Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
Paperback. Once a successful surgeon, Frederick Welin now lives in self-imposed exile on an island in the Swedish archipelago. Nearly twelve years have passed since he was disgraced for attempting to cover up a tragic mishap on the operating table. One morning in the depths of winter, he sees a hunched figure struggling towards him across the ice. Translator(s): Thompson, Laurie. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 132 x 20. Weight in Grams: 270.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Vintage
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099512981
- ISBN
- 9780099512981
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Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.05
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Paperback. At the age of five, Nelio watched helplessly as his village was burned to the ground and his people were massacred by bandits. He escaped by chance and made his way to the coast. Upon arrival in the city, Nelio joined a rough street gang, and began a very different way of life. Translator(s): Nunnally, Tiina. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 15. Weight in Grams: 172.
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099455479
- ISBN
- 9780099455479
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Condition: New
€ 19.00€ 16.79
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Paperback. Tea-Bag, a young Nigerian girl, has fled a refugee camp in Spain for the promise of a new life in Sweden. Tania has made a long and dangerous journey to escape themisery of life in a brothel. Leila has travelled with her family from Iran. All of them are facing different challenges in their new home. Translator(s): Segerberg, Ebba. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 136 x 21. Weight in Grams: 242.
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing
- Number of pages
- 336
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099455486
- ISBN
- 9780099455486
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Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 17.65
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Paperback. When archaeologist Louise Cantor's son Henrik is found dead in his flat, she refuses to believe it was suicide. Clues that only a mother could detect lead her to believe that something more sinister took place. Henrik had kept many things back from her and she is shocked to learn he had contracted HIV. Translator(s): Thompson, Laurie. Num Pages: 464 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 30. Weight in Grams: 318.
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing
- Number of pages
- 464
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099542049
- ISBN
- 9780099542049
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Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 19.36
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Paperback. Num Pages: 391 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 217 x 136 x 33. Weight in Grams: 546.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Aspekt,The Netherlands Netherlands
- Number of pages
- 391
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789059118393
- ISBN
- 9789059118393
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Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 18.72
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Paperback. Translator(s): Velmans, Hester. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405924009
- ISBN
- 9781405924009
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Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.08
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Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Dalkey Archive Press
- Edition
- 2013 ed.
- Number of pages
- 463
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781564787927
- ISBN
- 9781564787927
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Condition: New
€ 18.65
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Paperback. From the desks of Nigeria's newsrooms, two journalists are recruited to find the kidnapped wife of a British oil engineer. Zaq, an infamous media hack, knows what's in store, but Rufus, a keen young journalist eager to get himself noticed, has no idea what he's let himself in for. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 15. Weight in Grams: 162.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 224
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141046846
- ISBN
- 9780141046846
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Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.02
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Paperback. 29 short stories by the best new African writers, selected by one of Africa's most eminent contemporary writers, Helon Habila. Editor(s): Habila, Helon. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 131 x 25. Weight in Grams: 280.
- Publisher
- Granta Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781847083333
- ISBN
- 9781847083333
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Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 12.95
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Paperback. Series: Publications on Asia of the Henry M. Jackson School of International Studies. Num Pages: 248 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: FA; H. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 155 x 229 x 19. Weight in Grams: 392.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1979
- Publisher
- University of Washington Press United States
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Revised ed.
- SKU
- V9780295956923
- ISBN
- 9780295956923
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Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.51
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Paperback. The great masterpiece of the living Dutch novelist most often tipped as a contender for the Nobel Prize for Literature - a classic tale of the European settlers' experience in the Far East worthy of the great Victorians. Translator(s): Rilke, Ina. Num Pages: 352 pages, black & white illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 133 x 23. Weight in Grams: 242.
- Publisher
- Granta Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 352
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781846271717
- ISBN
- 9781846271717
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Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.78
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Paperback. A masterpiece of the literature of colonialism - the story of a strong but doomed and unequal bond between a Dutch boy and his Indonesian best friend Translator(s): Rilke, Ina. Num Pages: 140 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 131 x 11. Weight in Grams: 134.
