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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

Paperback. Wonderful Booker Prize-shortlisted novel now reissued Num Pages: 224 pages, n/a. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 167 x 197 x 14. Weight in Grams: 166. Very good copy with light shelf wear. Light nicks, remains very good
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton General Division
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KCW0017659
ISBN
9780340637838
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. A stunning new novel from the author of The Promise of Happiness Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 202 x 165 x 19. Weight in Grams: 238. Fine clean copy
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
Used, Good
SKU
KTJ0020491
ISBN
9780747585947
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. The new novel by the author of the Booker-shortlisted In Every Face I Meet and Richard & Judy selection The Promise of Happiness. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 176 x 197 x 18. Weight in Grams: 204. Clean copy with minor shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KMK0000847
ISBN
9781408821695
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. 'A wonderfully observed novel which provides a rare outsider's glimpse of the quiet despair that lurks behind those bright, perfectly-formed American smiles' Literary Review Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 131 x 17. Weight in Grams: 208. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KKD0004922
ISBN
9780340637852
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 17.95

Hardcover. The new novel by the author of the Booker-shortlisted In Every Face I Meet and Richard & Judy selection The Promise of Happiness. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 239 x 164 x 26. Weight in Grams: 490. Very good copy in near fine dustwrapper . First edition signed by the author
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KEX0303544
ISBN
9781408803882
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 35.00

Paperback. David Cross is surrounded by secrets. When his wife Nancy was alive he kept secrets from her and now that she is dead, he must hide his new happiness from his children, Lucy and Ed. But they too have their troubles: Ed's marriage is in trouble, Lucy is being stalked by her ex-boyfriend, and both worry that their father will find a new partner. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 21. Weight in Grams: 264. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
Condition
Used, Very Good
Edition
UK ed.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
SKU
KRA0012104
ISBN
9781408801031
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. A novel about politics, film, history and, above all, love. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 132 x 198 x 24. Weight in Grams: 254. Good, clean copy. Showing minor shelfwear to covers
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
SKU
KSG0008112
ISBN
9780340766309
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 17.95

Paperback. 'Cartwright makes his pages as vividly sensuous as they are caustically intelligent' The Sunday Times Num Pages: 304 pages, N/A. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 20. Weight in Grams: 222.
Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton United Kingdom
Number of pages
304
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780340768365
ISBN
9780340768365
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.02

Paperback. .
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781408858257
ISBN
9781408858257
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.69

Paperback. 'The satirical English novel of the decade.' Observer Num Pages: 288 pages, N/A. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 131 x 18. Weight in Grams: 200.
Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton General Division
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780340768358
ISBN
9780340768358
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.02

Paperback. Nete Rosen thought she'd put her traumatic youth behind her. Her caring foster parents and loving husband helped her start again. However, when a man from her past reappears one night, Nete's new life could be shattered. But she won't be drawn back into that nightmare - she won't be a victim again.. 2010. Series: Department Q. Num Pages: 592 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 35. Weight in Grams: 438.
Publisher
Penguin Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781405909785
ISBN
9781405909785
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.81

Paperback. In this title, Zaydan charts the fall of the Ayyubid Dynasty and the rise of the Mamluke Dynasty through the adventures of Tree of Pearls and Rukn al-Din Baybars, a young Mamluke commander who eventually triumphs as the ruler of Egypt. Translator(s): Selim, Samah. Num Pages: 232 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 318.
Publisher
Syracuse University Press
Number of pages
232
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9780815609995
ISBN
9780815609995
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 19.84

Paperback. Contains stories that move from the barrios of the Dominican Republic to the struggling urban communities of New Jersey. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 12. Weight in Grams: 142.
Edition
Main
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Number of pages
176
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571244973
ISBN
9780571244973
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.71

Paperback. A ghetto nerd living with his Dominican family in New Jersey, Oscar's sweet but disastrously overweight. He dreams of becoming the next J R R Tolkien and he keeps falling hopelessly in love. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 129 x 23. Weight in Grams: 274.
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571239733
ISBN
9780571239733
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.78

