Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
Hardback. Accompanied by a thorough introduction to Brazil's Machado, Machado's Brazil, these vibrant new translations of eight of Machado de Assis's best-known short stories bring nineteenth-century Brazilian society and culture to life for modern readers. Num Pages: 152 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 224 x 164 x 15. Weight in Grams: 280.
- Publisher
- Hackett Publishing Co, Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 151
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781603848534
- ISBN
- 9781603848534
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 53.99€ 38.66
€ 53.99
€ 38.66
Paperback. 'One of the masterpieces of Brazilian literature The kind of humour that makes skulls smile' Salman Rushdie Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 42. Weight in Grams: 160. 240 pages. 'One of the masterpieces of Brazilian literature The kind of humour that makes skulls smile' Salman Rushdie. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: FA. Dimension: 196 x 129 x 42. Weight: 162.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Number of pages
- 240
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780747599043
- ISBN
- 9780747599043
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 11.66
€ 15.99
€ 11.66
Paperback. Num Pages: 248 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 23. Weight in Grams: 357.
- Publisher
- Open Letter United States
- Number of pages
- 248
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781934824061
- ISBN
- 9781934824061
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 15.91
€ 19.99
€ 15.91
Paperback. Beneath the Lion's Gaze opens in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 1974, on the eve of a revolution. Yonas kneels in his mother's prayer room, pleading to his god for an end to the violence that has wracked his family and country. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 201 x 130 x 21. Weight in Grams: 236.
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099539926
- ISBN
- 9780099539926
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.02
€ 13.99
€ 11.02
Paperback. Offers unusual insights into the social history of the late colonial period. Set in pre-World War II Burmese society, this title tells the story that centers on the relationship and marriage of seventeen-year-old Way with U Saw Han, a much older Burmese agent for a British trading company. Series: Ohio RIS Southeast Asia Series. Num Pages: 260 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white halftones, frontispiece. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 340.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2019
- Publisher
- Ohio University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 260
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780896801677
- ISBN
- 9780896801677
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 28.42
€ 31.99
€ 28.42
Paperback. Dai Wei lies in his bedroom, a prisoner in his body, after he was shot in the head at the Tiananmen Square protest ten years earlier and left in a coma. As his mother tends to him, and his friends bring news of their lives in an almost unrecognisable China, Dai Wei escapes into his memories. Translator(s): Drew, Flora. Num Pages: 672 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 130 x 37. Weight in Grams: 474.
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099481348
- ISBN
- 9780099481348
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.39
€ 17.99
€ 13.39
Paperback. Every week, a writer of political propaganda and a professional blood donor meet for dinner. They are unlikely friends - one of them tortured by his 'art', the other fat and wealthy from the earthy business of providing spare blood for the citizens of China. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 134 x 12. Weight in Grams: 148.
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 192
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099459064
- ISBN
- 9780099459064
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.02
€ 13.99
€ 11.02
paperback. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 173 x 203 x 22. Weight in Grams: 236.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Route United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781901927092
- ISBN
- 9781901927092
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.27
€ 10.27
Paperback. The brilliant new novel from the author of the Man-Booker-shortlisted Carry Me Down Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 134 x 28. Weight in Grams: 286.
- Edition
- Main
- Publisher
- Canongate Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781847673831
- ISBN
- 9781847673831
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.78
€ 13.99
€ 10.78
Paperback. Lou Connor, a gifted, unhappy sixteen-year-old, is desperate to escape her life of poverty in Sydney. When she is offered an exchange student placement at a school in America it seems as if her dreams will be fulfilled. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 23. Weight in Grams: 252. Used paperback in good condition. Some shelf wear.
- Condition
- Used, Good
- Publisher
- Canongate Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Edition
- Main
- SKU
- KRF0040758
- ISBN
- 9781841956114
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Karsan Dargawalla, heir to the shrine of a mysterious, medieval sufi begins to tell the story of his family and the destroyed shrine in the aftermath of the violence that gripped western India in 2002. His tale begins in the 1960s, and young Karsan wishes above all else to be ordinary. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 22. Weight in Grams: 224.
