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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
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
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Condition: New
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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
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Condition: New
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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
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Condition: New
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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
€ 13.00€ 11.89
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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
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Condition: New
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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
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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
€ 13.00€ 11.85
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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
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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
€ 13.00€ 11.88
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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
€ 13.00€ 11.42
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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
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Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 25.29
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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
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Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 9.23
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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
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Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.06
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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
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Condition: New
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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
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Condition: New
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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
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Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 15.08
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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
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Condition: New
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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
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Condition: New
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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
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Condition: New
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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
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Condition: New
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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
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Condition: New
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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
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Condition: New
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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
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Condition: New
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Paperback. Three stories in which history and imaginative narrative intertwine to re-create the world of Jerusalem during the last days of the British Mandate. A book as complex, vivid and uncompromising as Jerusalem itself (The Nation). Translated by Nicholas de Lange in collaboration with the Author. A Helen and Kurt Wolff Book Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 131 x 15. Weight in Grams: 164.
- Publisher
- Vintage United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 224
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099747406
- ISBN
- 9780099747406
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.08
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