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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

Paperback. Num Pages: 342 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 208 x 139 x 24. Weight in Grams: 322.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Soho Press Inc United States
Number of pages
342
Condition
New
SKU
V9781616950880
ISBN
9781616950880
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 17.19

Paperback. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 130 x 13. Weight in Grams: 232.
Publisher
The New York Review of Books, Inc
Number of pages
208
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9781590173954
ISBN
9781590173954
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 15.04

Paperback. In a room with no windows on the eastern coast of Africa, an Englishman, James More, is held captive by jihadist fighters. Posing as a water engineer to spy on al-Qaeda activity in the area, he now faces extreme privation, mock executions and forced marches through arid Somali badlands. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 194 x 129 x 14. Weight in Grams: 156.
Publisher
Vintage United Kingdom
Number of pages
208
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099555384
ISBN
9780099555384
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.30

mass_market. In the early eighteenth century, Susan Barton finds herself adrift from a mutinous ship and cast ashore on a remote desert island. There she finds shelter with its only other inhabitants: a man named Cruso and his tongueless slave, Friday. In time, she builds a life for herself as Cruso's companion and, eventually, his lover. Series: Penguin Essentials. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 112 x 180 x 11. Weight in Grams: 94.
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Penguin
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
9780241973691
ISBN
9780241973691
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 12.99
€ 9.80

Paperback. Num Pages: 150 pages, 5ill. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 132 x 12. Weight in Grams: 176.
Publisher
Quince Tree Press
Number of pages
150
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1992
Edition
New
Condition
New
SKU
V9780900847943
ISBN
9780900847943
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.23

Paperback. Num Pages: 489 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 217 x 141 x 23. Weight in Grams: 464.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Sterling Publishers
Condition
New
SKU
V9788120715608
ISBN
9788120715608
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.51

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Quercus Publishing Plc United Kingdom
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
SKU
V9781906694838
ISBN
9781906694838
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.10

Paperback. In the small Bosnian town of Visegrad the stone bridge of the novel's title, built in the sixteenth century on the instruction of a grand vezir, bears witness to three centuries of conflict. This title chronicles the lives of Catholics, Moselms and Orthodox Christians that unable to reconcile their disparate loyalties. Translator(s): Edwards, Lovette F. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 136 x 24. Weight in Grams: 342.
Publisher
Harvill Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Condition
New
SKU
V9781860460586
ISBN
9781860460586
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.29

paperback. Num Pages: 313 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 133 x 18. Weight in Grams: 272.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
Random House USA Inc United States
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
313
Condition
New
SKU
V9780679759287
ISBN
9780679759287
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 17.35

Paperback. .
Publisher
And Other Stories
Number of pages
200
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
0th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781908276261
ISBN
9781908276261
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 16.94

Paperback. Ivan Vladislavic invites readers to do some detective work of their own. Each story can be read as a story or you can try to tease out the clues and patterns. Whether skewering extreme marketing techniques or constructing dystopian parallel universes, Vladislavic will make you look beyond appearances. Num Pages: 216 pages. BIC Classification: 1HFMS; FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 197 x 26. Weight in Grams: 206.
Publisher
And Other Stories
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781908276568
ISBN
9781908276568
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 16.55

Paperback. Set in a region south of the Carpathian mountains, this novel tells the story of Nikola Suhaj who lives a Robin Hood-like existence. He and his accomplices rob - and often kill - travellers and rich Jewish merchants and share their spoils between the poor, fellow Ruthenians and poor Jews. Translator(s): Holecek, Marie K. Series: Literature in Translation S. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 17. Weight in Grams: 254.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Northwestern University Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780810118270
ISBN
9780810118270
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 28.55

paperback. The narrator of this novel has temporarily abandoned his work-in-progress - an essay on Kafka - and exchanged his writer's pen for the orange vest of a Prague road-sweeper. As he works, he meditates on Czechoslovakia, Kafka, life, art and his passionate and adulterous affair with Daria. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 133 x 14. Weight in Grams: 176.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Vintage
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
9780099429586
ISBN
9780099429586
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 12.99
€ 10.83

Paperback. Set in the present-day Czech Republic, this novel traces a year in the life of a Protestant pastor, Daniel Vedra. Ostensibly a happily married father of three, he is gradually beset by spiritual doubt and temptations, both physical and material. Translator(s): Brain, A.G. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 194 x 130. Weight in Grams: 300. Fine copy showing minor shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Granta Books
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KSS0016679
ISBN
9781862071155
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. One of the last artistic expressions of life under communism, this novel captures the atmosphere in Prague between 1983 and 1987, where a dance could be broken up by the secret police, a traffic offence could lead to surveillance and where contraband books were the currency of the underworld. Num Pages: 282 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 15. Weight in Grams: 279.
Publisher
Granta UK
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Edition
Reprint, Subsequent
Condition
New
SKU
V9781862071032
ISBN
9781862071032
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.58

Paperback. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 5SL; FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 214 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 310.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Arsenal Pulp Press Canada
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9781551522135
ISBN
9781551522135
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 18.50

Paperback. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: 5SL; FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 214 x 140 x 9. Weight in Grams: 156.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Arsenal Pulp Press Canada
Number of pages
128
Condition
New
SKU
V9781551521206
ISBN
9781551521206
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 16.71

Paperback. Num Pages: 180 pages. BIC Classification: DQ; FA; FP; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 142 x 216 x 12. Weight in Grams: 142.
Publisher
Arsenal Pulp Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781551520865
ISBN
9781551520865
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 13.12

Paperback. Num Pages: 152 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 140 x 10. Weight in Grams: 206.
Publisher
Arsenal Pulp Press Canada
Number of pages
152
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
SKU
V9781551522470
ISBN
9781551522470
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 17.02

Paperback. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 140 x 9. Weight in Grams: 198.
Publisher
Arsenal Pulp Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9781551523712
ISBN
9781551523712
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 16.91

Paperback. Translator(s): Rodel, Angela. Num Pages: 300 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 171 x 133. Weight in Grams: 367.
Publisher
Archipelago
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9780914671701
ISBN
9780914671701
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 21.70

Paperback. Originally published: New York: Simon and Schuster, c1983. Num Pages: 350 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 26. Weight in Grams: 398.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Northwestern University Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
350
Condition
New
SKU
V9780810115705
ISBN
9780810115705
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.27

Paperback. Yuri Trifonov, now recognized as one of the most distinguished Russian writers of the 20th century, took a turn towards the controversial - and a leap towards greatness - with the publication of the novellas that are included in this collection. Translator(s): et al; Proffer, Ellendea; etc. Series: European Classics. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 131 x 12. Weight in Grams: 212.
Publisher
Northwestern University Press United States
Number of pages
200
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Condition
New
SKU
V9780810118607
ISBN
9780810118607
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.73

hardcover. A postmodern novel which combines a love and a detective story with a sardonic dissection of the publishing industry in an allegory of reading. Two readers attempt to finish the same book, but are comically and repeatedly frustrated. Translator(s): Weaver, William. Num Pages: 254 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 213 x 136 x 24. Weight in Grams: 436.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
Everyman
Condition
New
SKU
9781857151381
ISBN
9781857151381
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 13.91

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