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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

Paperback. When bruises on the mother, Lorraine, prove to be late-stage cancer, 43-year-old Clara Purdy moves the three children and their terrible grandmother into her own house while Lorraine undergoes treatment at the local hospital. Num Pages: 496 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 32. Weight in Grams: 348.
Publisher
Cornerstone United Kingdom
Number of pages
496
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099537458
ISBN
9780099537458
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.19

Paperback. Presents the three graceful Avery girls the sister act to take vaudeville by storm starring: Aurora, Clover and Bella. As they set off on the road to fame and fortune, the Avery sisters join a cast of extraordinary and unforgettable characters - charming charlatans, unpredictable eccentrics, and some who seem ordinary but have magical gifts. Num Pages: 544 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 35. Weight in Grams: 386.
Publisher
Windmill Books
Number of pages
544
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099558637
ISBN
9780099558637
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.31

Paperback. * From the author of the magnificent, award-winning GILEAD comes a masterpiece novel that returns to the people and places of Gilead. Winner of the ORANGE PRIZE Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 24. Weight in Grams: 282. Fine copy with minor shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group
Condition
Used, Good
SKU
KJE0003505
ISBN
9781844085507
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 5.70

Paperback. * From the author of the magnificent, award-winning GILEAD comes a masterpiece novel that returns to the people and places of Gilead. Winner of the ORANGE PRIZE Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 24. Weight in Grams: 282. Clean copy with minor shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KJE0001289
ISBN
9781844085507
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 5.70

Paperback. 'Housekeeping' is the story of Ruth and her younger sister, Lucille, who grow up haphazardly, first under the care of their competent grandmother, then of two comically bumbling great-aunts, and finally of Sylvie, the eccentric and remote sister of their dead mother. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 127 x 15. Weight in Grams: 184.
Edition
Main
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571230082
ISBN
9780571230082
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.66

Paperback. From the author of Housekeeping, Gilead is the long-hoped-for second novel by one of America's finest writers. Chosen by the New York Times Book Review as one of the top 6 novels of 2004. 'A beautiful novel: wise, tender and perfectly measured' Sarah Waters Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 19. Weight in Grams: 228.
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9781844081486
ISBN
9781844081486
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.97

Paperback. Marilynne Robinson, one of the greatest novelists of our time, returns to the town of Gilead in one of the most acclaimed novels of 2014 Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 128 x 198 x 20. Weight in Grams: 216.
Publisher
Virago Press Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
0th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781844088829
ISBN
9781844088829
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.95

Paperback. First love never fades.. Series: Tallgrass. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 107 x 171 x 29. Weight in Grams: 184.
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Little, Brown & Company
Condition
New
Format
Paperback
SKU
V9781455588176
ISBN
9781455588176
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 9.41

Paperback. The classic feminist novel, reissued for its 30th anniversary. Series: VMC. Num Pages: 544 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 35. Weight in Grams: 366.
Publisher
Virago
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Condition
New
SKU
V9781860492822
ISBN
9781860492822
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 11.73

Paperback. Num Pages: 164 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 241 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 204.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
University of Iowa Press United States
Number of pages
164
Condition
New
SKU
V9781609381141
ISBN
9781609381141
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 15.94

Hardback. A sparkling, enchanting, one-of-a-kind novel about one day in the lives of three unforgettable characters. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 222 x 138 x 24. Weight in Grams: 412. Fine in fine dust wrapper. DW showing minor shelfwear with bumps to edges, remains in good condition
Condition
Used, Like New
Publisher
Pan Macmillan
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
SKU
KSG0009038
ISBN
9781447254423
Hardback
Condition: Used, Like New

€ 4.99

Hardback. A sparkling, enchanting, one-of-a-kind novel about one day in the lives of three unforgettable characters. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 222 x 138 x 24. Weight in Grams: 412. Good copy in dustwrapper. DW with some minor shelf wear.
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Pan Macmillan
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
SKU
KTG0010957
ISBN
9781447254423
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Hardback. After many generations, it is now, in 1971, Harold who runs Ard Farm. Out on the fells, he feels his father's presence, and there is hope that he, his grandmother and his Uncle Joe will be able to take the farm forward and prosper. But their way of life is under threat. Farming is undergoing huge change and increasingly harmful intervention. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 225 x 145 x 20. Weight in Grams: 356.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781784741334
ISBN
9781784741334
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 17.41

