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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

Paperback. "In Search of Lost Time" is one of the greatest, most entertaining reading experiences in any language. This book is an English translation of the French original. Editor(s): Prendergast, Christopher. Translator(s): Sturrock, John. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 576 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 396.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Number of pages
576
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141180342
ISBN
9780141180342
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.06

Paperback. Travelling backwards in time, the narrator tells the story of a love affair that had taken place before his own birth. Translator(s): Kilmartin, Terence; Scott-Moncrieff, C. K.; Enright, D.J. Num Pages: 544 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 130 x 35. Weight in Grams: 396.
Publisher
Vintage Classics
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Edition
1St Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099362210
ISBN
9780099362210
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.05

paperback. An English translation of the French original. Editor(s): Prendergast, Christopher (University of Cambridge). Translator(s): Grieve, James. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 576 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 25. Weight in Grams: 394.
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Number of pages
576
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Edition
2 Rev ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141180328
ISBN
9780141180328
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.04

Paperback. Recalling his initiation into the dazzling world of Parisian high society and looking back over his time in the glamorous salons of the aristocracy, the narrator satirises this shallow world and his own youthful infatuation with it. His observations also educates him in the volatile nature of desire as he walks the path towards adulthood. Translator(s): Scott-Moncrieff, C. K.; Kilmartin, Terence; Enright, D.J. Num Pages: 720 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 42. Weight in Grams: 500.
Publisher
Vintage Classics
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099362418
ISBN
9780099362418
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.88

Paperback. A story of the impossibility of love and the impossibility of writing of love, this work is a memoir and a novel, a confession and a reflection on the prerogatives and imperatives of writing one's story. At its center is the beautiful and ethereal Tamara, the incarnation of the narrator's enduring fantasy - a femme fatale for the lover of form. Translator(s): Rendall, Steven. Num Pages: 179 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 10. Weight in Grams: 250.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Number of pages
179
Condition
New
SKU
V9780803262157
ISBN
9780803262157
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 19.45

Paperback. Translator(s): Gabinet-Kroo, Kathryn. Num Pages: 173 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 213 x 137 x 13. Weight in Grams: 227.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Exile Editions Canada
Number of pages
173
Condition
New
SKU
V9781550963977
ISBN
9781550963977
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 17.92

Paperback. CSI meets Jack the Ripper in early 20th century Barcelona: captivating, scary and genre-breaking. Translator(s): Lethem, Mara Faye. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 202 x 146 x 20. Weight in Grams: 262. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear.
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Pushkin Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
SKU
KTG0002293
ISBN
9781782270638
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Estrin's second novel is the story of a young man who stumbles through the second half of the 20th century bearing a most unfortunate name. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 35. Weight in Grams: 671.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Unbridled Books United States
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
SKU
V9781932961034
ISBN
9781932961034
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.70

Paperback. Num Pages: 182 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: FA; FHP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 154 x 12. Weight in Grams: 316.
Publisher
Progressive Press United States
Number of pages
182
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
SKU
V9780930852559
ISBN
9780930852559
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 17.33

Paperback. Num Pages: 121 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 150 x 10. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Dalkey Archive Press United States
Number of pages
121
Condition
New
SKU
V9781564782465
ISBN
9781564782465
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 12.08

Paperback. Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 106 x 291 x 2. Weight in Grams: 292.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Pinnacle
Condition
New
SKU
V9780786038923
ISBN
9780786038923
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.53

Hardback. As he leaves the cinema where he has just watched Casablanca, one of his favorite films, Julien is approached by a mysterious young woman, Claire. Unbeknownst to Julien, Claire has been following him for several days. Outside the cinema she relays a cryptic message: "Someone's trying to find you." Translator(s): Turner, Chris. Series: The French List. Num Pages: 152 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 127 x 9. Weight in Grams: 331.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Seagull Books London Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
152
Condition
New
SKU
V9780857422439
ISBN
9780857422439
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 18.22

paperback. A book that is full of personal stories, set against a background of the ravages of the Spanish Civil War and its aftermath at home, and the wider world as Coca-Cola sets up a factory nearby and news comes in of men landing on the moon. It is a philosophical take on memory, belonging, and the nature of storytelling itself. Translator(s): Dunne, Jonathan. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. Weight in Grams: 368.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Vintage
Condition
New
SKU
9780099597438
ISBN
9780099597438
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 10.27

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

Paperback. On 19 August 1936 Hercules the boxer stands on the quayside at Coruna and watches Fascist soldiers piling up books and setting them alight. With this moment a young carefree group of friends are transformed into a broken generation. Translator(s): Dunne, Jonathan. Num Pages: 560 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 37. Weight in Grams: 384.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Number of pages
560
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099520337
ISBN
9780099520337
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 20.96

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
€ 11.06

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

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

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

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

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