- Publisher
- Canongate Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 336
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781847672834
- ISBN
- 9781847672834
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.02
€ 11.99
€ 10.02
Paperback. When Pius Fernandes, a retired schoolteacher living in modern day Dar es Salaam, discovers a diary of a British colonial administrator from 1913, he is drawn into a provocative account of the Asian community of East Africa, and the liaisons, feelings and secrets of its people, over the course of a century. Num Pages: 384 pages, map. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 129 x 28. Weight in Grams: 267.
- Publisher
- Canongate Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781841956862
- ISBN
- 9781841956862
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 12.99
€ 17.99
€ 12.99
Paperback. Sweeping in scope, both historically and geographically, the author weaves a rich tapestry of characters (real and imagined) in a Kenya poised between colonialism and independence. He intertwines political and personal - rise of Mau Mau in last days of colonialism looms large over a plot centring on two love stories and a deep friendship. Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 29. Weight in Grams: 306. 448 pages. Sweeping in scope, both historically and geographically, the author weaves a rich tapestry of characters (real and imagined) in a Kenya poised between colonialism and independence. He intertwines political and personal - rise of Mau Mau in last days of colonialism looms large over a plot centring on two love stories and a deep friendship. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: FA. Dimension: 196 x 129 x 29. Weight: 358.
- Publisher
- Canongate Books
- Number of pages
- 448
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781841956060
- ISBN
- 9781841956060
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 11.54
€ 17.99
€ 11.54
Paperback. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 198 x 14. Weight in Grams: 292.
- Publisher
- Route
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781901927030
- ISBN
- 9781901927030
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.27
€ 10.27
Paperback. Num Pages: 496 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 107 x 171 x 38. Weight in Grams: 226.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Kensington Publishing
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780786037261
- ISBN
- 9780786037261
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.62
€ 10.62
Paperback. This modern classic novel set in the Thailand of the early 1950s presents an illuminating commentary on Thai society and its values Translator(s): Borthwick, Meredith. Num Pages: 240 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 131 x 196 x 17. Weight in Grams: 222.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- University of Washington Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789747100679
- ISBN
- 9789747100679
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.72
€ 20.72
Hardback. Oliver Marks has just served ten years for the murder of one of his closest friends - a murder he may or may not have committed. On the day he's released, he's greeted by the detective who put him in prison. Detective Colborne is retiring, but before he does, he wants to know what really happened ten years ago. BIC Classification: FA; FH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 160 x 32. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Flatiron Books United States
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781250095282
- ISBN
- 9781250095282
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 27.27
€ 33.99
€ 27.27
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Bella Books United States
- Number of pages
- 204
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781602827592
- ISBN
- 9781602827592
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 15.04
€ 16.99
€ 15.04
Paperback. The triumphant conclusion to M.K. Hume's magnificent Twilight of the Celts trilogy that completes the epic series about the legend of King Arthur, sure to appeal to fans of Conn Iggulden and George R. R. Martin. Series: Twilight of the Celts. Num Pages: 576 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 132 x 199 x 42. Weight in Grams: 386.
- Publisher
- Headline Publishing Group
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781472215734
- ISBN
- 9781472215734
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.09
€ 13.99
€ 11.09
Paperback. Ireland, 1971, John Egan is a misfit, 'a twelve year old in the body of a grown man with the voice of a giant who insists on the ridiculous truth'. With an obsession for the "Guinness Book of Records" and faith in his ability to detect when adults are lying, John remains hopeful despite the unfortunate cards life deals him. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 130 x 24. Weight in Grams: 246. Used paperback, in very good condition. Some shelf wear.
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Edition
- Main
- Publisher
- Canongate Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- SKU
- KRF0037736
- ISBN
- 9781841959061
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99