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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
Paperback. Depicts a post-cataclysmic world in which the forces of capitalism have begun to reestablish themselves. Sharply opposed to such a trend, a group of crones confined to a nursing home - all of them apparently immortal - resolves to create an avenging grandson fashioned of lint and rags. Translator(s): Stump, Jordan. Num Pages: 166 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 10. Weight in Grams: 284.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Number of pages
- 166
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803220898
- ISBN
- 9780803220898
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Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 20.79
€ 20.99
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Paperback. The importance of Chekhov's stories is now recognized by readers as well as by fellow authors. Their themes - alienation, the absurdity and tragedy of human existence - have as much relevance today as when they were written, and this superb new translation captures their modernist spirit. Among the fourteen stories included are 'The Lady with the Little Dog', 'Gusev', and 'Rothschild's Violin'. Translator(s): Bartlett, Rosamund. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYB; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 129 x 14. Weight in Grams: 184.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199536689
- ISBN
- 9780199536689
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.83
€ 11.99
€ 10.83
Paperback. Translator(s): Volokhonsky, Larissa; Pevear, Richard. Series: Vintage Classics. Num Pages: 576 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 135 x 205 x 28. Weight in Grams: 430.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Vintage
- Edition
- Vintage Classics ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781400032921
- ISBN
- 9781400032921
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 19.60
€ 21.99
€ 19.60
Paperback. This stunning, literary commercial novel in the vein of Curtis Sittenfeld's Prep is a New York Times bestseller and a stand-out debut launch for Tinder Press Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 144 x 197 x 26. Weight in Grams: 284.
- Publisher
- Headline Publishing Group United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 416
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780755395194
- ISBN
- 9780755395194
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Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.43
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€ 13.43
Paperback. In a novel set in Soviet-era Poland, a boy is bewitched by his teacher and vows to win her heart, but later, when he becomes a teacher himself, he sees the story from the opposite side of the instructor's desk. Reprint. Translator(s): Kolakowska, Agnieszka. Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 128 x 29. Weight in Grams: 318. 438 pages. In a novel set in Soviet-era Poland, a boy is bewitched by his teacher and vows to win her heart, but later, when he becomes a teacher himself, he sees the story from the opposite side of the instructor's desk. Reprint. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: FA. Dimension: 196 x 128 x 29. Weight: 314.
- Publisher
- Canongate Books
- Number of pages
- 448
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781841955209
- ISBN
- 9781841955209
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.07
€ 17.99
€ 13.07
Paperback. 'Relativity is a novel of assured and measured empathy, a story of familial love and familial hurt that is fair, honest and remarkably non-judgmental. Hayes is a convincing writer and a true storyteller: her characters are alive.' Christos Tsiolkas, author of THE SLAP Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 129 x 198 x 26. Weight in Grams: 284.
- Publisher
- Little, Brown Book Group
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781472151704
- ISBN
- 9781472151704
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.26
€ 11.99
€ 10.26
Paperback. 'THE HUNGER GAMES meets the London riots on board Noah's Ark' THE TIMES Includes reading group notes and a fascinating glimpse into Lalla's childhood in the short story prequel 'The Time Being'. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
- Publisher
- Orion Publishing Co United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781780227344
- ISBN
- 9781780227344
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.07
€ 17.07
Paperback. *'Frost in May is the unsurpassed novel of convent school life' Hermione Lee, Observer Series: VMC. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 128 x 15. Weight in Grams: 156.
- Publisher
- Little, Brown Book Group United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 224
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781844083787
- ISBN
- 9781844083787
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.09
€ 13.99
€ 11.09
Paperback. Translator(s): Eschleman, Clayton. Num Pages: 342 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: DQ; FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 153 x 202 x 22. Weight in Grams: 516.
- Publisher
- Exact Change,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 342
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781878972187
- ISBN
- 9781878972187
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 19.53
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€ 19.53
Paperback. Translator(s): Dixon, Richard. Num Pages: 1 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 140. Weight in Grams: 367.
- Publisher
- Archipelago Books United States
- Number of pages
- 1
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780914671428
- ISBN
- 9780914671428
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 17.09
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Paperback. Translator(s): Grossman, Edith. Num Pages: 656 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 201 x 130 x 44. Weight in Grams: 524.
