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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

Paperback. Rin is flying back from her honeymoon. She's madly in love with her husband, Shin, and the future looks rosy. This title follows Rin's life backwards through time from this moment so that we see her when she is eighteen, sixteen and finally fifteen, and a picture of the dark heart and violent past of this disturbed young woman gradually develops. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 179 x 133 x 15. Weight in Grams: 142.
Publisher
Vintage United Kingdom
Number of pages
224
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099515982
ISBN
9780099515982
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.00
€ 16.86

Paperback. Nine-year-old Suleiman is just awakening to the wider world beyond the games on the hot pavement outside his home and beyond the loving embrace of his parents. He becomes the man of the house when his father goes away on business, but then he sees his father, standing in the market square in a pair of dark glasses. Series: Penguin Essentials. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 113 x 180 x 18. Weight in Grams: 142.
Publisher
Penguin
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9780241973622
ISBN
9780241973622
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.27

Paperback. Nine-year-old Suleiman is just awakening to the wider world beyond the games on the hot pavement outside his home and beyond the loving embrace of his parents. He becomes the man of the house when his father goes away on business, but then he sees his father, standing in the market square in a pair of dark glasses. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 137 x 17. Weight in Grams: 188.
Publisher
Penguin
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9780241957073
ISBN
9780241957073
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.02

Paperback. In Egypt, Nuri, a teenage boy, falls in love with Mona - the woman his father will marry. Consumed with longing, Nuri wants to get his father out of the way - to take his place in Mona's heart. But when his father disappears, Nuri regrets what he wished for. Alone, he and Mona search desperately for the man they both love. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 194 x 128 x 19. Weight in Grams: 244.
Publisher
Penguin
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141027500
ISBN
9780141027500
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.01

Paperback. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Rutgers University Press United States
Edition
Revised and Expanded
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813529530
ISBN
9780813529530
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 33.91

Paperback. Translator(s): Karashima, David. Num Pages: 350 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 142 x 217 x 16. Weight in Grams: 278.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Dalkey Archive Press
Condition
New
SKU
9781628970265
ISBN
9781628970265
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 6.23

Paperback. Num Pages: 296 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 162 x 236 x 25. Weight in Grams: 350.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Akashic Books
Condition
New
SKU
V9781617753978
ISBN
9781617753978
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 16.90

paperback. BIC Classification: FA; FV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2019
Publisher
Mosaic Press Canada
Condition
New
Edition
Second edition
SKU
V9781771612104
ISBN
9781771612104
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.92

Paperback. Translator(s): North, Lucy. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 129 x 27. Weight in Grams: 158.
Publisher
Pushkin Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781782272717
ISBN
9781782272717
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.69

Paperback. Translator(s): Powell, Allison Markin. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
Publisher
Granta Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781846276026
ISBN
9781846276026
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.77

Paperback. Num Pages: 250 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 142 x 17. Weight in Grams: 344.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
NeWest Press Canada
Edition
20 Anv
Number of pages
250
Condition
New
SKU
V9781927063484
ISBN
9781927063484
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 20.19

Paperback. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 204 x 149 x 8. Weight in Grams: 254.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Arsenal Pulp Press Canada
Edition
1st
Number of pages
176
Condition
New
SKU
V9781551521572
ISBN
9781551521572
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 16.30

Paperback. A sparkling and original women's fiction gem that sits alongside novels that embrace big themes, such as Me Before You and The Memory Book Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 198 x 22. Weight in Grams: 258.
Publisher
Headline Publishing Group
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781472231598
ISBN
9781472231598
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.05

Paperback. Drawing from sources as varied as Mark Twain, the Patty Hearst story, Melville's "Ishmael", detective fiction, Hollywood and the porn industry, his own experiences as a father and a teacher on Yuork Indian reservations, the author tells the Biblical story of Abraham & Isaac through the distorted lens of popular culture. Num Pages: 168 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 190 x 114 x 14. Weight in Grams: 192.
Publisher
Counterpoint New York
Number of pages
168
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Condition
New
SKU
KEX0228208
ISBN
9781932360462
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 4.99

