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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

Paperback. 232 pages. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: FA. Dimension: 197 x 130 x 13. Weight: 254.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Indigo Dreams Publishing
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
SKU
V9781907401787
ISBN
9781907401787
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.34

Paperback. Set in rural South Carolina in the early twentieth century, this work weaves a complex tale from the threads of actual events in author James Kilgo's family history. At the center of the story are two brothers, Hart and Tison Bonner, and their cousin Jennie Grant, the mixed-race woman one brother loves and the other dishonors. Series: Brown Thrasher Books. Num Pages: 304 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 151 x 21. Weight in Grams: 381.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
University of Georgia Press
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780820329284
ISBN
9780820329284
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 27.59

Paperback. Taken from completed drafts on the author's desk, this title tells of the accidental meeting and the complex union between a white man and a black woman in times of racial tension and sexual violence. Set in a North American city in midwinter, it expands into a universal allegory of suffering and death. Num Pages: 536 pages. BIC Classification: DQ; FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 130 x 35. Weight in Grams: 362.
Publisher
Canongate Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
480
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9781841951256
ISBN
9781841951256
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 18.22

Paperback. Patrick Doyle is a twenty-nine-year-old teacher in an ordinary comprehensive school. Isolated, frustrated and increasingly bitter at the system he is employed to maintain, he begins his rebellion, fuelled by drink and his passionate, unrequited love for a fellow teacher. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 9. Weight in Grams: 250.
Publisher
Vintage United Kingdom
Number of pages
352
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099283096
ISBN
9780099283096
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.80

Paperback. Tides change for two male friends when they meet at their 25th high school reunion to discover one is facing death and the other one is experiencing life for the first time. Num Pages: 341 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 152 x 24. Weight in Grams: 492.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Grove Press / Atlantic Monthly Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780802136237
ISBN
9780802136237
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.43

paperback. Both an insight into James Joyce's life and childhood, this novel is about sexual awakening, religious rebellion and the essential search for voice and meaning that every nascent artist must face in order to fully come into themselves. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 18. Weight in Grams: 266. Very good clean copy showing minor age and wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Penguin Classics London
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KMK0025451
ISBN
9780141182667
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 5.12

Paperback. Num Pages: 480 pages, 26 b/w + 26 color illus. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 158 x 234 x 28. Weight in Grams: 696.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Yale University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300181777
ISBN
9780300181777
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 24.80

Paperback. A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man represents the transitional stage between the realism of Joyce's "Dubliners" and the symbolism of "Ulysses", and is essential to the understanding of the later work Series Editor(s): Carabine, Dr. Keith. Series: Wordsworth Classics. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 129 x 15. Weight in Grams: 180.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1992
Publisher
Wordsworth Editions
Condition
New
SKU
KKE0000942
ISBN
9781853260063
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 4.99

paperback. Contains stories that show us truants, seducers, gossips, rally-drivers, generous hostesses, corrupt politicians, failing priests, amateur theologians, struggling musicians, moony adolescents, victims of domestic brutishness, sentimental aunts and poets, patriots earnest or cynical, and people striving to get by. Series Editor(s): Carabine, Dr. Keith. Series: Wordsworth Classics. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 214 x 127 x 14. Weight in Grams: 132. Contains stories that show us truants, seducers, gossips, rally-drivers, generous hostesses, corrupt politicians, failing priests, amateur theologians, struggling musicians, moony adolescents, victims of domestic brutishness, sentimental aunts and poets, patriots earnest or cynical, and people striving to get by. Series Editor(s): Carabine, Dr. Keith. Series: Wordsworth Classics. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 214 x 127 x 14. Weight in Grams: 132.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
Wordsworth
Condition
New
SKU
KKE0000935
ISBN
9781853260483
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.95