- Publisher
- Profile Books Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781781255094
- ISBN
- 9781781255094
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.27
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€ 13.27
Paperback. Amid the backstreets, brothels and faded hotels of Bombay, Madras and the old Portuguese port of Goa, a man searches for his lost friend. Xavier has been missing for a year, and the only clues to his disappearance lie with an overworked doctor, a young prostitute and the leader of a strange religious order. Translator(s): Parks, Tim. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 136 x 10. Weight in Grams: 94.
- Publisher
- Canongate Books
- Number of pages
- 128
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780857869432
- ISBN
- 9780857869432
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.71
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€ 10.71
Paperback. LONGLISTED FOR THE MAN BOOKER PRIZE 2015 AND WINNER OF THE 2016 DSC PRIZE FOR SOUTH ASIAN LITERATURE - A stark and unflinching novel by a spellbinding storyteller, about religion, love and violence in the modern world Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 198 x 22. Weight in Grams: 178.
- Publisher
- MacLehose Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781848666900
- ISBN
- 9781848666900
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.09
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Paperback. A love story - as beautiful as it is unbearably sad - about two people who choose each other when others have abandoned them. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 21. Weight in Grams: 222.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Quercus
- Number of pages
- 320
- Publication date
- 2009
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781847247643
- ISBN
- 9781847247643
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Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.09
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Paperback. A woman struggles with her past, as she sees her familiar world being swept away by India's brutal modernity. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 125 x 196 x 18. Weight in Grams: 190. Good clean copy with minor shelf wear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Quercus Publishing
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KAC0001589
- ISBN
- 9780857388315
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Editor(s): Sinha, Arunava; Haq, Kaiser; Islam, Khademul. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: DQ; FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 128. .
- Publisher
- Carcanet Press Ltd.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781905583805
- ISBN
- 9781905583805
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 13.43
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Paperback. Num Pages: 336 pages, 16 black-and-white photographs. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 140 x 208 x 25. Weight in Grams: 352.
- Publisher
- Persea
- Number of pages
- 336
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Edition
- 3rd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780892552900
- ISBN
- 9780892552900
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 16.55
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€ 16.55
Paperback. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2020
- Publisher
- Persea Books Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- New
- SKU
- V9780892554652
- ISBN
- 9780892554652
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 16.51
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Paperback. Series: The Radical Novel Reconsidered. Num Pages: 216 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 204 x 140 x 16. Weight in Grams: 258.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press United States
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780252064357
- ISBN
- 9780252064357
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Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 25.32
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Paperback. The target of intense critical comment when it was first published in 1927, Arrogant Beggar s scathing attack on charity-run boardinghouses remains one of Anzia Yezierska s most devastating works of social criticism. Translator(s): Whittaker, V. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5334 x 3887 x 14. Weight in Grams: 290.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822317494
- ISBN
- 9780822317494
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Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 25.29
€ 26.99
€ 25.29
Paperback. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 10. .
- Publisher
- Luath Press Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2018
- Edition
- 2nd Revised edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781910745465
- ISBN
- 9781910745465
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Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 9.98
€ 10.99
€ 9.98
Paperback. Uncle Petros is a family joke - an ageing recluse in a suburb of Athens, playing chess and gardening. His young nephew soon discovers his uncle was once a celebrated mathematician who staked all on solving the problem of Goldbach's Conjecture. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 15. Weight in Grams: 184.
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Number of pages
- 224
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780571205110
- ISBN
- 9780571205110
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.75
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Paperback. Translator(s): Walsh, P. G. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 336 pages, 1 map. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 16. Weight in Grams: 236.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Number of pages
- 336
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Edition
- Tra Rei
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199540556
- ISBN
- 9780199540556
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 13.39
€ 16.99
€ 13.39
Paperback. This is the diary of an ordinary, insecure woman in her thirties, Jacqueline M. Pane. Num Pages: 224 pages, B Format. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 144 x 239 x 19. Weight in Grams: 158.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Hodder & Stoughton
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780340825532
- ISBN
- 9780340825532
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.02
€ 13.99
€ 11.02