Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
Paperback. This story, set around the sole survivor of a plane crash, follows the lives of the people around him in the aftermath, the effect disaster has on them and the way in which they all struggle to re-establish themselves. Num Pages: 358 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 22. Weight in Grams: 266. Some shelfwear. Remains good
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Publisher
- Granta Books
- Number of pages
- 358
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Edition
- New Ed
- SKU
- KST0020718
- ISBN
- 9781862072510
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 5.70
€ 5.70
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
€ 17.99€ 16.54
€ 17.99
€ 16.54
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
€ 15.99€ 14.51
€ 15.99
€ 14.51
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€ 10.26
€ 11.99
€ 10.26
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
€ 15.23
Hardcover. Major Brendan Archer travels to Ireland in the aftermath of World War I in order to meet his fiancee Angela in a remote seaside hotel owned by her father. Angela dies unexpectedly, but Archer remains in Kilnalough, captivated by the Majestic and its inhabitants, and seemingly unaware of the approaching political storm. Num Pages: 728 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 209 x 133 x 39. Weight in Grams: 756.
- Publisher
- Everyman
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781841593449
- ISBN
- 9781841593449
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 14.29
€ 17.99
€ 14.29
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€ 9.46
€ 10.99
€ 9.46
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€ 11.05
€ 13.99
€ 11.05
Meir, the narrator of the story, is the personal servant of Nathan, a rich tycoon consumed with his obsessions. The deep connection between Meir and Nathan takes its toll on the relationships each man has with the women in his life, revealing issues of national identity and human weakness. Editor(s): Freiden, Ken. Translator(s): Rosenberg, Betsy. Series: Judaic Traditions in Literature, Music and Art. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 139 x 19. Weight in Grams: 390.
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Syracuse University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780815607885
- ISBN
- 9780815607885
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 20.57
€ 20.99
€ 20.57
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€ 13.44
€ 17.99
€ 13.44
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
€ 18.99€ 16.95
€ 18.99
€ 16.95
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Marion Boyars Publishers Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Number of pages
- 127
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780714525105
- ISBN
- 9780714525105
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 15.35
€ 16.99
€ 15.35
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
€ 16.99€ 16.38
€ 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
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Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 16.00
€ 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
€ 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
€ 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
€ 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
€ 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
€ 17.99
€ 16.18
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
€ 17.99
€ 16.46