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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

paperback. Ryunosuke Akutagawa (1892-1927) is one of Japan's foremost stylists - a modernist master whose short stories are marked by highly original imagery, cynicism, beauty and wild humour. This work features stories such as "Rashomon", "In a Bamboo Grove", "The Nose", "O-Gin", "Loyalty", "Death Register", "The Life of a Stupid Man" and "Spinning Gears". Translator(s): Rubin, Jay. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 214 x 147 x 22. Weight in Grams: 358.
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Edition
Penguin Classics Deluxe ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780143039846
ISBN
9780143039846
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.43

paperback. Written by Ryunosuke Akutagawa - one of Japan's foremost stylists and a modernist master whose short stories are marked by imagery, cynicism, beauty, and wild humour. His other works include: "Rashomon"; "In a Bamboo Grove"; "The Nose"; "O-Gin"; "Loyalty"; "Death Register"; "The Life of a Stupid Man"; and "Spinning Gears". Translator(s): Rubin, Jay. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 19. Weight in Grams: 236.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Edition
Translation
Condition
New
SKU
9780140449709
ISBN
9780140449709
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 12.99
€ 10.45

Paperback. It's time for Kellan Kyle, the rockstar who captured our hearts in Thoughtless, to tell his side of the story. From the #1 New York Times bestselling author, S. C. Stephens. Num Pages: 560 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 129 x 40. Weight in Grams: 420.
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9780751560435
ISBN
9780751560435
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.05

Paperback. The brand new novel from the #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Thoughtless series, S. C. Stephens. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 129 x 251 x 30. Weight in Grams: 260.
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780751560473
ISBN
9780751560473
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.30

Paperback. Memories define us. So what if you lost yours every time you went to sleep? Your name, your identity, your past, even the people you love - all forgotten overnight. And the one person you trust may only be telling you half the story. Welcome to Christine's life. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 193 x 123 x 24. Weight in Grams: 266. Good clean copy with minor shelf wear.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Black Swan
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KTG0003160
ISBN
9780552164139
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 11.99
€ 9.15

Paperback. The sensational and controversial novella about the evacuation of a Palestinian village in 1948 - published in the UK for the first time. Translator(s): Lange, Nicholas de; Shulman, David. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 174 x 126 x 12. Weight in Grams: 134.
Publisher
Granta Books
Number of pages
128
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9781847083944
ISBN
9781847083944
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.00
€ 11.52

Paperback. The spotlight doesn't only shine. Sometimes, it burns .. From the #1 New York Times bestselling author, S. C. Stephens, comes the thrilling new novel in her Thoughtless series. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 129 x 197 x 27. Weight in Grams: 286.
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9780751560459
ISBN
9780751560459
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.02

Paperback. .
Format
Paperback
Publisher
Pinnacle
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780786036295
ISBN
9780786036295
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 9.99
€ 9.12

Paperback. Num Pages: 178 pages, 217 pictures reproduced. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 303 x 229 x 16. Weight in Grams: 1002.
Publisher
Schiffer Pub Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Condition
New
SKU
V9780887400995
ISBN
9780887400995
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 25.30

Paperback. In Ponyboy's world there are two types of people. There are the Socs, the rich society kids who get away with anything. Then there are the greasers, like Ponyboy, who aren't so lucky. Ponyboy has a few things he can count on: his older brothers, his friends, and trouble with the Socs, whose idea of a good time is beating up greasers like Ponyboy. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 10. Weight in Grams: 124.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Condition
New
SKU
9780141189116
ISBN
9780141189116
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 11.13

Paperback. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 198 x 35. Weight in Grams: 316.
Publisher
Old Street Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
2nd Revised edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781910400487
ISBN
9781910400487
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 12.42

Paperback. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 199 x 15. Weight in Grams: 216.
Publisher
Old Street Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781910400043
ISBN
9781910400043
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 12.41

Paperback. Is the young man merely drunk or does his tottering walk suggest something more sinister? When he collapses, vomiting, over the two whores who find him on that dark wet night, they guess rightly that he's been murdered by poisoning. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 28. Weight in Grams: 280.
Publisher
Quercus Publishing Plc United Kingdom
Number of pages
356
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9781847247919
ISBN
9781847247919
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 9.47

