Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
Hardback. When Kino, an Indian pearl-diver, finds 'the Pearl of the world' he believes that his life will be magically transformed. He will marry Juana in church and their little boy, Coyotito, will be able to attend school. Obsessed by his dreams, Kino is blind to the greed, fear and even violence the pearl arouses in him and his neighbours. Series: Penguin Clothbound Classics. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 132 x 205 x 15. Weight in Grams: 232.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780141394688
- ISBN
- 9780141394688
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.91
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Paperback. Includes the original screenplay, with its director's notes, and the narrative. This book follows from a previously undiscovered manuscript by the author that was found in the UCLA Research Library. Editor(s): Morsberger, Robert. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 132 x 25. Weight in Grams: 306.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Number of pages
- 400
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141186283
- ISBN
- 9780141186283
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 14.17
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€ 14.17
Paperback. Lee Chong, the owner of the well-stocked grocery store, is also the proprietor of the Palace Flophouse that Mack and his troupe of good-natured 'boys' call home. Dora runs the Bear Flag Restaurant with clockwork efficiency and a generous heart, and Doc, secreted away in his home at Western Biological Laboratories, is the fount of all wisdom. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 9. Weight in Grams: 128.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780141185088
- ISBN
- 9780141185088
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.33
€ 13.99
€ 10.33
Paperback. A story of Joad family, who are forced to travel west from Dust Bowl era Oklahoma in search of the promised land of California. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 528 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 204 x 153 x 23. Weight in Grams: 358.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 01st Edition
- SKU
- 9780141185064
- ISBN
- 9780141185064
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.45
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€ 10.45
Paperback. Follows the intertwined destinies of two families - the Trasks and the Hamiltons - whose generations hopelessly re-enact the fall of Adam and Eve and the poisonous rivalry of Cain and Abel. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 640 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 28. Weight in Grams: 444.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 01st Edition
- SKU
- 9780141185071
- ISBN
- 9780141185071
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.45
€ 13.99
€ 10.45
Paperback. Jody Tiflin is given a red pony, and later he is promised the colt of a bay mare. Yet both of these gifts bring him tragedy as well as joy, and Jody is taught not only the harsh lessons of life and death, but made painfully aware of the fallibilty of adults. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 9. Weight in Grams: 102.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Reprint
- SKU
- 9780141185095
- ISBN
- 9780141185095
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 9.75
€ 11.99
€ 9.75
Paperback. Drifters in search of work, George and his childlike friend Lennie, have nothing in the world except the clothes on their back - and a dream that one day they will have some land of their own. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 198 x 14. Weight in Grams: 112.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 01st Edition
- SKU
- 9780141185101
- ISBN
- 9780141185101
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 9.44
€ 10.99
€ 9.44
Paperback. When Kino, a poor Indian pearl-diver, finds 'the Pearl of the world' he believes that his life will be magically transformed. He will marry Juana and their son Coyotito will be able to attend school. Obsessed by his dreams, Kino is blind to the greed and even violence the pearl arouses in him and his neighbours. Illustrator(s): Orozco, Jose Luis. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 128 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: FA; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 132 x 8. Weight in Grams: 106.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780141185125
- ISBN
- 9780141185125
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 9.70
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Paperback. A collection of short stories, set in the idyllic Salinas Valley in California, where simple people farm the land and struggle to find a place for themselves in the world. This book includes the tales: The Murderer and The Chrysanthemums. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FC; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 16. Weight in Grams: 214.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780141185514
- ISBN
- 9780141185514
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 12.53
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€ 12.53
Paperback. Drifters in search of work, George and his childlike friend Lennie, have nothing in the world except the clothes on their back - and a dream that one day they will have some land of their own. Eventually they find work on a ranch in California's Salinas Valley, but their hopes are dashed as Lennie - struggling against extreme cruelty, and more. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 183 x 10. Weight in Grams: 98.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Penguin Classics
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 01st Edition
- SKU
- 9780141023571
- ISBN
- 9780141023571
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 9.75
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Paperback. RUSSIA UNDER STALIN, THE MEXICO OF FRIDA KAHLO, TROTSKY'S ASSASSINATION, AND CONTEMPORARY CUBA, ALL IN A PRIZE WINNING HISTORICAL NOVEL. Translator(s): Kushner, Anna. Num Pages: 576 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 164 x 42. Weight in Grams: 912.
- Publisher
- Bitter Lemon Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781908524447
- ISBN
- 9781908524447
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 14.31
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€ 14.31
Paperback. It is a sweltering August in Aberystwyth. A man wearing a Soviet museum curator's uniform walks into Louie Knight's office and spins a wild and impossible tale of love, death, madness and betrayal. Sure, Louie had heard about Hughesovka, the legendary replica of Aberystwyth built in the Ukraine by some crazy nineteenth-century czar. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 20. Weight in Grams: 212. 288 pages. It is a sweltering August in Aberystwyth. A man wearing a Soviet museum curator's uniform walks into Louie Knight's office and spins a wild and impossible tale of love, death, madness and betrayal. Sure, Louie had heard about Hughesovka, the legendary replica of Aberystwyth built in the Ukraine by some crazy nineteenth-century czar. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: FA. Dimension: 197 x 130 x 20. Weight: 210.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Number of pages
- 288
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781408801024
- ISBN
- 9781408801024
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.73
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Paperback / so. Num Pages: 308 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 135 x 18. Weight in Grams: 227.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing Group Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 308
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780553386240
- ISBN
- 9780553386240
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 15.08
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€ 15.08
paperback. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 140. Weight in Grams: 367.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Kensington Publishing United States
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781496708427
- ISBN
- 9781496708427
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 18.50
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Paperback. Num Pages: 454 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 153 x 197 x 33. Weight in Grams: 468.
- Publisher
- Blacksmith Books Hong Kong
- Number of pages
- 454
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Edition
- 1ST
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789889979973
- ISBN
- 9789889979973
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 9.53
€ 10.99
€ 9.53
Paperback. Translator(s): Sryfi, Mbarek; Allen, Roger. Series: Middle East Literature in Translation. Num Pages: 280 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 154 x 19. Weight in Grams: 416.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Syracuse University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780815633693
- ISBN
- 9780815633693
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.51
€ 40.51
Paperback. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 133 x 201 x 17. Weight in Grams: 188.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Penguin Books India Pvt Ltd India
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780143334149
- ISBN
- 9780143334149
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 10.58
€ 10.99
€ 10.58
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- The American University in Cairo Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789774166440
- ISBN
- 9789774166440
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.17
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Paperback. Tells the story of an Untouchable in India's caste system, with an introduction by Ramachandra Guha, author of Gandhi Bakha is a proud and attractive young man, yet none the less he is an Untouchable - an outcast in India's caste system. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 137 x 9. Weight in Grams: 124.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 176
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141393605
- ISBN
- 9780141393605
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.76
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Hardback. Translator(s): Fenkl, Heinz Insu. Series: Weatherhead Books on Asia. Num Pages: 120 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231178648
- ISBN
- 9780231178648
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 18.92
€ 24.99
€ 18.92