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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

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

€ 16.99
€ 16.38

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

€ 16.99
€ 16.00

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. 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: 200.
Publisher
Vintage United Kingdom
Number of pages
240
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099429586
ISBN
9780099429586
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.02

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
€ 11.66

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

€ 18.99
€ 17.89

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

€ 17.99
€ 16.18

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
€ 12.65

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

€ 17.99
€ 16.46

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

€ 19.99
€ 17.01

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

Paperback. A collection of stories. Set in Italy in the summer of 1940, it explores the relationships between the different generations caught up in the war as well as the author's own experiences as a teenager. It features such stories as: "Into the War", "The Avanguardisti in Menton" and "UNPA Nights". Translator(s): McLaughlin, Martin. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 132 x 197 x 8. Weight in Grams: 102.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Condition
New
SKU
9780141193731
ISBN
9780141193731
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 12.99
€ 5.70

Paperback. A couple on a journey across Mexico are excited by the idea of a particular ingredient, suggested by ancient rituals of human sacrifice. Precariously balanced on his throne, a king is able only to listen to the sounds around him - sure that any deviation from their normal progression would mean the uprising of the conspirators that surround him. Translator(s): Parks, Tim; Creagh, Patrick; McLaughlin, Martin; Weaver, William. Num Pages: 96 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 7. Weight in Grams: 80.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Condition
New
SKU
9780141189727
ISBN
9780141189727
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 12.99
€ 6.23

Paperback. Turns the 78 tarot cards to a new purpose, linking word and image to the purposes of narrative. A band of travellers, trapped in an gloomy castle in the heart of a wood, find themselves struck dumb and are only able to converse by using the tarot cards to tell one another how they came to be there. Num Pages: 144 pages, 8pp colour halftones, b&w illustrations throughout. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 3. Weight in Grams: 120.
Publisher
Vintage United Kingdom
Number of pages
144
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099268055
ISBN
9780099268055
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.41

paperback. A triptych of novels in one volume. Viscount Medardo is bisected by a cannonball on the plains of Bohemia; Baron Cosimo, aged 12, retires to the trees for the rest of his days; and Charlemagne's knight, Agiluf, is an empty suit of armour. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: DQ; FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 24. Weight in Grams: 280.
Publisher
Vintage Classics
Number of pages
400
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1992
Edition
Re-issue
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099430865
ISBN
9780099430865
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.82

Paperback. Mr Palomar is a delightful eccentric whose chief activity is looking at things. He is seeking knowledge. Whether contemplating a fine cheese, a hungry gecko, a woman sunbathing topless or a flight of migrant starlings, Mr Palomar's observations render the world afresh. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 9. Weight in Grams: 102.
Publisher
Vintage Classics
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Edition
Re-issue
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099430872
ISBN
9780099430872
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.02

Paperback. Leads you through many different books including a detective adventure, a romance, a satire, an erotic story, a diary, and a quest. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 17. Weight in Grams: 204.
Publisher
Vintage Classics
Number of pages
272
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1992
Edition
01st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099430896
ISBN
9780099430896
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 9.08

Paperback. Pin is a bawdy, adolescent cobbler's assistant, both arrogant and insecure who - while the Second World War rages - sings songs and tells jokes to endear himself to the grown-ups of his town - particularly jokes about his sister, who they all know as the town's 'mattress'. Translator(s): Colquhoun, Archibald; Parks, Tim; Creagh, Patrick; McLaughlin, Martin. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 12. Weight in Grams: 150.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
192
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141189734
ISBN
9780141189734
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.05

Paperback. A collection of fables. It is populated with waifs and strays, a gluttonous thief and a mischievous gardener. It features a comic story "The Argentine Ant". Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 131 x 13. Weight in Grams: 146.
Publisher
Vintage United Kingdom
Number of pages
192
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099287032
ISBN
9780099287032
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.08

Paperback. Marco Polo conjures up cities of magical times for his host, the Chinese ruler Kublai Khan, but gradually it becomes clear that he is actually describing one city: Venice. Translator(s): Weaver, William. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 11. Weight in Grams: 120.
Publisher
Vintage Classics
Number of pages
160
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Edition
01st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099429838
ISBN
9780099429838
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.05

Paperback. A collection of short stories covering the length of the author's writing career, from when he was a teenager to shortly before his death. It includes fables; a town where everything has been forbidden apart from the game of tip-cat; and a pitiable tribe watching the flight paths of guided missiles from outside their mud huts. Translator(s): Parks, Tim; McLaughlin, Martin; Creagh, Patrick; Weaver, William. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 288 pages, integrated black and white. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 18. Weight in Grams: 218.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
288
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141189741
ISBN
9780141189741
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.02

Paperback. Contains stories which range geographically from Corsica and Sicily to Venice and the Alps. Translator(s): Martin, George. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 800 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FC; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 34. Weight in Grams: 550.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
800
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141181349
ISBN
9780141181349
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 16.58

Paperback. As spring arrives in the Albanian mountain town of B, some strange things are emerging in the thaw. Bank robbers strike the National Bank. Old terrors are dredged up from the shipwreck of history. And ultra-explosive state secrets are threatening to flood the entire nation. Translator(s): Bellos, David. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 11. Weight in Grams: 168.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing United Kingdom
Number of pages
192
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099449836
ISBN
9780099449836
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.04

Paperback. Draws us into a land deprived of choice, a country under a reign of terror. This title reveals a world where fear is an instrument of power, but the individual survives despite the odds. Translator(s): Bellos, David. Num Pages: 240 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 11. Weight in Grams: 175.
Publisher
Canongate Books Ltd.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Condition
New
SKU
V9781841959788
ISBN
9781841959788
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.71

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