Hardcover. The first products of Joyce's maturity, these stories look sideways to the tender realism of Chekhov and forward to Joyce's later work "Portrait of the Artist". In the most celebrated tale, "The Dead", the author constructs the first of his poetic monologues. Num Pages: 300 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 213 x 136 x 28. Weight in Grams: 510. 287pp
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1991
Publisher
Everyman
Edition
01st Edition
Number of pages
300
Condition
New
SKU
9781857150490
ISBN
9781857150490
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 13.91

paperback. A collection of modernist short stories which create a picture of the day-to-day experience of Dublin life. The author stories are rooted in the rich detail of Dublin life, portraying ordinary, often defeated lives with unflinching realism. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FC; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 18. Weight in Grams: 256. Clean copy with some shelf wear and yellowing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Penguin Classics London
Condition
Used, Good
Edition
01st Edition
SKU
KOG0001580
ISBN
9780141182452
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 10.99
€ 9.35

paperback. A collection of modernist short stories which create a picture of the day-to-day experience of Dublin life. The author stories are rooted in the rich detail of Dublin life, portraying ordinary, often defeated lives with unflinching realism. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FC; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 18. Weight in Grams: 256.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Penguin Classics London
Condition
New
Edition
01st Edition
SKU
9780141182452
ISBN
9780141182452
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.35

paperback. Capturing a single day in the life of Dubliner Leopold Bloom, his friends Buck Mulligan and Stephen Dedalus, his wife Molly, and a cast of supporting characters, the author pushes Celtic lyricism and vulgarity to splendid extremes. Num Pages: 1040 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 20. Weight in Grams: 706.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Penguin Classics London
Condition
New
Edition
01st Edition
SKU
9780141182803
ISBN
9780141182803
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 4.82

paperback. Contains stories that show us truants, seducers, gossips, rally-drivers, generous hostesses, corrupt politicians, failing priests, amateur theologians, struggling musicians, moony adolescents, victims of domestic brutishness, sentimental aunts and poets, patriots earnest or cynical, and people striving to get by. Series Editor(s): Carabine, Dr. Keith. Series: Wordsworth Classics. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 214 x 127 x 14. Weight in Grams: 132. Good clean copy with minor shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
Wordsworth
Condition
Used, Very Good
Edition
New edition
SKU
KSS0009967
ISBN
9781853260483
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 17.95

paperback. Contains stories that show us truants, seducers, gossips, rally-drivers, generous hostesses, corrupt politicians, failing priests, amateur theologians, struggling musicians, moony adolescents, victims of domestic brutishness, sentimental aunts and poets, patriots earnest or cynical, and people striving to get by. Series Editor(s): Carabine, Dr. Keith. Series: Wordsworth Classics. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 214 x 127 x 14. Weight in Grams: 132. Good copy with some shelf wear, yellowing of pages
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
Wordsworth
Condition
Used, Good
Edition
New edition
SKU
KKD0007877
ISBN
9781853260483
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 17.95

Hardcover. .
Publisher
Random House USA Inc United States
Number of pages
816
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1992
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780679600114
ISBN
9780679600114
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 26.25

Hardcover. A classic novel which follows Stephen Dedalus as he progresses from boyhood to his coming of age in Ireland at the beginning of the 20th century, describing his sexual awakening, his intellectual development and his rebellion against Roman Catholicism. From the author of Dubliners, Ulysses and Finnegan's Wake. Num Pages: 257 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 129 x 26. Weight in Grams: 512. 8vo. Good copy in original cloth with clean dustwrapper
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Everyman
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1991
Edition
01st Edition
SKU
KEX0300803
ISBN
9781857150094
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 15.00

Paperback. In 'Dubliners', completed when Joyce was only 25, the author produced a definitive group portrait. The book is rooted in an accurate apprehension of the detail of Dublin life. Illustrator(s): Brocquy, Louis Le. Num Pages: 265 pages, 60 lithographs. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 157 x 21. Weight in Grams: 446.
Publisher
The Lilliput Press Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1992
Edition
New edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780946640850
ISBN
9780946640850
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 16.42

Paperback. A series of short stories, in which the author captures uneasy souls, shabby lives and innocent minds in the dark streets and homes of his native city. In doing so, he conjures uncertainties and desires, illumines moments of joy and sorrow otherwise lost in private memory, and pierces the many mysteries at the heart of things. Editor(s): Gabler, Hans Walter. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 17. Weight in Grams: 198.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Number of pages
272
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099573142
ISBN
9780099573142
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.06

Paperback. Series: Penguin Twentieth-Century Classics. Num Pages: 628 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 142 x 213 x 42. Weight in Grams: 602.
Publisher
Penguin Putnam Inc
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Edition
Reissue
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141181264
ISBN
9780141181264
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 23.30

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