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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

Paperback. The Li sisters don't have much education, but one thing has been drummed into them: their mother is a failure because she hasn't managed to produce a son, and they themselves only merit a number as a name. Yet when circumstances lead the sisters to seek work in distant Nanjing, the shocking new urban environment opens their eyes. Translator(s): Tyldesley, Esther. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 130 x 18. Weight in Grams: 198.
Publisher
Vintage Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099501534
ISBN
9780099501534
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 14.21

Paperback. Offers a irreverent overview of Indonesian history in the Sukarno and Suharto eras and insights into the postcolonial condition. This title tells a story that begins in the 1930s, before Indonesia's independence from Dutch rule, and follows the fortunes of a poor Javanese village woman who becomes a servant in the household of President Sukarno. Translator(s): Keeler, Ward. Num Pages: 224 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 142 x 216 x 13. Weight in Grams: 266.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
University of Washington Press United States
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780295983929
ISBN
9780295983929
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.73

Paperback. BIC Classification: FA. Dimension: 198 x 129. .
Publisher
Penguin
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9780241980446
ISBN
9780241980446
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.68

Paperback. Divided into four narratives, echoing the four texts of Confucianism and the four Gospels of the New Testament, this book tells the story of one of China's most controversial periods. It also shows us the power of camaraderie, love and faith against oppression and the darkest possible odds. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099569497
ISBN
9780099569497
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.04

Paperback. Deep within the Balou mountains lies a small rural town populated by disabled people. Blind, deaf and disfigured, the 197 citizens of the Village of Liven have until now enjoyed a peaceful, mutually supportive life out of sight and mind of the government. Translator(s): Rojas, Carlos. Num Pages: 512 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 131 x 32. Weight in Grams: 362.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Number of pages
512
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099569480
ISBN
9780099569480
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.44

Paperback. The Flame Tree offers a vivid snapshot of a fast-developing Malaysia on the cusp of the new millennium, of moral choices and a womans search for her cultural identity. Num Pages: 480 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Dimension: 197 x 168 x 39. Weight in Grams: 458.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
MONSOON BOOKS
Number of pages
480
Condition
New
SKU
V9789814423908
ISBN
9789814423908
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 11.01

Paperback. The new, internationally bestselling novel from Yann Martel, the Booker-winning author of Life of Pi Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 248 x 25. Weight in Grams: 244.
Publisher
Canongate Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9781782114741
ISBN
9781782114741
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.78

Paperback. A fictional autobiography of a young writer which takes the reader to Canada, Portugal, Greece, Turkey and elsewhere. This story of love, sex and ambiguity is the first novel by the Canadian author of the award-winning short-story collection, "The Facts Behind the Helsinki Roccamatios". Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 24. Weight in Grams: 276.
Publisher
Faber and Faber London
Number of pages
352
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571219766
ISBN
9780571219766
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.52

Paperback. Offers a collection, hailed for its power, compassion and elegance, takes in the wide sweep of human experience. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 16. Weight in Grams: 211. 258 pages. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: FA. Dimension: 196 x 129 x 16. Weight: 210.
Publisher
CANONGATE BOOKS
Number of pages
258
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9781841956121
ISBN
9781841956121
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.71

Paperback. The dazzling follow-up to the million-copy bestselling LIFE OF PI Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 15. Weight in Grams: 166. 224 pages. The dazzling follow-up to the million-copy bestselling LIFE OF PI. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: FA. Dimension: 197 x 130 x 15. Weight: 162.
Publisher
Canongate Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9781847677679
ISBN
9781847677679
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.78

Hardback. When a letter from an elderly taxidermist drops onto Henry's doormat it poses a puzzle that he cannot resist. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 224 x 140 x 22. Weight in Grams: 358. Very good copy in pristine dustwrapper . First edition signed by the Author with neat newsclippings
Condition
Used, Very Good
Edition
Main
Publisher
Canongate Books London
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
SKU
KEX0303187
ISBN
9781847677655
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 50.00

Paperback. Memed grows up a serf to a vicious overlord on the plains of Turkey's Taurus region. When his plan to escape is dashed, and the young woman he loves murdered, Memed makes for the mountains to become an outlaw. Before long he has transformed from a young rebel to an infamous bandit, the scourge of corrupt oppressors and hero to the poor. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 132 x 198 x 26. Weight in Grams: 296.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781784701086
ISBN
9781784701086
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.08

Paperback. * A passionate novel about mothers and daughters, roots and exile, set among an Anglo-Iranian family Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 128 x 19. Weight in Grams: 196. Good clear copy with some minor shelf wear
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Abacus, London
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
SKU
KIN0031851
ISBN
9780349119557
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Younes' life is changed forever when his poverty-stricken parents surrender him to the care of his more affluent uncle. Re-named Jonas, he grows up in a colourful colonial Algerian town, and forges a unique friendship with a group of boys, an enduring bond that nothing - not even the Algerian Revolt - will shake. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 141 x 199 x 26. Weight in Grams: 280.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Number of pages
400
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099540458
ISBN
9780099540458
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.08

Paperback. Exposes the differences between religiosity and dangerous religious extremism. This work present a portrait of life under a fascist theocracy. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 14. Weight in Grams: 158.
Edition
New Ed
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099466024
ISBN
9780099466024
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.02

Paperback. Ammine, a surgeon in a Jerusalem hospital, struggles to cope with the bodies of victims of a suicide bombing in a Jerusalem restaurant. When the police pin responsibility of the suicide attack on Ammine's wife, he is at first baffled and angry. But his feelings turn to confusion and sorrow when he discovers his wife was indeed behind the attack. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 17. Weight in Grams: 224.
Publisher
Random House Uk Ltd
Number of pages
272
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Edition
01st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099499275
ISBN
9780099499275
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.01

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Edition
0th Edition
Number of pages
96
Condition
New
SKU
V9780803234932
ISBN
9780803234932
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 17.54

Paperback. Go is a game of strategy in which two players attempt to surround each other's black or white stones. The competition between the Master of Go and his opponent, Otake, is waged over several months and layered in ceremony. But beneath the game's decorum lie tensions that consume not only the players themselves but their families and friends. Num Pages: 240 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 15. Weight in Grams: 176.
Publisher
Yellow Jersey
Number of pages
240
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Condition
New
SKU
V9780224078184
ISBN
9780224078184
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.82

Paperback. Kikuji has been invited to a tea ceremony by a mistress of his dead father. He is shocked to find there the mistress's rival and successor, Mrs Ota, and that the ceremony has been awkwardly arranged for him to meet his potential future bride. But he is most shocked to be drawn into a relationship with Mrs Ota. Translator(s): Seidensticker, Edward G. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 112 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 151 x 7. Weight in Grams: 92.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
112
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141192604
ISBN
9780141192604
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.08

Paperback. The successful writer Oki has reached middle age and is filled with regrets. He returns to Kyoto to find Otoko, a young woman with whom he had a terrible affair many years before, and discovers that she is now a painter, living with a younger woman as her lover. Translator(s): Hibbett, Howard. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 134 x 197 x 9. Weight in Grams: 116.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Number of pages
144
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141192611
ISBN
9780141192611
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.08

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