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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

Paperback. 'Part glamorous travelogue, part slow-burn mystery, this full-bodied tale of a runaway is at once formally inventive and heartbreakingly familiar.. (It's also insanely funny.)' Lena Dunham Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 197 x 18. Weight in Grams: 170.
Publisher
Atlantic Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9781782397717
ISBN
9781782397717
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.73

Paperback. Num Pages: 214 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 129 x 17. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Dalkey Archive Press
Condition
New
SKU
9781564783479
ISBN
9781564783479
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 6.23

Paperback. A novel that focuses on overshadowing the lives of a huge cast of Russian and German characters which looms the battle of Stalingrad. Num Pages: 912 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 48. Weight in Grams: 658.
Publisher
Vintage Classics
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099506164
ISBN
9780099506164
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.47

Paperback. The collected shorter works by the author of Life and Fate and Everything Flows, published in English for the first time. Translator(s): Chandler, Robert; Chandler, Elizabeth. Num Pages: 400 pages, B and w photographs. BIC Classification: FA; FYB; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 132 x 27. Weight in Grams: 272.
Publisher
Quercus Publishing
Number of pages
400
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
First Paperback Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780857381941
ISBN
9780857381941
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.02

Paperback. Ivan Grigoryevich has been in the Gulag for thirty years. Released after Stalin's death, he finds that the years of terror have imposed a collective moral slavery. He must struggle to find a place for himself in an unfamiliar world. Translator(s): Chandler, Robert. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 23. Weight in Grams: 302.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099519164
ISBN
9780099519164
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.01

Hardcover.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1985
Publisher
Marion Boyars Publishers Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780714528137
ISBN
9780714528137
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 17.45

Paperback. Cupcake runs a successful bakery with his best friend, Eggplant, but dreams of going abroad to meet his idol, Turkish Delight, who is the most famous pastry chef in the world. Num Pages: 160 pages, chiefly Illustrations. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (J) Children / Juvenile. Dimension: 216 x 157 x 12. Weight in Grams: 333.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Roaring Brook Press United States
Number of pages
160
Condition
New
SKU
V9781596434196
ISBN
9781596434196
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 17.61

Paperback. It is estimated that some three million people died in the Soviet forced-labour camps of Kolyma, in the northeastern area of Siberia. This book captures the lives of ordinary people caught up in terrible circumstances, whose hopes and plans extended to further than a few hours. Translator(s): Glad, John. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 528 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FC; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 131 x 24. Weight in Grams: 364.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Condition
New
SKU
9780140186956
ISBN
9780140186956
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 12.53

paperback. Containing eight stories by 20th century French writers, this work offers insights into French life and literature and are accompanied by a parallel English text, making them suiatble for both French and English language students. It includes "Green Tobacco" by Clair Sainte-Soline, and the tale of "The Ants" by, Boris Vian. Editor(s): Lee, Simon. Num Pages: 240 pages, notes. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 16. Weight in Grams: 174.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1972
Publisher
Penguin
Condition
New
SKU
9780140034141
ISBN
9780140034141
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.03

Paperback. These outstanding stories from the 2014 Bristol Short Story Prize will provoke, stimulate, move, amuse, unsettle, and entertain. A wonderfully diverse and exhilarating collection of short stories, that enhances Bristol Short Story Prize's reputation as a major contributor to the resurgence of the short story genre. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: DQ; FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 143 x 217 x 18. Weight in Grams: 364.
Publisher
Tangent Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781910089088
ISBN
9781910089088
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 13.40

Paperback. Num Pages: 64 pages, b/w illus. BIC Classification: FA; FX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 279 x 209 x 6. Weight in Grams: 240.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
S Q Publications,US United States
Number of pages
64
Condition
New
SKU
V9780865620537
ISBN
9780865620537
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.25

Paperback. Num Pages: 244 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 180 x 217 x 13. Weight in Grams: 466.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Open Letter United States
Number of pages
244
Condition
New
SKU
V9781934824238
ISBN
9781934824238
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 17.35

