Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
Paperback. Life in all its richness is reflected in this collection from one of Australia's most acclaimed writers. Love and loss, sex and death, and the great pleasures of food, wine and reading all populate its pages. In the end, though, it is a collection of stories about happiness, its circuitous routes, and the consequences when we fail in its pursuit. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 152 x 208 x 18. Weight in Grams: 294. 240 pages. Life in all its richness is reflected in this collection from one of Australia's most acclaimed writers. Love and loss, sex and death, and the great pleasures of food, wine and reading all populate its pages. In the end, though, it is a collection of stories about happiness, its circuitous routes, and the consequences when we fail in its pursuit. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Dimension: 152 x 208 x 18. Weight: 292.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Allen & Unwin
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781742376677
- ISBN
- 9781742376677
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 22.07
€ 25.99
€ 22.07
Paperback. Urania Cabral, a New York lawyer, returns to the Dominican Republic after a lifelong self-imposed exile. Once she is back in her homeland, the elusive feeling of terror that has overshadowed her whole life suddenly takes shape. Urania's own story alternates with the powerful climax of dictator Rafael Trujillo's reign. Num Pages: 496 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 152 x 199 x 31. Weight in Grams: 398.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780571288625
- ISBN
- 9780571288625
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 9.94
€ 11.99
€ 9.94
Paperback. Inspired by a real episode in Brazilian history, this book tells the story of an apocalyptic movement, led by a mysterious prophet, in which prostitutes, beggars and bandits establish Canudos, a new republic, a libertarian paradise. Num Pages: 768 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 151 x 199 x 48. Weight in Grams: 600.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780571288632
- ISBN
- 9780571288632
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.25
€ 14.99
€ 11.25
Paperback. A collection of Vargas Llosa's short fiction whose domain is the Peru of male youth and machismo, where life's dramas play themselves out on the soccer field, on the dance floor and on street corners. The author has published many novels, including "The Storyteller". Translator(s): Kolovakos, Gregory; Christ, Ronald J. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 11. Weight in Grams: 133. Good copy with some shelf wear, yellowing of pages
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber London
- Condition
- Used, Good
- SKU
- KKD0010097
- ISBN
- 9780571162123
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good
€ 17.95
€ 17.95
Paperback. Don Rigoberto, his second wife, Lucrecia, and his son, Alfonso, their family life together seems to be a happy one. Rigoberto, an insurance company manager, spends his time preening himself for his wife and collecting erotic art. Translator(s): Lane, Helen R. Num Pages: 160 pages, 6 full colour plates. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 177 x 111 x 10. Weight in Grams: 119.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Publication date
- 2004
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780571141357
- ISBN
- 9780571141357
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.78
€ 13.99
€ 10.78
Paperback. Don Rigoberto - by day a grey insurance executive, by night a pornographer and sexual enthusiast - misses Lucrecia, his estranged second wife. The pair separated following a sexual encounter between Lucrecia and Alfonso, Rigoberto's son. To compensate for her absence, Rigoberto fills his notebooks with memories, fantasies and unsent letters. Num Pages: 320 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 128 x 21. Weight in Grams: 298.
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780571195756
- ISBN
- 9780571195756
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.77
€ 13.99
€ 10.77
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1987
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780571148189
- ISBN
- 9780571148189
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.74
€ 13.99
€ 10.74
Paperback. Offers not just a psychological portrait, but also a searing account of Latin America's political scene. Translator(s): MacAdam, A. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADS; DSK; FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 129 x 21. Weight in Grams: 256.
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1987
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780571149049
- ISBN
- 9780571149049
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 9.98
€ 11.99
€ 9.98
Paperback. In an isolated community in the Peruvian Andes, a series of mysterious disappearances has occurred. Army corporal Lituma and his deputy Tomas believe the Shining Path guerrillas are responsible, but the towns people have their own ideas about the forces that claimed the bodies of the missing men. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 127 x 17. Weight in Grams: 208.
- Edition
- Main
- Publisher
- Faber Paperbacks
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780571175499
- ISBN
- 9780571175499
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.69
€ 13.99
€ 10.69
Paperback. In 1844, Flora embarked on a tour of France to campaign for workers' and women's rights. In 1891, her grandson set sail for Tahiti, determined to escape civilisation and seek out inspiration to paint his primitive masterpieces. Flora died before her grandson was born, but their travels and obsessions unravel side by side in this absorbing novel. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 194 x 129 x 25. Weight in Grams: 282.
- Publisher
- Faber and Faber United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 432
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Edition
- New ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780571220380
- ISBN
- 9780571220380
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 12.50
€ 15.99
€ 12.50
Paperback. A powerful social satire which outraged the authorities of the author's native Peru, where 1000 copies were publicly burned. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 127 x 25. Weight in Grams: 304.
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780571173204
- ISBN
- 9780571173204
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.73
€ 13.99
€ 10.73
Paperback. Set in Peru during the 1950s, this novel tells the story of an 18 year old student who falls for a 32 year old divorcee. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 155 x 199 x 26. Weight in Grams: 330.
