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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

Paperback. Num Pages: 352 pages, 3 b&w images. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 142 x 25. Weight in Grams: 326.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Bloomsbury USA
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781620400296
ISBN
9781620400296
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 20.15

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Bella Books United States
Number of pages
226
Condition
New
SKU
V9781602820357
ISBN
9781602820357
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 16.67

Paperback. Gugu is beautiful, charismatic and of an unimpeachable political background. A respected midwife, she combines modern medical knowledge with a healer's touch to save the lives of village women and their babies. Translator(s): Goldblatt, Howard. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 199 x 40. Weight in Grams: 280.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
0th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780241967324
ISBN
9780241967324
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 12.61

Paperback. Translator(s): Goldblatt, Howard. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 20. Weight in Grams: 272.
Publisher
Methuen Publishing Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
304
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Edition
New edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780413775313
ISBN
9780413775313
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 15.40

Paperback. Features a benign old monk who listens to a prospective novice's tale of depravity, violence, and carnivorous excess while a nice little family drama - in which nearly everyone dies - unfurls. In this title, the author also treats us to a cornucopia of cooked animal flesh - ostrich, camel, donkey, dog, as well as the more common varieties. Translator(s): Goldblatt, Howard. Num Pages: 392 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 163 x 237 x 22. Weight in Grams: 542.
Publisher
Seagull Books London Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9780857422217
ISBN
9780857422217
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.29

paperback. Spanning three generations, this novel of family and myth is told through a series of flashbacks that depict events of staggering horror set against a landscape of gemlike beauty as the Chinese battle both the Japanese invaders and each other in the turbulent 1930s. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 132 x 28. Weight in Grams: 276.
Publisher
Arrow
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099451679
ISBN
9780099451679
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.08

Paperback. Translator(s): Goldblatt, Howard. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 130 x 15. Weight in Grams: 188.
Publisher
Methuen Publishing Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
224
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Edition
0th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780413771193
ISBN
9780413771193
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 14.54

Paperback. A title in which, the author personalizes the political and social changes in his country over the past few decades. By moving back and forth in time and focusing on small events and everyday people, it breathes life into Chinese history by describing the effects of larger-than-life events on the average citizen. Translator(s): Goldblatt, Howard. Series: What Was Communism?. Num Pages: 108 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 147 x 176 x 8. Weight in Grams: 122.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Seagull Books London Ltd
Edition
Rep Tra
Condition
New
SKU
V9780857421609
ISBN
9780857421609
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.07

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Editions Didier Millet Pty Ltd Singapore
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
SKU
V9789814260657
ISBN
9789814260657
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 15.22

Paperback. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 121 x 196 x 13. Weight in Grams: 240.
Publisher
The American University in Cairo Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9789774167355
ISBN
9789774167355
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 18.88

Paperback. A lyrical novel that includes the stories of three pairs of lives that converge on the mercurial presence of the lake, which in the end proves the narrative's true hero. Translator(s): Halim, Hala. Num Pages: 142 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 125 x 11. Weight in Grams: 204.
Publisher
The American University in Cairo Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9789774162411
ISBN
9789774162411
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 17.14

Paperback. Sakeena's life revolves round trying to provide her family with the necessary daily loaves of bread that will stave off starvation. Labor-shy Zaghloul works on and off at one of the village's cafes, but prefers to spend his time listening in on conversations about subjects such as politics, and more. Translator(s): Johnson-Davies, Denys. Num Pages: 124 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 122 x 11. Weight in Grams: 160.
Publisher
The American University in Cairo Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9789774166808
ISBN
9789774166808
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 16.85

Paperback. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 122 x 195 x 11. Weight in Grams: 176.
Publisher
The American University in Cairo Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9789774167331
ISBN
9789774167331
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 16.99

Paperback. The black humor of life in an Upper Egyptian village from a previously un-translated writer Translator(s): Davies, Humphrey. Num Pages: 210 pages. BIC Classification: DQ; FA; FF; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 118 x 20. Weight in Grams: 264.
Publisher
The American University in Cairo Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9789774167072
ISBN
9789774167072
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 18.94

Paperback. Salmawy describes the overthrow of the old regime and the occupation of Tahrir Square in this almost prophetic moving love story.By a vocal opposition figure to the Mubarak regime, and a well-known Egyptian writer. Translator(s): Cohen, Raphael. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 160 x 199 x 11. Weight in Grams: 222.
Publisher
The American University in Cairo Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9789774166426
ISBN
9789774166426
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 17.11

Paperback. The first full-length work of the distinguished Yemeni writer Mohammad Abdul-Wali to appear in English Translator(s): Bagader, Abubaker; Akers, Deborah. Series: CMES Modern Middle East Literatures in Translation Series. Num Pages: 146 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 218 x 143 x 10. Weight in Grams: 218.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
University of Texas Press United States
Number of pages
146
Condition
New
SKU
V9780292705081
ISBN
9780292705081
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 17.63

Paperback. Translator(s): Dickson, C. Series: CARAF Books: Caribbean and African Literature Translated from French. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 249.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
University of Virginia Press United States
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813931203
ISBN
9780813931203
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.34

Paperback. Junior nurse, ex-prisoner and part-time healer Alice Bhatti is looking for a job. With guidance from the working nurse's manual, and some tricks she picked up in prison, Alice starts work at the crowded hospital bringing help to the thousands of patients littering the corridors. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 131 x 16. Weight in Grams: 178.
Publisher
Vintage United Kingdom
Number of pages
240
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099516750
ISBN
9780099516750
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.10

Paperback. Why did a Hercules C130, the world's sturdiest plane, carrying Pakistan's military dictator General Zia ul Haq, go down on 17 August, 1988? Was it because of: mechanical failure, human error, the CIA's impatience, a blind woman's curse or Generals not happy with their pension plans. This novel takes one of the subcontinent's enduring mysteries. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 20. Weight in Grams: 218.
Edition
01st Edition
Publisher
Vintage Books
Number of pages
304
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099516743
ISBN
9780099516743
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.76

Paperback. .
Publisher
The American University in Cairo Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Tra
Condition
New
SKU
V9789774167843
ISBN
9789774167843
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.92

Paperback. Num Pages: 184 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 138 x 10. Weight in Grams: 218.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Sterling Publishers Pvt.Ltd India
Number of pages
184
Condition
New
SKU
V9788120747890
ISBN
9788120747890
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 9.99
€ 8.72

Paperback. Series: Penguin Essentials. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 181 x 111. .
Publisher
Penguin
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
01st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780241981382
ISBN
9780241981382
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.09

Paperback. Your anguish is the anguish of a boy whose chocolate has been thrown away, whose remote controls are out of batteries, whose scooter is busted, whose new sneakers have been stolen. This is all the more remarkable since you've never in your life seen any of these things.. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 132 x 197 x 18. Weight in Grams: 228.
Publisher
Penguin
Number of pages
240
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780241144671
ISBN
9780241144671
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.76

Paperback. In Lahore, Daru Shezad is a junior banker with a hashish habit. When his old friend Ozi moves back to Pakistan, Daru wants to be happy for him. Ozi has everything: a beautiful wife and child, an expensive foreign education - and a corrupt father who bankrolls his lavish lifestyle. As jealousy sets in, Daru's life slowly unravels. He loses his job. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 135 x 198 x 26. Weight in Grams: 230.
Publisher
Penguin
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9780241953938
ISBN
9780241953938
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.76

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