Translator(s): Fischman, PH D Sheila. Series: Exile Classics. Num Pages: 155 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 211 x 137 x 13. Weight in Grams: 227.
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Exile Editions Canada
Number of pages
155
Condition
New
SKU
V9781550961300
ISBN
9781550961300
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 16.33

Paperback. Illustrator(s): Meigs, Mary. Translator(s): Coltman, Derek. Series: Exile Classics. Num Pages: black & white illustrations, black & white line drawings, figures. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 221 x 150 x 13. Weight in Grams: 259.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Exile Editions
Condition
New
SKU
V9781550961188
ISBN
9781550961188
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 22.23

hardcover. Un conte a Venise. Une balade poetique ou fiction et realite se melent au travers de rencontres au coeur de la cite lagunaire, ou le temps d'aujourd'hui se souvient de jadis, dans un futur anterieur ou les ames glissent sur les canaux aux couleurs du ciel. Un conte pour eclairer le present. Preface d'Elsa Livonnet-Moncelon. Num Pages: 174 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 161 x 17. Weight in Grams: 436. 172 pages. Un conte Venise. Une balade potique o fiction et ralit se mlent au travers de rencontres au coeur de la cit lagunaire, o le temps d'aujourd'hui se souvient de jadis, dans un futur antrieur o les [mes glissent sur les canaux aux couleurs du ciel. Un conte pour clairer le prsent. Prface d'Elsa Livonnet-Moncelon. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: FA. Dimension: 236 x 161 x 17. Weight: 436. Language: French.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Lulu Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
174
Condition
New
SKU
V9781409285489
ISBN
9781409285489
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 4.53

Paperback. Num Pages: 324 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 136 x 216 x 20. Weight in Grams: 462.
Publisher
Dementi Milestone Publishing United States
Number of pages
324
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9780982701973
ISBN
9780982701973
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 15.59

Paperback. .
Publisher
Peirene Press Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781908670281
ISBN
9781908670281
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 13.29

Paperback. Offers three tales that feature a commanding female protagonist trapped in her place of origin, neither able nor wanting to escape from the home that gave her life but which now threatens to destroy her. This title presents personal images of utopia, the importance of heritage, and the necessity of burying the dead to approach the future. Translator(s): Stump, Jordan. Series: European Women Writers. Num Pages: 123 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 197 x 121 x 10. Weight in Grams: 140.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Number of pages
123
Condition
New
SKU
V9780803289529
ISBN
9780803289529
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.19

Paperback. Life's hard for a Greek god in the 21st century. But for Artemis (goddess of hunting, professional dog walker), Aphrodite (goddess of beauty, telephone sex operator) and Apollo (god of the sun, TV psychic) there's no way out. Until a meek cleaner and her would-be boyfriend come into their lives, and turn the world literally upside down. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 18. Weight in Grams: 214.
Publisher
VINTAGE
Number of pages
288
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
Paperback Edition, First Printing
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099513025
ISBN
9780099513025
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.95

Paperback. A terrifying original fiction anthology based upon the mythology created by Clive Barker in the novella The Hellbound Heart Num Pages: 352 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 147 x 210 x 24. Weight in Grams: 294.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Gallery Books
Condition
New
SKU
V9781439140901
ISBN
9781439140901
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 19.37

paperback. When pregnant Rosie Carpe, her fatherless five-years-old son in tow, arrives in Guadeloupe looking for her elusive brother, Lazare, the world already seems a plenty confusing place. Could the man who comes to meet her, an elegant black man calling himself Lagrand, actually be her disheveled white brother? Translator(s): Black, Tamsin. Series: European Women Writers. Num Pages: 310 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 213 x 146 x 18. Weight in Grams: 396.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Number of pages
310
Condition
New
SKU
V9780803283831
ISBN
9780803283831
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 20.61

Paperback. The spellbinding new novel by the Goncourt-winning, International Booker-shortlisted author of Three Strong Women Translator(s): Stump, Jordan. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 126. .
Publisher
MacLehose Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781848666047
ISBN
9781848666047
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.97

Paperback. Three women face a journey that will change their lives forever. From Man Booker International Prize finalist, Marie NDiaye. Translator(s): Fletcher, John. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 161 x 18. Weight in Grams: 200.
Publisher
Quercus Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9780857051073
ISBN
9780857051073
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.97

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