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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

Paperback. This is the story of a former secret service agent who, having been forced to retire due to an accident, decides to write a novel about his experiences. He starts to visit a cafe frequented by intellectuals, only to find himself the subject of police scrutiny." Series: Heinemann African Writers Series. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 125 x 197 x 8. Weight in Grams: 124.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Pearson Education Limited United Kingdom
Number of pages
144
Condition
New
SKU
V9780435134808
ISBN
9780435134808
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.38

Paperback. "[Elsir is] widely regarded as a giant among Arabic fiction writers." --"Daily News," Egypt Translator(s): Hutchins, William; Hutchins, William. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 198 x 16. Weight in Grams: 152.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Bloomsbury Qatar Foundation Publishing
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9789927101892
ISBN
9789927101892
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.26

Paperback. From the author of the critically acclaimed Partitions, a bittersweet novel that explores the heart of family life, the immigrant experience, and bridging the gulfs between generations Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 131 x 25. Weight in Grams: 268.
Publisher
Oneworld Publications United Kingdom
Number of pages
272
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9781780742687
ISBN
9781780742687
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.70

Paperback. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 135 x 24. Weight in Grams: 294.
Publisher
William Morrow Paperbacks
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9780062474070
ISBN
9780062474070
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.70

Paperback. Shortlisted for the Booker Prize 2008: a stunningly vibrant novel from Amitav Ghosh. Series: Ibis Trilogy. Num Pages: 544 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 133 x 38. Weight in Grams: 374.
Publisher
John Murray
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780719568978
ISBN
9780719568978
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.89

Paperback. A re-issue of the first novel from the internationally acclaimed prize-winning writer. Num Pages: 512 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 131 x 34. Weight in Grams: 362.
Publisher
John Murray Press
Number of pages
512
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9781848544161
ISBN
9781848544161
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.89

Paperback. The final book in the bestselling Ibis trilogy from the author of Booker-shortlisted Sea of Poppies. Series: Ibis Trilogy. Num Pages: 624 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 198 x 43. Weight in Grams: 424.
Publisher
John Murray Publishers Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9780719569029
ISBN
9780719569029
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.89

Paperback. A haunting novel from the best-selling author of the Ibis trilogy. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 18. Weight in Grams: 224.
Publisher
John Murray Press
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9781848544178
ISBN
9781848544178
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.85

Paperback. Fom the author of The Glass Palace, the widely-acclaimed bestseller. The Hungry Tide is a rich, exotic saga set in Calcutta and in the vast archipelago of islands in the Bay of Bengal. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 131 x 28. Weight in Grams: 310.
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Condition
New
SKU
V9780007141784
ISBN
9780007141784
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.61

Paperback. An extraordinary novel from the best-selling author of the Ibis trilogy. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 131 x 20. Weight in Grams: 232.
Publisher
John Murray Press
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9781848544154
ISBN
9781848544154
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.88

Paperback. The acclaimed author of 'The Calcutta Chromosome' and 'The Shadow Lines' has burst out on to the big stage with a major saga on that hidden country, Burma. Num Pages: 560 pages, maps. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 196 x 41. Weight in Grams: 390.
Edition
edizione: 1a
Publisher
The Borough Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Condition
New
SKU
V9780006514091
ISBN
9780006514091
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.42

Paperback. A novel packed with telling details and anecdotes about life in contemporary India, set in the rural villages of Bihar and the metropolises of Bombay and Delhi. Num Pages: 216 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5499 x 3564 x 18. Weight in Grams: 327.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
216
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822346821
ISBN
9780822346821
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 25.29

Paperback. Attending a New England summer camp as an adolescent, young Erik Schroder - a first generation East German immigrant - adopts a new name and a new persona - Eric Kennedy - in the hopes that it will help him fit in. This fateful white lie will set him on an improbable and ultimately tragic course. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 126 x 19. Weight in Grams: 222.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571296729
ISBN
9780571296729
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.20

Paperback. For fans of Fitzgerald and Capote, a witty, elegant fairytale of New York, set in 1938. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 131 x 24. Weight in Grams: 242.
Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton General Division
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9781444708875
ISBN
9781444708875
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.06

