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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
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.05

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
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.00
€ 16.79

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
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 17.65

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
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 19.36

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
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 18.72

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
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.08

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Dalkey Archive Press
Edition
2013 ed.
Number of pages
463
Condition
New
SKU
V9781564787927
ISBN
9781564787927
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.65

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
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.02

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
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 12.95

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
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.51

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
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.78

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
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.73

Paperback. .
Publisher
Gallic Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
208
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781908313546
ISBN
9781908313546
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.79

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
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 21.88

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
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 22.11

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
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 59.65

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
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 22.15

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
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 59.85

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
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 59.65

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
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.35

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
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.35

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
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.71

Paperback.
Publisher
Gibson Square Books
Number of pages
288
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9781908096562
ISBN
9781908096562
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.67

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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