9781853817229
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 11.84

Subscribe to our newsletter

News on special offers, signed editions & more!