Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
Paperback. Offers accounts of 'Funes the Memorious', the man who can forget nothing; 'Pierre Menard, Author of the "Quixote"', who recreates Miguel de Cervantes' epic word-for-word; a society run on the basis of an all-encompassing game of chance in 'The Lottery in Babylon'. Translator(s): Hurley, Andrew. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 13. Weight in Grams: 146.
- Edition
- 01st Edition
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Number of pages
- 192
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141183848
- ISBN
- 9780141183848
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.08
€ 13.99
€ 11.08
Paperback. A collection of short stories with such themes as dreams, labyrinths, mirrors, infinite libraries, the manipulations of chance, gaucho knife-fighters, transparent tigers and the elusive nature of identity itself. Translator(s): Hurley, Andrew. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FC; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 128 x 13. Weight in Grams: 170.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Number of pages
- 224
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Edition
- 01st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141183831
- ISBN
- 9780141183831
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.01
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€ 11.01
Hardcover. "Fictions" is a collection of short stories, influenced by writers as disparate as Lewis Carroll, Stevenson and Cervantes. Borges turns dry logical puzzles into enchanting fables. Num Pages: 148 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 213 x 146 x 17. Weight in Grams: 324.
- Publisher
- Everyman's Library
- Number of pages
- 148
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Edition
- First Thus
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781857151664
- ISBN
- 9781857151664
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 19.00€ 15.78
€ 19.00
€ 15.78
Paperback. Christof, Christophe, Christopher and Cristofol are four brothers - sons of the same father and four very different mothers, yet none of them knows of the others' existence. When they learn that their father has been declared missing, they come together for the first time and attempt to reconstruct his life. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 132 x 31. Weight in Grams: 386.
- Publisher
- Short Books Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781780722139
- ISBN
- 9781780722139
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.23
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€ 10.23
Paperback. Exploring a boy's childhood in Barcelona during the Franco dictatorship, this work is based on the autobiographical experience of prize-winning Catalan author Jordi Coca. Translator(s): Thomson, Richard. Num Pages: 216 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 213 x 138 x 16. Weight in Grams: 242.
- Publisher
- Parthian Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 216
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781905762392
- ISBN
- 9781905762392
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 13.35
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€ 13.35
Paperback. The troubles of 1885 are a topic of enduring fascination. "Gabriel Dumont in Paris "is a fictional retelling of the events leading up to the Northwest Rebellion, focussing on the thoughts and actions of Metis leader Gabriel Dumont. Series: Currents. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: FA; HBG; HBLA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 135 x 15. Weight in Grams: 268.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- University of Alberta Press Canada
- Edition
- 1st
- Number of pages
- 180
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780888643216
- ISBN
- 9780888643216
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.00€ 17.02
€ 19.00
€ 17.02
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Bella Books United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781594933196
- ISBN
- 9781594933196
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 16.47
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€ 16.47
Paperback. Editor(s): Zwagerman, Joost. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 592 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 132 x 198 x 29. Weight in Grams: 410.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141395722
- ISBN
- 9780141395722
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.39
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€ 13.39
Paperback. Translator(s): Snook, Jean M. Num Pages: 250 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 141 x 203 x 17. Weight in Grams: 292. 224 pages. One of the loveliest riddles of Austrian literature is finally available in English translation: Gert Jonke's 1982 novel, Awakening to the Great Sleep War, is an expedition through a world in constant nervous motion, where reality is rapidly fraying. This enormously comic--and equally melancholic--tale is perhaps Jonke's masterwork. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: FA. Dimension: 141 x 203 x 17. Weight: 292. Translator(s): Snook, Jean M.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Dalkey Archive Press
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781564787941
- ISBN
- 9781564787941
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 15.68
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€ 15.68
Hardback. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 222 x 314 x 39. Weight in Grams: 652.
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers Inc
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780062413475
- ISBN
- 9780062413475
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 24.58
€ 27.99
€ 24.58
paperback. Num Pages: 257 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 19. Weight in Grams: 360.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Five Leaves Publications
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781905512195
- ISBN
- 9781905512195
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.34
€ 11.34
Paperback. Num Pages: 250 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 17. Weight in Grams: 332.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Five Leaves Publications United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 250
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781905512300
- ISBN
- 9781905512300
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.41
€ 11.41
Paperback. Tom Carey is a priest in crisis. God's good world has curdled and the Church is beset by scandal. He is haunted by the face of a woman he once secretly loved. Abandoning his comfortable parish he buries himself in the post of Port Chaplain on a busy river, but soon finds himself caught up in the murky world of international people-smuggling. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 18. Weight in Grams: 195.
- Publisher
- Vintage Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099422150
- ISBN
- 9780099422150
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 9.43
€ 10.99
€ 9.43
Paperback. This book measures human endeavour against the vagaries of chance, fate and mortality. Set against a backdrop of poverty and opulance, this is a love story told with all the timeless poignancy and melody of a folk ballad. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 21. Weight in Grams: 269. Clean copy with minor shelf wear
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Publisher
- Vintage
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Edition
- New Ed
- SKU
- KOC0015941
- ISBN
- 9780099422143
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. For fans of David Nicholls, a brilliantly funny and touching new novel from the bestselling author of HOW TO TALK TO A WIDOWER, selected for the Richard and Judy Book Club. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 23. Weight in Grams: 250.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Orion Publishing Co United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 480
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781409128793
- ISBN
- 9781409128793
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.04
€ 13.99
€ 11.04
Paperback. A moving, funny novel of romance and horrible mistakes.. from the bestselling author of ONE LAST THING BEFORE I GO. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 129 x 22. Weight in Grams: 262.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Orion United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780752883021
- ISBN
- 9780752883021
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.04
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Paperback. The Richard & Judy-selected author returns with a touching and hilarious new novel. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 134 x 32. Weight in Grams: 272.
- Publisher
- Orion Publishing Co
- Number of pages
- 400
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781409102694
- ISBN
- 9781409102694
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.04
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Paperback. A dystopian vision of perfection from the acclaimed author of Boy A. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 127 x 18. Weight in Grams: 238.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Little, Brown Book Group United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781780334400
- ISBN
- 9781780334400
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.09
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€ 11.09
Paperback. At 24, Jack is utterly innocent of the world, yet guilty of a monstrous childhood crime. To his new friends, he is a good guy with occasional flashes of unexpected violence. To his new girlfriend, he is strangely inexperienced and unreachable. Can he really start from scratch, forget the past, become someone else? Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 132 x 18. Weight in Grams: 182.
- Publisher
- Profile Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Edition
- Media tie-in
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781846686627
- ISBN
- 9781846686627
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.15
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€ 10.15
Paperback. Jonathan Taylor's debut novel, Entertaining Strangers, is a tragi-comedy about the eccentric Edwin Prince - a depressive intellectual obsessed with high culture .. and ants. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 160 x 26. Weight in Grams: 342.
- Publisher
- Salt Publishing United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 312
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781907773273
- ISBN
- 9781907773273
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.93
€ 13.99
€ 10.93