Paperback. Offers a bridge between the short story and the novel, combining the qualities of both. This title includes eight stories which are written by different authors with each one portraying a character for a single day (the story is named after that day: Thursday, Tuesday and so on). Series: The Short Story Reinvented. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 131 x 15. Weight in Grams: 158. 224 pages. Offers a bridge between the short story and the novel, combining the qualities of both. This title includes eight stories which are written by different authors with each one portraying a character for a single day (the story is named after that day: Thursday, Tuesday and so on). Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: FA. Dimension: 196 x 131 x 15. Weight: 158.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Legend Press Ltd
Edition
2nd edition
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9781906558055
ISBN
9781906558055
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 10.11

Paperback. Translator(s): O Cuilleanain, Cormac. Num Pages: 140 pages. BIC Classification: DQ; FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 128 x 24. Weight in Grams: 166.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
New Island Books
Condition
New
SKU
KHN0002443
ISBN
9781848404632
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 4.99

Paperback. Translator(s): O Cuilleanain, Cormac. Num Pages: 140 pages. BIC Classification: DQ; FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 128 x 24. Weight in Grams: 166.
Publisher
New Island Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
KHN0002441
ISBN
9781848404632
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 4.99

Paperback. A collection of some of the most original and dazzling short stories, from writers old and new Editor(s): Asham Award. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: DQ; FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 193 x 120 x 15. Weight in Grams: 164.
Publisher
Virago UK United Kingdom
Number of pages
224
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781844086849
ISBN
9781844086849
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.25

Paperback. A collection of Irish short stories. Featuring, among many others, William Trevor and Roddy Doyle, Rebecca Miller and Richard Ford, Christine Dwyer Hickey and Colm Toibin, it shows the short story to be a vibrant, thriving form and one that should continue to be celebrated and encouraged. Editor(s): O'Connor, Joseph. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 127 x 28. Weight in Grams: 342.
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571255276
ISBN
9780571255276
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 12.95

Hardcover. With its intricate rhyme scheme and dance-like pattern of repeated lines, its marriage of recurrence and surprise, the villanelle has fascinated poets ever since it was introduced almost two centuries ago. This title collects the poems that range from the classic villanelles of the nineteenth century. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 117 x 164 x 19. Weight in Grams: 236.
Publisher
Everyman United Kingdom
Number of pages
256
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9781841597928
ISBN
9781841597928
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.08

Paperback. Series: CLASSICS. Num Pages: 260 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Dimension: 132 x 197 x 19. Weight in Grams: 194.
Publisher
Rupa Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9788129142238
ISBN
9788129142238
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 9.99
€ 9.23

Paperback. Translator(s): Stanton-Ife, Anne-Marie. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 15. Weight in Grams: 168.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Marion Boyars Publishers Ltd United Kingdom
Condition
New
SKU
V9780714531229
ISBN
9780714531229
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.32

Paperback. 'An achingly immediate, sensuous and psychologically acute novel about a man whose life has been suspended by the madness of American politics' - Siri Hustvedt Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 23. Weight in Grams: 284.
Publisher
Oneworld Publications
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781780746104
ISBN
9781780746104
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.70

Paperback. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Dimension: 234 x 153. .
Publisher
Orion Publishing Co
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
KTG0019508
ISBN
9781409171355
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 4.99

Paperback. Tensions simmer as a small town, already divided by race, is torn apart by the deadliest of hurricanes .. THE HELP meets TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD in this powerfully emotional and gripping debut novel. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 197 x 26. Weight in Grams: 252.
Publisher
Orion Publishing Co
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781409155393
ISBN
9781409155393
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.50

Paperback. A wonderful and heart-warming novel about female friendship, set on a beautiful Greek island, from the author of The Vintage Teacup Club and The Seafront Tea Rooms. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 128 x 198 x 29. Weight in Grams: 304.
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9780751552249
ISBN
9780751552249
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.23

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