Paperback. An older man writes to and about his wife.. in this moving debut novel by the illustrious translator and political commentator Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 139 x 14. Weight in Grams: 160.
Publisher
Granta Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
224
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9781847085009
ISBN
9781847085009
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.20

Paperback. When Henry McAllan moves his city-bred wife, Laura, to a cotton farm in the Mississippi Delta in 1946, she finds herself in a place both foreign and frightening. Henry's love of rural life is not shared by Laura, who struggles to raise their two young children in an isolated shotgun shack under the eye of her hateful, racist father-in-law. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 129 x 22. Weight in Grams: 234. Good clean copy with minor shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Cornerstone
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KAC0000683
ISBN
9780099524687
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Hannah Payne is a RED. Her crime: MURDER. And her victim, says the state of Texas, was her unborn child. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 25. Weight in Grams: 338.
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Number of pages
352
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
0th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780007456727
ISBN
9780007456727
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 13.39

Paperback. Takes the reader into the bohemian drawing rooms of pre-World War I London and Paris, a milieu populated by such thinly disguised versions of Ezra Pound, Richard Aldington, May Sinclair, Brigit Patmore, and Margaret Cravens. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 2ABM; BG; FA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 153 x 17. Weight in Grams: 412.
Publisher
Duke University Press Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1992
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822312420
ISBN
9780822312420
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 26.31

Paperback. Hester and Harriet lead comfortable lives in a pretty cottage in an English village. Having opened their minds, home and hearts to Daria, a mystrious migrant and her baby son Milo, the widowed sisters decide to further expand their own horizons by venturing forth to Italy for their annual holiday. Back in England, Daria and Milo are celebrating - they've received official refugee status with papers to confirm they can make England their home. Meanwhile nephew Ben, who knows only too well how much he owes his aunts, is hurtling towards a different sort of celebration - one he's trying to backpeadal out of as fast as he possibly can. Series: HESTER & HARRIET 2. Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Dimension: 131 x 198 x 32. Weight in Grams: 334.
Publisher
Allen & Unwin
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
KSG0019219
ISBN
9781760294663
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 4.99

Paperback. Hilary Plum's grave and elegant novel They Dragged Them Through the Streets is a bold meditation on human suffering and the sorrowful challenges of men and women striving for collective change. A veteran of the US war in Iraq commits suicide, and his brother joins with four friends in search of ways to protest the war. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 213 x 137 x 15. Weight in Grams: 272.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
The University of Alabama Press United States
Number of pages
128
Condition
New
SKU
V9781573661720
ISBN
9781573661720
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.77

Paperback. Following 'A Change in Climate', this brilliant novel from the double Man Booker prize-winning author of 'Wolf Hall' is a coming-of-age tale set in Seventies London. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 143 x 18. Weight in Grams: 178.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Condition
New
SKU
9780007172887
ISBN
9780007172887
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 9.57

Paperback. From the double Man Booker Prize-winning author of 'Wolf Hall', a wry, shocking and beautiful memoir of childhood, ghosts, hauntings, illness and family. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 201 x 128 x 19. Weight in Grams: 198.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Condition
New
SKU
9780007142729
ISBN
9780007142729
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 9.57

Paperback. From the Man Booker Prize-winning author of 'Wolf Hall', a savagely funny tale that revisits the characters from the much-loved 'Every Day is Mother's Day'. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 16. Weight in Grams: 174.
Edition
Reprint
Publisher
Harper Perennial
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Condition
New
SKU
V9781841153407
ISBN
9781841153407
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.70

Paperback. From the two-time Man Booker winner, the story of the 18th Century Irish giant, Charles O'Brien. Num Pages: 224 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 132 x 16. Weight in Grams: 166.
Publisher
Fourth Estate
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Edition
ePub edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781857028867
ISBN
9781857028867
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.65

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