Hardcover. Offering a portrait of Japanese life in the first half of the twentieth century, this book reveals the saga Makioka family struggling to marry off one of their daughters. Translator(s): Seidensticker, Edward G. Num Pages: 512 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 213 x 137 x 27. Weight in Grams: 608.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
Everyman
Condition
New
SKU
9781857151558
ISBN
9781857151558
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 15.10

Paperback. An essay on aesthetics. It explores architecture, jade, food, toilets, and combines an acute sense of the use of space in buildings, as well as perfect descriptions of lacquerware under candlelight and women in the darkness of the house of pleasure. Num Pages: 80 pages. BIC Classification: FA; HPN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 199 x 8. Weight in Grams: 66.
Publisher
Vintage Classics
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099283577
ISBN
9780099283577
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.50

Paperback. Num Pages: 56 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 214 x 138 x 5. Weight in Grams: 100.
Publisher
Leete's Island Books,U.S. United States
Number of pages
56
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1977
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780918172020
ISBN
9780918172020
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 12.53

Paperback. Sonoko Kakiuchi is a cultured Osaka lady, unfortunately widowed young. This work presents a tale of infatuation and deceit, of eliberate evil. Its theme is humiliation, its victim Sonoko's mild-mannered husband. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 134 x 15. Weight in Grams: 176.
Publisher
Vintage United Kingdom
Number of pages
240
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099485612
ISBN
9780099485612
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.01

Paperback. Tells the story of four sisters, and the declining fortunes of a traditional Japanese family. This title presents a loving and nostalgic recreation of the sumptuous, intricate upper-class life of Osaka immediately before World War Two. With surgical precision, it lays bare the sinews of pride, and brings a vanished era to vibrant life. Translator(s): Seidensticker, Edward G. Num Pages: 544 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 34. Weight in Grams: 398.
Publisher
Vintage Classics
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Condition
New
SKU
V9780749397104
ISBN
9780749397104
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.80

Paperback. Series: Vintage International. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 205 x 133 x 15. Weight in Grams: 192.
Publisher
Random House USA Inc United States
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780375724749
ISBN
9780375724749
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 14.82

Paperback. A diary of a middle-aged man who is in love with his younger wife, Ikuko. In spite of that love, the pair have grown physically apart, each unsure of the other's desires ..until the day Ikuko discovers her husband's diary with its desperate hints of jealousy and voyeurism. Ikuko realises she has found the key to his very soul. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 131 x 12. Weight in Grams: 132.
Publisher
Vintage United Kingdom
Number of pages
176
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099289999
ISBN
9780099289999
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.02

Paperback. Two short novels, published initially in the 1930s. "Musashi" deals with the dark obsessions of a 16th-century warlord. "Arrowroot" also touches on the pursuit of legend, but in a different mode, that of the uniquely Japanese form of the "essay" novel. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: DQ; FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 135 x 13. Weight in Grams: 144.
Publisher
Vintage United Kingdom
Number of pages
192
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099283171
ISBN
9780099283171
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.08

Paperback. The marriage of Kaname and Misako is disintegrating. Misako's father believes their relationship has been damaged by the influence of a new and alien culture, and attempts to heal the breach by educating his son-in-law in the Japanese traditions of aesthetic and sensual pleasure. The result is a conflict between ancient and modern, young and old. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 11. Weight in Grams: 124.
Publisher
Vintage United Kingdom
Number of pages
160
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099283379
ISBN
9780099283379
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.22

Paperback. While recovering from a stroke, seventy-seven-year-old Utsugi turns to his diary to wryly record his struggle with his ageing body and his growing desire for his beautiful daughter-in-law Satsuko, a chic, Westernised dancer with a shady past. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 13. Weight in Grams: 142.
Publisher
Vintage United Kingdom
Number of pages
192
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099285199
ISBN
9780099285199
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.08

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