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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
Paperback. Julie Guilles is in trouble. She's fled her home in Occupied France for a seedy neighbourhood in New York and has been laying low - but not low enough. Because now she has the Gestapo, the FBI and her shady Uncle, the Duc de Guille, all on her tail, and her options are running out. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 129 x 16. Weight in Grams: 200.
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781784870492
- ISBN
- 9781784870492
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.08
€ 13.99
€ 11.08
Paperback. Carolina in the 1950s, and Bone - christened Ruth Anna Boatwright - lives a happy life, in and out of her aunt's houses, loving her little sister Reece and her beautiful young mother. But Glen Waddell has been watching them all, wanting her mother too, and when he promises a new life for the family, her mother gratefully accepts. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 129 x 197 x 19. Weight in Grams: 246.
- Edition
- Later Edition
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Number of pages
- 336
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141391540
- ISBN
- 9780141391540
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.05
€ 13.99
€ 11.05
Hardback. A fire broke out in the coal seams of their town years ago, and the flames are still smoldering underground. Margaret and Fritzi are the two sisters who are the last remaining youth of this vanishing town. Their inheritance is nothing but an abandoned swathe of land ruled by devastation. Translator(s): Derbyshire, Katy. Series: SB - The Swiss List. Num Pages: 152 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 136 x 19. Weight in Grams: 312.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Seagull Books London Ltd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780857420190
- ISBN
- 9780857420190
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. The warm, wise and witty new novel from the New York Times bestselling author of The Hurricane Sisters Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130. .
- Publisher
- Simon & Schuster Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781471140235
- ISBN
- 9781471140235
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.74
€ 13.99
€ 10.74
paperback. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 129 x 29. Weight in Grams: 238.
- Publisher
- Serpent's Tail
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781781257647
- ISBN
- 9781781257647
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.90
€ 13.99
€ 10.90
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€ 12.58
€ 13.00
€ 12.58
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€ 9.94
€ 11.99
€ 9.94
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
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€ 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€ 12.96
€ 17.99
€ 12.96
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