- Publisher
- Granta Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 140
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781846273230
- ISBN
- 9781846273230
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Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.73
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Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Gallic Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 208
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781908313546
- ISBN
- 9781908313546
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Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.79
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Paperback. Translator(s): MacGillivray, Catherine A.F. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADF; DSBH; DSC; DSK; FA; JMS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 150 x 203 x 16. Weight in Grams: 260.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- University of Minnesota Press United States
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- First Edition
- SKU
- V9780816621170
- ISBN
- 9780816621170
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Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 21.88
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Paperback. * Cixous is generally regarded as one of the leading, if not the leading French feminist author writing today. * This book tells the story of how the author re-discovers a box from the past, containing a book manuscript from over fifty years ago. This leads to reflections on literary creativity, memory, identity and dreams. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 209 x 138 x 15. Weight in Grams: 246.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745653914
- ISBN
- 9780745653914
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Condition: New
€ 22.11
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Hardback. * Cixous is generally regarded as one of the leading, if not the leading French feminist author writing today. * This book tells the story of how the author re-discovers a box from the past, containing a book manuscript from over fifty years ago. This leads to reflections on literary creativity, memory, identity and dreams. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 217 x 146 x 19. Weight in Grams: 338.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745653907
- ISBN
- 9780745653907
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Condition: New
€ 59.65
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Paperback. * Cixous is generally regarded as one of the leading French feminist writers, if not the leading French feminist writer. * All of her books tend to be written as philosophical novels, combining elements of autobiography and fiction with reflection of a more philosophical and psychoanalytic kind. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 212 x 141 x 16. Weight in Grams: 262.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745648682
- ISBN
- 9780745648682
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Condition: New
€ 22.15
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Hardback. * Cixous is generally regarded as one of the leading French feminist writers, if not the leading French feminist writer. * All of her books tend to be written as philosophical novels, combining elements of autobiography and fiction with reflection of a more philosophical and psychoanalytic kind. Num Pages: 192 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 217 x 142 x 21. Weight in Grams: 368.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745648675
- ISBN
- 9780745648675
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Condition: New
€ 59.85
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Hardback. Helene Cixous is one of France's leading contemporary writers. This new book is a work of fiction about the most implacable of human certainties - death. It explores death, mourning and loss by means of a poetic fiction: imagining a magic telephone through which one can open up a lifeline to departed loved ones. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 217 x 138 x 20. Weight in Grams: 352.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 176
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745642994
- ISBN
- 9780745642994
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Condition: New
€ 59.65
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Paperback. Helene Cixous is one of France's leading contemporary writers. This new book is a work of fiction about the most implacable of human certainties - death. It explores death, mourning and loss by means of a poetic fiction: imagining a magic telephone through which one can open up a lifeline to departed loved ones. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 211 x 144 x 15. Weight in Grams: 256.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 176
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745643007
- ISBN
- 9780745643007
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Condition: New
€ 23.35
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Paperback. An exquisite new novel from the acclaimed writer of The Big House and Ghost Girl Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 133 x 20. Weight in Grams: 220.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781408821671
- ISBN
- 9781408821671
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Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 9.35
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Paperback. Humorous novel by bestselling author Helena Frith Powell, about the French art of having affairs Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 30. Weight in Grams: 268.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Gibson Square Books Ltd
- Edition
- First
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781906142773
- ISBN
- 9781906142773
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Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 9.71
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Paperback.
- Publisher
- Gibson Square Books
- Number of pages
- 288
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781908096562
- ISBN
- 9781908096562
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Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 9.67
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Paperback. Num Pages: 326 pages. BIC Classification: DQ; FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 133 x 26. Weight in Grams: 354.
- Publisher
- Honno Voices
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781909983021
- ISBN
- 9781909983021
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 12.50
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