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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
Paperback. The story of two young Jewish girls living in a village in Persia at the turn of the century. Nazie has been long engaged to her cousin and anxiously awaits their marriage whilst Flora is married, pregnant and seemingly abandoned. Translator(s): Lotan, Yael. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 131 x 18. Weight in Grams: 168.
- Publisher
- Canongate Books Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781841955100
- ISBN
- 9781841955100
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.74
€ 13.99
€ 10.74
Paperback. The opening book in the Nobel Prize for Literature winner's 'Children of Violence' series tracing the life of Martha Quest from her childhood in colonial Africa to old age in post-nuclear Britain. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 152 x 200 x 25. Weight in Grams: 256.
- Publisher
- Flamingo
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1990
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780586089989
- ISBN
- 9780586089989
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.00€ 12.54
€ 13.00
€ 12.54
Paperback. The Nobel Prize-winner Doris Lessing's first novel is a taut and tragic portrayal of a crumbling marriage, set in South Africa during the years of Arpartheid. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 131 x 13. Weight in Grams: 154.
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Number of pages
- 208
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780007498802
- ISBN
- 9780007498802
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 9.91
€ 11.99
€ 9.91
Paperback. A classic tale from Doris Lessing, winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature, of a family torn apart by the arrival of Ben, their feral fifth child. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 128 x 11. Weight in Grams: 116.
- Publisher
- Paladin
- Number of pages
- 160
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Edition
- New edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780586089033
- ISBN
- 9780586089033
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 9.90
€ 11.99
€ 9.90
Hardcover. Includes stories like "To Room Nineteen", in which a woman reacts against the oppression of her banal marriage with dreadful results; "One off the Short List", that traces the surprising conclusion to a seduction gone awry; and "The Habit of Loving", in which a lonely older man who takes a vivacious young wife witnesses a reversal of intimacy. Num Pages: 696 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 213 x 133 x 36. Weight in Grams: 734.
- Publisher
- Everyman United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 696
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781841593166
- ISBN
- 9781841593166
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 15.84
€ 20.99
€ 15.84
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 528
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780007136445
- ISBN
- 9780007136445
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 20.25
€ 26.99
€ 20.25
Paperback.
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780007152810
- ISBN
- 9780007152810
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.00€ 11.37
€ 13.00
€ 11.37
Paperback. A compelling vision of a disorietating and barbaric future from Doris Lessing, winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: FA; YFB; YQEF. Category: (ES) Secondary. Dimension: 197 x 130 x 13. Weight in Grams: 154.
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 192
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780006493259
- ISBN
- 9780006493259
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.66
€ 13.99
€ 10.66
paperback. The landmark novel of the Sixties - a powerful account of a woman searching for her personal, political and professional identity while facing rejection and betrayal. Num Pages: 576 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 152 x 200 x 36. Weight in Grams: 396.
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Number of pages
- 576
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780007498772
- ISBN
- 9780007498772
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.67
€ 13.99
€ 10.67
paperback. The story of a middle-aged woman's search for freedom, from Doris Lessing, winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 127 x 16. Weight in Grams: 182.
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 240
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Edition
- Revised ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780586088999
- ISBN
- 9780586088999
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 13.40
€ 16.99
€ 13.40
Paperback. A group of squatters rebel against Mrs Thatcher and erupt into violence in this politicised novel from the author of 'The Golden Notebook'. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 152 x 200 x 26. Weight in Grams: 278.
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Number of pages
- 400
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780007498789
- ISBN
- 9780007498789
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 12.91
€ 17.99
€ 12.91
Paperback. Meet Fred Kaufmann, disillusioned husband of competent Claudia and father of surly teenager Franka. He is trapped in the throes of a midlife crisis, made worse when a young guru and Franka find each other irresistible. This work takes you along with Fred as he embarks on a journey of self discovery that only a special kind of hero can survive. Translator(s): Brownjohn, John. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 131 x 18. Weight in Grams: 212. Good clean copy with minor shelf wear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KSS0001551
- ISBN
- 9780747557814
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Forced into service at the age of fourteen, orphan Katie Mair must enter the bleak and cut off household, Howe of Denty, that turns out to be not as respectable as it first appears. One desperate act of defence from Katie is to a start a chain of despair, passion and revenge. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 31. Weight in Grams: 406.