Paperback. Disturbing horror. Rapier-sharp satire. Addictive thriller. Don't expect any sleep once you've entered The Ward.. Num Pages: 294 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 132 x 23. Weight in Grams: 212. Disturbing horror. Rapier-sharp satire. Addictive thriller. Don't expect any sleep once you've entered The Ward. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: FA. Dimension: 198 x 132 x 23. Weight: 288.
Publisher
Atlantic Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9780857895868
ISBN
9780857895868
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.24

Paperback. In the 1930s and 40s, Bombay was the cosmopolitan capital of the subcontinent - an exhilarating hub of license and liberty, bursting with both creative energy and helpless degradation. This title helps you capture author's world in contemporary, idiomatic English. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 131 x 22. Weight in Grams: 244.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099582892
ISBN
9780099582892
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.05

Paperback. A sly, unsettling exploration of the questionable appetites that lurk beneath the veneer of North American civilization, PEN/Faulkner Award-winner Sabina Murray's latest book is a tour de force of intelligent suspense that seduces readers with dark delight on the taboo subject of cannibalism. Num Pages: 294 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 142 x 20. Weight in Grams: 322. Fine copy
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Grove Press / Atlantic Monthly Press
Edition
First Trade Paper
Number of pages
294
Condition
Used, Like New
SKU
KST0009805
ISBN
9780802142009
Paperback
Condition: Used, Like New

€ 5.49

Hardcover.
Condition
Used, Good
Publisher
Chatto & Windus
Number of pages
224
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
SKU
KLN0013689
ISBN
9780701176860
Hardback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Lem Gulliver (25, maths teacher), can't seem to leave home. He can't understand how the people around him manage the plot of a grown-up life - careers, mortgages, marriages, homes, friends. With no girlfriend, no place of his own, no ambition and no prospects, the only real direction in his life seem to be the tracks of the Victoria line. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 14. Weight in Grams: 160.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing United Kingdom
Number of pages
224
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099464532
ISBN
9780099464532
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.50

Paperback. It is the eve of Emerald Torrington's twentieth birthday and the family has assembled at Sterne, the once grand, now crumbling, family seat. The cake is iced, the wine decanted, the house gleams invitingly. But before the first dish can be served, a mysterious group of strangers arrives at the door. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 23. Weight in Grams: 270.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Vintage
Edition
0th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099563693
ISBN
9780099563693
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.02

Paperback. Traditional Chinese edition of The Outcast by Costa Novel Award winner Sadie Jones. In Traditional Chinese. Distributed by Tsai Fong Books, Inc. Num Pages: 480 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 133 x 30. Weight in Grams: 336. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Vintage
Edition
Reprint
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KAK0011249
ISBN
9780099513421
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Hal Treherne is a soldier on the brink of a brilliant career. Impatient to see action, his other commitment in life is to his beloved wife, Clara, and when Hal is transferred to Cyprus she and their twin daughters join him. But the island is in the heat of the emergency; the British are defending the colony against Cypriots. Num Pages: 480 pages, 1 map,. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 131 x 27. Weight in Grams: 330.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099540526
ISBN
9780099540526
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.08

Paperback. The clock is ticking for Musa; he has 30 days to escape from an arranged marriage.. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 28. Weight in Grams: 356.
Publisher
Halban Publishers United Kingdom
Number of pages
400
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781905559169
ISBN
9781905559169
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.23

Paperback. Iran. Amidst one country's tragedy, three mothers are united by love. Includes reading group notes. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 198 x 26. Weight in Grams: 290.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Orion Publishing Co
Condition
New
SKU
V9781780224619
ISBN
9781780224619
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.05

Paperback. Includes stories that are humorous, satiric, supernatural, and macabre, highly individual, and full of eccentric unconventional situations. Editor(s): Munro, H. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 576 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FC; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 131 x 25. Weight in Grams: 406.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Number of pages
576
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141184494
ISBN
9780141184494
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.00
€ 11.88

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