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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

Paperback. Translator(s): Jull Costa, Margaret. Series: Decadence from Dedalus. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 127 x 10. Weight in Grams: 142.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Dedalus Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
2nd
Number of pages
160
Condition
New
SKU
V9781873982808
ISBN
9781873982808
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 12.40

Paperback. Forty-nine, with a kind face, no serious ailments, a good salary and three moody children, widowed accountant Martin Santome is about to retire. He assumes he'll take up gardening, or the guitar, or whatever retired people do. What he least expects is to fall passionately in love with his shy young employee Laura Avellaneda. Translator(s): Morales, Harry. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 129 x 18. Weight in Grams: 150.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141396859
ISBN
9780141396859
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.08

Paperback. Conceived of as a set of fragmentary manuscripts from an unpublished Joseph Roth novel, Jacob the Mutant is a novella in a perpetual state of transformation -- a story about a man named Jacob, an ersatz rabbi and owner of a roadside tavern. But when reality shifts, so does Jacob, mutating into another person entirely. Translator(s): Steinberg, Jacob. Num Pages: 156 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 178 x 127 x 15. Weight in Grams: 142.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Phoneme
Condition
New
SKU
V9781939419101
ISBN
9781939419101
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 14.71

Paperback. A story full of myth, mystery and great imaginative power about a young woman who, searching for her lost baby son like Mother Courage, appears in different guises across different centuries and cultures. She is the eternal refugee but ultimately, the survivor. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 134 x 28. Weight in Grams: 346. Fine copy
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Vintage
Condition
Used, Like New
SKU
KSS0000912
ISBN
9780099284659
Paperback
Condition: Used, Like New

€ 4.99

Paperback. .
Publisher
Vintage United Kingdom
Number of pages
448
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Edition
First Vintage
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099739814
ISBN
9780099739814
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 20.17

Paperback. Inspired by "The Tempest", the novelist rewrites the drama of Ariel, Caliban and Sycorax in a Caribbean setting, exploring the colonial conflicts of an imaginary island and one family. The author's previous novel "The Lost Father" was Regional Winner of the Commonwealth Writers' Prize. Num Pages: 416 pages, 1 map. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 26. Weight in Grams: 298.
Publisher
Vintage
Number of pages
416
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099154518
ISBN
9780099154518
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 17.65

Paperback. The imaginary story of an Italian family from 1909 to the 1930s, with a framework in the present day. The narrator finds herself drawn into the passion and prejudice of her own invention, and we see how family memory, like folk memory, distorts and mythologises. Num Pages: 288 pages, map. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 20. Weight in Grams: 208. Clean copy with minor shelf wear and some yellowing
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Vintage
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Edition
New Ed
SKU
KOC0016719
ISBN
9780099767411
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. A long-awaited new collection of Marina Warner's short stories. Like her award-winning novels, Marina Warner's stories conjure up mysteries and wonders in a physical world, treading a delicate, magical line between the natural and the supernatural, between openness and fear. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 132 x 198 x 31. Weight in Grams: 232.
Publisher
Salt Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781784630386
ISBN
9781784630386
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.09

Paperback. Sisters Vera and Nadezhda must aside a lifetime of feuding to save their emigre engineer father from voluptuous gold-digger Valentina. With her proclivity for green satin underwear and boil-in-the-bag cuisine, she will stop at nothing in her pursuit of Western wealth. Num Pages: 336 pages, no pictures. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 194 x 129 x 22. Weight in Grams: 240.
Publisher
Penguin
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
Re-issue
Condition
New
SKU
9780241961827
ISBN
9780241961827
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 9.44

Paperback. For twenty years Doro and Marcus lived in a commune, convinced lentils and free love would change the world. They didn't. What they did do was give their children a terror of radicalism, dirt, cooking rotas and poverty. So when Doro and Marcus spring a surprise on their kids the family is forced to confront some thorny truths about themselves.. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 130 x 25. Weight in Grams: 276.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141044941
ISBN
9780141044941
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.29

Paperback. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 25. Weight in Grams: 258.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141044958
ISBN
9780141044958
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.01

Paperback. A field of strawberries in Kent.. And sitting in it are two caravans - one for the men and one for the women. The residents are from all over: miner's son Andriy is from the old Ukraine, while sexy young Irina is from the new: they each other warily. There are the Poles, Tomasz and Yola; two Chinese girls; and Emauel from Malawi. Num Pages: 320 pages, no pictures. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 128 x 21. Weight in Grams: 232.
Publisher
Fig Tree
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
Re-issue
Condition
New
SKU
V9780241961841
ISBN
9780241961841
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.02

Paperback. Series: Penguin Essentials. Num Pages: 336 pages, no pictures. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 181 x 111. .
Publisher
Fig Tree
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
01st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780241981443
ISBN
9780241981443
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.23

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
€ 13.47

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
€ 9.43

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
€ 10.73

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
€ 11.08

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
€ 11.08

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

€ 10.99
€ 9.62

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

€ 15.99
€ 11.86

Paperback. 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: 197 x 162 x 16. Weight in Grams: 200.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Pan Macmillan
Condition
New
SKU
V9781447254447
ISBN
9781447254447
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 14.42

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

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