- Publisher
- Birlinn Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781841588254
- ISBN
- 9781841588254
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.01
€ 11.99
€ 10.01
Paperback. Clean copy with some light shelfwear
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Publisher
- Mira
- Number of pages
- 384
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- First edition
- SKU
- KST0022082
- ISBN
- 9780778304685
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Under the influence of their charismatic classics professor, a group of clever, eccentric misfits at an elite New England college discover a way of thinking and living that is a world away from the humdrum existence of their contemporaries. But when they go beyond the boundaries of normal morality their lives are changed profoundly and for ever. Num Pages: 640 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 196 x 29. Weight in Grams: 434.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- Penguin Books
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Reprint
- SKU
- 9780140167771
- ISBN
- 9780140167771
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.14
€ 13.99
€ 11.14
Paperback. A follow up to the "The Secret History". Num Pages: 576 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 131 x 37. Weight in Grams: 398. 576 pages. A follow up to the "The Secret History". Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: FA. Dimension: 198 x 131 x 37. Weight: 400.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Number of pages
- 576
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Edition
- New
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780747573647
- ISBN
- 9780747573647
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.00€ 11.68
€ 13.00
€ 11.68
Paperback. Donna Tartt's phenomenally acclaimed new novel. Num Pages: 880 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 44. Weight in Grams: 590.
- Publisher
- Abacus
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780349139630
- ISBN
- 9780349139630
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.39
€ 17.99
€ 13.39
Paperback. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 228 x 24. Weight in Grams: 486.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Caitlin Press Inc.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781927575284
- ISBN
- 9781927575284
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.00€ 11.85
€ 13.00
€ 11.85
Paperback. Num Pages: 264 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 160 x 277 x 20. Weight in Grams: 414.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Caitlin Press Inc.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781927575949
- ISBN
- 9781927575949
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.00€ 11.84
€ 13.00
€ 11.84
Paperback. A young woman returns from holiday to find her elderly neighbour dead on the floor. A heart attack seems the likely cause, but Commissario Brunetti is not so sure and decides to take a closer look. Soon he discovers that she was part of an organization that cares for abused women and that her apartment was a safe-house. Series: Brunetti. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 131 x 21. Weight in Grams: 234.
- Edition
- 01st Edition
- Publisher
- Arrow
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099559764
- ISBN
- 9780099559764
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.05
€ 13.99
€ 11.05
Hardback. Gothic novels tell stories of patriarchal societies that thrive on the oppression or even outright sacrifice of women and others. This book offers a historically informed theoretical introduction to key gothic narratives from a feminist perspective. Num Pages: 232 pages, 0. BIC Classification: DSBH; DSK; FA; JFFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 232 x 160 x 23. Weight in Grams: 466.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631200499
- ISBN
- 9780631200499
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.13
€ 127.13
Paperback. All that Dora Riley wants is her husband home safe for Christmas.. The Nightingale Hospital, London, 1944: With her husband Nick away fighting, Dora struggles to keep the home fires burning and is put in charge of a ward full of German prisoners of war. Can she find it in her heart to care for her enemies? Series: Nightingales. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 25. Weight in Grams: 267.
- Publisher
- Cornerstone
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781784750015
- ISBN
- 9781784750015
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.08
€ 13.99
€ 11.08
Paperback. As the war takes its toll, the Nightingale nurses must do their bit for king and country.. Dora is the devoted mother of twin babies but, determined to help the war effort, she goes back to work at the Nightingale Hospital. More used to nights out in the West End, Jennifer and Cissy volunteer in the hope of tending to handsome soldiers. Series: Nightingales. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 129 x 29. Weight in Grams: 306.
- Publisher
- Arrow Books Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099599579
- ISBN
- 9780099599579
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.26
€ 11.99
€ 10.26
Paperback. The Nightingale Sisters Series: Nightingales. Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 130 x 29. Weight in Grams: 312.
- Publisher
- Cornerstone United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 448
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099569428
- ISBN
- 9780099569428
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.26
€ 11.99
€ 10.26