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Number of pages
- 416
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780571288601
- ISBN
- 9780571288601
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.69
€ 13.99
€ 10.69
Paperback. Peru, 1950s. A young airman is found brutally murdered near an Air Force base in the northern desert. Lieutenant Silva and Officer Lituma set out to investigate, hitching rides on chicken trucks and cajoling a cab driver into taking them to the crime scene. Translator(s): MacAdam, Alfred. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 128 x 11. Weight in Grams: 134.
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1989
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780571152162
- ISBN
- 9780571152162
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.73
€ 13.99
€ 10.73
Paperback. At a small gallery in Florence, a Peruvian writer comes across a photograph of a tribal storyteller deep in the Amazon jungle. As he stares at the photograph, it dawns on him that he knows this man. The storyteller is not an Indian at all but his university classmate, Saul Zuratas, who was thought to have disappeared in Israel. Translator(s): Lane, Helen. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 127 x 14. Weight in Grams: 446.
- Publisher
- Faber and Faber United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1991
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780571161348
- ISBN
- 9780571161348
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 11.48
€ 15.99
€ 11.48
Paperback. When the beautiful teenage Lily arrives in Lima in 1950, fifteen-year-old Ricardo falls instantly in love with her. She claims to be from Chile, but vanishes the moment it becomes clear that she has lied about both her name and her nationality. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 122 x 26. Weight in Grams: 328.
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Number of pages
- 416
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780571234110
- ISBN
- 9780571234110
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 11.52
€ 15.99
€ 11.52
Paperback. It is the summer of 1916 and Roger Casement awaits the hangman in London's Pentonville Prison. Dublin lies in ruins after the disastrous Easter Rising led by his comrades of the Irish Volunteers. He has been caught after landing from a German submarine. Num Pages: 512 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 32. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780571275755
- ISBN
- 9780571275755
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 12.50
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€ 12.50
Paperback. Felicito Yanaque has raised himself from poverty to ownership of a trucking business. He receives a threatening letter demanding protection money. The police don't take him seriously, Felicito refuses to pay up and gets sucked into a nightmare. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 198 x 28. Weight in Grams: 338.
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780571310746
- ISBN
- 9780571310746
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 11.46
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€ 11.46
Paperback. Suspicion, paranoia and blackmail have become part of life. The conversation flows between two individuals, Santiago and Ambrosia, who talk of their tormented lives and of the degradation and frustration that has taken over their town. Translator(s): Rabassa, Gregory. Num Pages: 608 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 33. Weight in Grams: 406.
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Number of pages
- 608
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780571168828
- ISBN
- 9780571168828
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 11.54
€ 15.99
€ 11.54
Paperback. The third instalment in the utterly suspenseful John Hart series. An unmissable, high-octane conspiracy thriller for fans of Dan Brown, Scott Mariani and Sam Bourne. Series: John Hart. Num Pages: 464 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 198 x 31. Weight in Grams: 322.
- Publisher
- Atlantic Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781782395355
- ISBN
- 9781782395355
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 9.23
€ 10.99
€ 9.23
Paperback. From the barren farms of Italy to the cramped tenements of New York, Lucia Santa - wife, widow and mother of two families - steer them through the Depression and the early years of war as they adapt to life in a strange land. She cannot prevent the conflict between Italian and American values - nor the violence and bloodshed which surely follow.. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 145 x 197 x 20. Weight in Grams: 228.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Arrow
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780099557593
- ISBN
- 9780099557593
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 9.70
€ 11.99
€ 9.70
Paperback. Hardened by the brutality and desceration of three long years of war, Walter Mosca returns to America a changed man. But he has no sooner arrived than he knows he must run back to the land of the enemy, to find the woman who accepts the rage and cruelty of the world around her. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 129 x 21. Weight in Grams: 232.
- Publisher
- Arrow Books Ltd
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099557586
- ISBN
- 9780099557586
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.05
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paperback. Michael Corleone's exile in Sicily is ending, but on the instructions of his father, The Godfather, he must bring back to him the young man known as Salvatore Giuliano - if he can find him. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 26. Weight in Grams: 298.
- Publisher
- Arrow
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099580799
- ISBN
- 9780099580799
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.09
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Paperback. Presents the story of one of the greatest crime family in Italian history - the Borgias. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 28. Weight in Grams: 306.
- Publisher
- Cornerstone
- Number of pages
- 432
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099533269
- ISBN
- 9780099533269
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.01
€ 13.99
€ 11.01
Paperback. Offers a portrayal of the 1940s criminal underworld. This book presents the story of the Corleone family, at once drawn together and ripped apart by its position at the core of the American Mafia. Num Pages: 608 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 131 x 38. Weight in Grams: 416.
- Edition
- 01st Edition
- Publisher
- Cornerstone
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099528128
- ISBN
- 9780099528128
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.04
€ 13.99
€ 11.04