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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
Paperback. A beautiful love story, full of humanity and tenderness, in the dark days of a civil war and the following dictatorship. Translator(s): Almani, Saleh. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 14. Weight in Grams: 164.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Qatar Foundation Publishing Qatar
- Number of pages
- 160
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789992194898
- ISBN
- 9789992194898
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 9.50
€ 10.99
€ 9.50
Paperback. It is the summer of 1936, in the early months of the civil war that engulfed Spain. In a prison in the city of Santiago de Compostela, an artist sketches the Portico de la Gloria. He uses a carpenter's pencil. He replaces the faces of the prophets and elders with those of his Republican inmates. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 12. Weight in Grams: 128.
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing
- Number of pages
- 176
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099448464
- ISBN
- 9780099448464
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.04
€ 13.99
€ 11.04
Paperback. At the heart of this story are two elderly Argentine sisters, Luci and Nidia, living in self-imposed exile in Rio. Together they share a life of gossip, but through their conversations the author reveals the violent lives of their neighbours. By the author of "Kiss of the Spider Woman". Translator(s): Levine, Suzanne Jill. Num Pages: 189 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 135. . Fine copy
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- Faber and Faber
- Condition
- Used, Like New
- SKU
- KSS0003834
- ISBN
- 9780571168408
Paperback
Condition: Used, Like New
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. In the still darkness of their cell, Molina re-weaves the glittering and fragile stories of the film he loves, and the cynical Valentin listens. Valentin believes in the just cause which makes all suffering bearable; Molina believes in the magic of love which makes all else endurable. Each has always been alone, and always - in danger of betrayal. Translator(s): Colchie, T. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 18. Weight in Grams: 212.
- Publisher
- Vintage United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 288
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099342007
- ISBN
- 9780099342007
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.87
€ 13.99
€ 10.87
Paperback. During one sleepless night, the night of All Saints Day before the dawn of the Day of the Dead, the protagonist of this powerful novella wrestles with a cast of inner demons. Num Pages: 81 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 140 x 217 x 5. Weight in Grams: 92.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Perfect Edge
- Number of pages
- 81
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781782791935
- ISBN
- 9781782791935
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 9.34
€ 9.34
Paperback. A biting satire about Gaddafi's Libya and a stark portrait of the individual lives lost within it. Num Pages: 126 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 131 x 9. Weight in Grams: 136.
- Publisher
- Darf Publishers Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781850772729
- ISBN
- 9781850772729
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.57
€ 11.99
€ 10.57
Hardback. Translator(s): Fulton, Bruce; Fulton, Ju-Chan. Series: Weatherhead Books on Asia. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1F; DQ; DSB; FA; FYB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231181006
- ISBN
- 9780231181006
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 103.97€ 79.73
€ 103.97
€ 79.73
Paperback. Translator(s): Fulton, Bruce; Fulton, Ju-Chan. Series: Weatherhead Books on Asia. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1F; DQ; DSB; FA; FYB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231181013
- ISBN
- 9780231181013
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 27.52
€ 37.99
€ 27.52
Paperback. Num Pages: 268 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 420.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- IBEX Publishers,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 268
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781588140487
- ISBN
- 9781588140487
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 28.27
€ 38.99
€ 28.27
Paperback. Num Pages: 330 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 218 x 141 x 24. Weight in Grams: 432.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- IBEX Publishers,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 330
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781588140470
- ISBN
- 9781588140470
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 28.27
€ 38.99
€ 28.27
Paperback. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 176 x 24. Weight in Grams: 320.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2023
- Publisher
- Y Lolfa
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781847719232
- ISBN
- 9781847719232
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.80
€ 15.80
paperback. Vishnu, the odd-job man in a Bombay apartment block, lies dying on the staircase landing. Around him the lives of the apartment dwellers unfold - the warring housewives on the first floor, and the widower, alone and quietly grieving at the top of the building. Vishnu looks back on his affair with the seductive Padmini and comedy becomes tragedy. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 25. Weight in Grams: 248. Very good copy showing minor age and wear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Paperbacks London
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KMK0025671
- ISBN
- 9780747593812
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 5.12
€ 5.12
Paperback. Astha has everything an educated, middle-class woman could ask for. So why should she be consumed by a sense of unease and dissatisfaction? And when she begins a relationship with another woman, is she liberating herself from her marriage, past and culture - or foolishly jeopardising everything she has? Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 126 x 22. Weight in Grams: 256.
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780571260669
- ISBN
- 9780571260669
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.52
€ 14.99
€ 11.52
Paperback. A novel with the power of the THE LOVELY BONES behind it, that questions how it is possible to move on when the thing you love most is taken from you. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 21. Weight in Grams: 238. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear to the cover
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Headline Review
- Edition
- 1st Paperback Printing
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KIN0034959
- ISBN
- 9780755329892
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
paperback. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 135 x 28. Weight in Grams: 378.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- David Philip South Africa
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Number of pages
- 400
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780864864086
- ISBN
- 9780864864086
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 14.46
€ 14.99
€ 14.46
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- New Africa Books (Pty) Ltd South Africa
- Number of pages
- 160
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780864863133
- ISBN
- 9780864863133
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 12.32
€ 12.32
Paperback. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKENL; FA; FF; FH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130. .
- Publisher
- Pan Macmillan
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781447288343
- ISBN
- 9781447288343
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.22
€ 11.99
€ 10.22
Paperback. Can she save both her children? A single mother faces down a ruthless killer on a Manchester estate in Mandasue Heller's thrilling new bestseller. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 204 x 127 x 27. Weight in Grams: 284.
- Publisher
- Hodder & Stoughton
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780340899557
- ISBN
- 9780340899557
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.05
€ 13.99
€ 11.05
Paperback. Atticus Craftsman never travels without a supply of Earl Grey and a favourite book. So when he is sent to shut down a failing literary magazine in Madrid, he packs both. A short Spanish jaunt later, he'll be back in Kent, cup of tea and smoked-salmon sandwich in hand. But the five ladies who run the magazine have other ideas. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 129 x 198 x 19. Weight in Grams: 216.
- Publisher
- Black Swan
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780552772396
- ISBN
- 9780552772396
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 9.50
€ 10.99
€ 9.50
Paperback. How does a gunman retire? Frank MacLeod was the best at what he does. Thoughtful. Efficient. Ruthless. But is he still the best?A new job. A target. But something is about to go horribly wrong. Someone is going to end up dead.Most gunmen say goodbye to the world with a bang. Frank's still here. He's lasted longer than he should have.. Series: The Glasgow Trilogy. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FF; FH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 153 x 232 x 26. Weight in Grams: 480.
- Publisher
- Pan Macmillan
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- Open market & Airside ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781447235965
- ISBN
- 9781447235965
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.35
€ 17.99
€ 13.35