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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

Paperback. The central novel from V.S. Naipaul's Booker Prize-winning narrative of displacement, published for the first time in a stand-alone edition. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 132 x 14. Weight in Grams: 164.
Publisher
Picador USA
Number of pages
192
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9780330522908
ISBN
9780330522908
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.76

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Bella Books United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9781602825932
ISBN
9781602825932
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 17.61

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Bella Books United States
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
SKU
V9781602821972
ISBN
9781602821972
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 17.55

Paperback. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 151 x 219 x 24. Weight in Grams: 400.
Publisher
Ward Wood Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781908742582
ISBN
9781908742582
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 14.51

Paperback. .
Publisher
Globe Pequot Press United States
Number of pages
240
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Edition
First Printing
Condition
New
SKU
V9781590130193
ISBN
9781590130193
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 15.86

paperback. V. S. Pritchett, one of our greatest short-story writers, has chosen forty-one stories written in the English language for this volume, producing a collection that successfully displays the wealth and variety of an art that spans some 200 years. Editor(s): Pritchett, V. S. Series: Oxford Books of Prose & Verse. Num Pages: 576 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FC; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 128 x 33. Weight in Grams: 412.
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Number of pages
576
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199583133
ISBN
9780199583133
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 13.44

Paperback. Award-winning writer and doctor Uzo Iweala travels a continent getting to know the people whose lives have been affected by HIV and AIDs. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 150 x 198 x 15. Weight in Grams: 158.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
John Murray Press
Edition
1st
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9780719523601
ISBN
9780719523601
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.12

Paperback. Official Netflix Original Film tie-in about the experiences of Agu, a child-soldier fighting in an Africian civil war. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 198 x 18. Weight in Grams: 138.
Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton General Division
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781473625556
ISBN
9781473625556
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.76

Paperback. Num Pages: 404 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Dimension: 142 x 209 x 25. Weight in Grams: 480.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Lake Union Publishing
Condition
New
SKU
V9781935597315
ISBN
9781935597315
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 15.84

Paperback. A powerful and vivid debut collection describing the plight of children caught up in difficult and often harrowing situations throughout the continent of Africa. Num Pages: 304 pages, map. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 20. Weight in Grams: 208.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Abacus
Condition
New
SKU
V9780349120645
ISBN
9780349120645
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.12

hardcover. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 25. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
McPherson United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9780929701592
ISBN
9780929701592
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 22.79

Paperback. The Hugo and Nebula Award-winning masterpiece from one of the all-time greats of Science Fiction. Series: S.F. Masterworks. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FLC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
Publisher
Orion Publishing Co
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781473221628
ISBN
9781473221628
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.12

Hardback. The day after his ninety-fourth birthday, a man is sitting in a beautiful garden. It is a paradise where he often played during his childhood, and it is here that he is recording the story of his adventures with Mr Adamson. Translator(s): McLaughlin, Donal. Series: SB - The Swiss List. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 127 x 11. Weight in Grams: 417.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Seagull Books London Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
176
Condition
New
Edition
Translation
SKU
V9780857422323
ISBN
9780857422323
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 21.00

Hardback. A novel, in which the narrator unexpectedly finds himself back in the world of his childhood: Switzerland in the 1940s. He returns to his childhood home to find his parents frantic because their son is missing. Then, in another switch, the young boy that he was back then turns up in the present of the early 1990s, during the Gulf War. Translator(s): McLaughlin, Donal. Series: SB - The Swiss List. Num Pages: 112 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 136 x 212 x 17. Weight in Grams: 230.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Seagull Books London Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
112
Condition
New
SKU
V9780857422118
ISBN
9780857422118
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 18.41

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
388
Condition
New
SKU
V9780143039587
ISBN
9780143039587
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 21.76

Paperback. Upton Sinclair's The Jungle is a vivid portrait of life and death in a turn-of-the-century American meat-packing factory. A grim indictment that led to government regulations of the food industry, The Jungle is Sinclair's extraordinary contribution to literature and social reform. Series: Prairie State Book. Num Pages: 408 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5487 x 3556 x 991. Weight in Grams: 610.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1988
Publisher
University of Illinois Press United States
Number of pages
408
Condition
New
SKU
V9780252014802
ISBN
9780252014802
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.06

Paperback. Upton Sinclair's story exposed the conditions in the Chicago stockyards at the turn of the nineteenth century and brought into focus the odds against which immigrants and other working people struggled. This book was championed by the then president Theodore Roosevelt, and was a catalyst to the passing of the Pure Food and Meat Inspection act. Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 21. Weight in Grams: 308.
Publisher
Penguin Books
Number of pages
448
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1985
Edition
Reissue
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140390315
ISBN
9780140390315
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.37

Paperback.
Publisher
Random House USA Inc United States
Number of pages
416
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Condition
New
SKU
V9780812976236
ISBN
9780812976236
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 15.10

Paperback. The first known mystery written by an African-American, set in 1930s Harlem Series: Ann Arbor Paperbacks. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 133 x 204 x 25. Weight in Grams: 400.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1992
Publisher
University of Michigan Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780472064922
ISBN
9780472064922
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.06

paperback. Winner of the 2004 Caine Prize. This is the fifth anthology of Caine Prize short listed stories, and includes the proceedings of a Caine Prize African Writers' Workshop Massachusetts University Press. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: DQ; FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 207 x 144 x 14. Weight in Grams: 304.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Jacana Media South Africa
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9781770091450
ISBN
9781770091450
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 16.57

Paperback. Series: Arab American Writing. Num Pages: 168 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 150 x 14. Weight in Grams: 282.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Syracuse University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780815609827
ISBN
9780815609827
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 20.35

Paperback. A novel that recounts the efforts of a young man to explore his own history and identity through his encounters with the family and friends who surround him. Translator(s): Weiss, Max. Num Pages: 136 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 153 x 12. Weight in Grams: 190.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Syracuse University Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780815609124
ISBN
9780815609124
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.66

Paperback. This Turkish verse romance written in 1783 is a religious interpretation of the Islamic love tale. Editor(s): Holbrook, Victoria Rowe. Series: MLA Texts & Translations (Paperback). Num Pages: 203 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 211 x 137 x 15. Weight in Grams: 295.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Modern Language Association of America
Edition
Bilingual
Condition
New
SKU
V9780873529334
ISBN
9780873529334
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.79

Paperback. First published in Switzerland in 1892, finally printed in Russia in 1906, and never before translated into English, Nihilist Girl is the story of a young aristocrat who longs to devote her life to a cause. Num Pages: 139 pages. BIC Classification: 1DVU; DSB; FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 144 x 13. Weight in Grams: 281.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
The Modern Language Association of America
Condition
New
SKU
V9780873527903
ISBN
9780873527903
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.76

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