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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

Paperback. Lisbon, late-1940s. The inhabitants of an old apartment block are struggling to make ends meet. There's the elderly shoemaker and his wife who take in a solitary young lodger; the woman who sells herself; the cultivated family come down in the world, who live only for each other and for music; and the typist whose boss can't keep his eyes off her. Translator(s): Costa, Margaret Jull. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 198 x 23. Weight in Grams: 228.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099581826
ISBN
9780099581826
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.01

Paperback. When Raimundo Silva, humble proof-reader for a Lisbon publishing house, takes it upon himself to insert a negative into the sentence of a history book, he rewrites history. The effect of this act of insubordination is to make his editor, the voluptuous Dr Maria Sara, fall in love with him. Translator(s): Pontiero, Giovanni. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 21. Weight in Grams: 240.
Publisher
Vintage United Kingdom
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Condition
New
SKU
V9781860467226
ISBN
9781860467226
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.01

Paperback. Senhor Jose is a minor official in a registry office, with a passion for reconstructing people's lives from the data in archive documents. One woman's file is particularly intriguing. She is dead, and he decides to trace her life backwards, from death to birth. But can he bring her back to life? Translator(s): Jull Costa, Margaret. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 16. Weight in Grams: 192.
Publisher
Vintage Classics
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Condition
New
SKU
V9781860467202
ISBN
9781860467202
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.05

Paperback. A retelling of the Gospel following the life of Christ from his conception to his crucifixion. A naive Jesus is the son not of God, but of Joseph. In the desert it is not Satan, but God that Christ tussles with, an autocrat with whom he has an unbalanced and unsettled relationship. Translator(s): Pontiero, Giovanni. Num Pages: 352 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 131 x 22. Weight in Grams: 256.
Publisher
Harvill Pr
Number of pages
352
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Edition
01st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781860466847
ISBN
9781860466847
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.02

Paperback. Despite the heavy rain, the officer at Polling Station 14 finds it odd that by midday on National Election day, only a handful of voters have turned out. Puzzlement swiftly escalates to shock when the final count reveals seventy per cent of the votes are blank. National law decrees the election should be repeated but the result is even worse. Translator(s): Costa, Margaret Jull. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 20. Weight in Grams: 257.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781784871772
ISBN
9781784871772
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.08

Paperback. What happens when Deadline M-ximo Afonso, a 38-year-old professor of history, discovers that there is a man living in the same city who is identical to him on every physical detail, but not related by blood at all. And what happens when each of these men attempt to investigate each other's lives? Translator(s): Costa, Margaret Jull. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 156 x 19. Weight in Grams: 224.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099461654
ISBN
9780099461654
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.01

Paperback. An unforgettable novel about the fate of those who dare to dream. Translator(s): Almani, Saleh. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 132 x 25. Weight in Grams: 350.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Bloomsbury Qatar Foundation Publishing
Number of pages
368
Condition
New
SKU
V9789992194737
ISBN
9789992194737
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.46

Paperback. Translator(s): Vetch, John. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 127. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
New Directions Publishing Corporation United States
Number of pages
128
Condition
New
SKU
V9780811222181
ISBN
9780811222181
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 14.51

Paperback. Translator(s): Allen, Esther. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 22. Weight in Grams: 299.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Grove Press / Atlantic Monthly Press United States
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
SKU
V9780802144836
ISBN
9780802144836
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.13

Paperback. Translator(s): Patterson, Robin. Series: Dedalus Africa. Num Pages: 204 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 126 x 16. Weight in Grams: 200.
Publisher
Dedalus Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
1st
Condition
New
SKU
V9781910213070
ISBN
9781910213070
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 13.39

Paperback. Focuses on esthetic and philosophical sensibility, as well as its most discussed treatise on hemispheric relations. This book contains a reader's guide to names, places, and important movements, as well as notes and a comprehensive annotated English/Spanish bibliography. Series: Texas Pan American Series. Num Pages: 156 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 214 x 141 x 12. Weight in Grams: 499.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1988
Publisher
University of Texas Press United States
Number of pages
156
Condition
New
Edition
Annotated
SKU
V9780292703964
ISBN
9780292703964
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 19.63

Paperback. A journalist - the autobiographical features are quite deliberate - is trying to find out what happened to Lidia, who disappeared in Luanda in 1992, a point in time when the civil war flared up again with ferocity after rebel leader Jonas Savimbi and his UNITA movement refused to accept defeat in the country's first free and democratic elections. Translator(s): Hahn, Daniel. Num Pages: 264 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 217 x 140 x 22. Weight in Grams: 348.
Publisher
Arcadia Books
Number of pages
264
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Edition
0th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781906413200
ISBN
9781906413200
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 14.95

Paperback. On the eve of Angolan independence, Ludo bricks herself into her apartment, where she will remain for the next thirty years. She lives off vegetables and pigeons, burns her furniture and books to stay alive and keeps herself busy by writing her story on the walls of her home. Translator(s): Hahn, Daniel. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 132 x 197 x 19. Weight in Grams: 212.
Publisher
Vintage
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099593126
ISBN
9780099593126
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.08

Paperback. Durtal, a shy, censorious man, is writing a biography of Gilles de Rais, the monstrous fifteenth-century child-murderer thought to be the original for 'Bluebeard'. Bored and disgusted by the vulgarity of everyday life, Durtal seeks spiritual solace by immersing himself in another age. Translator(s): Hale, Terry. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 131 x 18. Weight in Grams: 238.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Edition
First Printing
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140447675
ISBN
9780140447675
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.81

Paperback. 160 pages, Illustrations. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: FA. Dimension: 199 x 127 x 12. Weight: 168. Translator(s): King, Brendan.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Dedalus
Edition
Tra
Number of pages
160
Condition
New
SKU
V9781903517475
ISBN
9781903517475
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.31

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Open Letter United States
Number of pages
422
Condition
New
SKU
V9781934824108
ISBN
9781934824108
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 17.61

paperback. Translator(s): Yates, Donald A.; Irby, James East; Fein, John M.; Weinberger, Eliot. Num Pages: 96 pages. BIC Classification: DQ; FA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 177 x 116 x 12. Weight in Grams: 120.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
New Directions Publishing Corporation United States
Number of pages
96
Condition
New
Edition
Reprint
SKU
V9780811218832
ISBN
9780811218832
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 12.34

Paperback. Composed of poems, parables, and stories, sketches and apocryphal quotations, this book explores the mysterious territory that lies between the dreams of the creative artist and the "real" world. Translator(s): Boyer, Mildred Vinson; Morland, Harold. Series: Texas Pan American Series. Num Pages: 96 pages, illus. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 151 x 226 x 8. Weight in Grams: 164.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1964
Publisher
University of Texas Press United States
Edition
13th ed.
Number of pages
96
Condition
New
SKU
V9780292715493
ISBN
9780292715493
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 17.59

paperback. A collection of short stories and essays showcasing one of Latin America's influential and imaginative writers. It was a literary spellbinder whose tales of magic, mystery and murder are shot through with deep philosophical paradoxes. Editor(s): Yates, Donald A.; Irby, James East. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: DQ; FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 130 x 17. Weight in Grams: 212.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Penguin Classics England
Condition
New
Edition
Reprint
SKU
9780141184845
ISBN
9780141184845
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.45

Paperback. The art of writing is mysterious; the opinions we hold are ephemeral. This title presents eleven short stories. Translator(s): Hurley, Andrew. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FC; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 129 x 10. Weight in Grams: 114.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Edition
New Ed
Number of pages
144
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141183862
ISBN
9780141183862
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 12.60

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