Paperback. Shmuel, a young, idealistic student, is drawn to a mysterious handwritten note on a campus noticeboard. This takes him to a strange house, where an elderly invalid man requires a paid companion, to argue with and read to him. But there is someone else in the house, too.. Translator(s): De Lange, Nicholas. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781784701956
ISBN
9781784701956
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.08

Paperback. A teenage son shoots himself under his parents' bed. They sleep that night unaware he is lying dead beneath them. A stranger turns up at a man's door to persude him that they must get rid of his ageing mother in order to sell the house. An old man grumbles to his daughter about the unexplained digging and banging he hears under the house at night. Translator(s): Lange, Nicholas de. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 131 x 18. Weight in Grams: 196.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing United Kingdom
Number of pages
272
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099541363
ISBN
9780099541363
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.88

Paperback. Albert, an accountant and recent widower is trying to put his life back together. His son has gone off to find himself in Tibet. The son's girlfriend makes friendly daughterly overtures to Albert, whose response is less platonic. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 137 x 14. Weight in Grams: 156.
Publisher
Vintage
Number of pages
208
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099283959
ISBN
9780099283959
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 15.08

Paperback. Ariella, unhappy in love, confides in the woman whose husband she stole. Nahum, a devoted father, can't find the words to challenge his daughter's promiscuous lover. And amid this group of people unwilling and unable to say what they mean, Martin attempts to teach Esperanto. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 140 x 201 x 13. Weight in Grams: 154.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099581475
ISBN
9780099581475
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.08

Paperback. Following the bizarre accidental death of his wife, an Israeli secret agent retires to the suburbs. After a lifetime of uncovering other people's secrets, he is forced to look back at the lies he has told himself. The author's other books include "My Michael" and "The Slopes of Lebanon". Translator(s): Lange, Nicholas de. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 17. Weight in Grams: 204.
Publisher
Vintage
Number of pages
272
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1992
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099913405
ISBN
9780099913405
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.08

Paperback. A collection of stories, in which the lives of ordinary Israelis are set against the backdrop of community life in Kibbutz. The fate of these individuals, their drives, ambitions and idiosyncrasies are grounded by the physical and social structure of their community as the stories portray their world as a microcosm of the wider world. Translator(s): Lange, Nicholas de; Simpson, P. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 131 x 14. Weight in Grams: 160.
Publisher
Vintage United Kingdom
Number of pages
224
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1992
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099982005
ISBN
9780099982005
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.08

Paperback. Fina, our eponymous hero, is a receptionist at a gynaecology clinic. A preposterous, yet curiously attractive figure, he spends his hours fantasising about solving the nation's problems and pursuing women with equivocal success. This is his story. Translator(s): Lange, Nicholas de. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 132 x 19. Weight in Grams: 220.
Publisher
Vintage United Kingdom
Number of pages
304
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099933601
ISBN
9780099933601
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.08

Paperback. It's 1950s Jerusalem. Hannah Gonen has just married and is thrilled and pained by her young well-meaning husband, Michael. Haunted by her dreams of two boys who disappeared from Jerusalem after the establishment of the state of Israel, Hannah gradually withdraws from her husband into a private world of fantasy and suppressed desires. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 131 x 16. Weight in Grams: 178.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing United Kingdom
Number of pages
240
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099529057
ISBN
9780099529057
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.08

Paperback. An unnamed author waits in a bar in Tel Aviv on a stifling hot night. He is there to give a reading of his work but as he sits, bored, he begins to conjure up the life stories of the people he meets. Later, when the reading is done he asks a woman for a drink. Translator(s): Lange, Nicholas de. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 11. Weight in Grams: 116.
Edition
01st Edition
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Number of pages
160
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099521020
ISBN
9780099521020
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.08

Paperback. In the winter of 1985 Yonaton Lifshitz decides to leave the kibbutz where he was born, and his sterile marriage, to start a new life. But the arrival of Azariah Gitlin brings about a painful reconciliation of their different destinies in a society struggling with changing realities. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 130 x 24. Weight in Grams: 322.
Publisher
Vintage United Kingdom
Number of pages
384
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099265818
ISBN
9780099265818
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.88

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