Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
Paperback. Multi-layered, subtle, wonderful short stories from the inimitable Booker-prize winning author, Ruth Prawer Jhabvala Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 19. Weight in Grams: 228.
- Publisher
- Little, Brown Book Group
- Number of pages
- 288
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781408705148
- ISBN
- 9781408705148
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.04
€ 13.99
€ 11.04
Paperback. * A profound and powerful novel, winner of the Booker Prize in 1975 Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 142 x 197 x 13. Weight in Grams: 134.
- Publisher
- Little, Brown Book Group United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 192
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780349000138
- ISBN
- 9780349000138
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.09
€ 13.99
€ 11.09
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Cornerstone
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099579649
- ISBN
- 9780099579649
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.00€ 16.75
€ 19.00
€ 16.75
Paperback. Presents the story of two women caught in the shadow of their teenage years. This book tells how at fifteen, Sally Tuttle and Rowena Cresswell were firm friends, until a shocking event changed their lives. It also tells how in their late thirties, they are estranged, both single mothers, both haunted with memories of their intense friendship. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 22. Weight in Grams: 218. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KTG0007306
- ISBN
- 9780571230600
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. This was meant to be the perfect trip. The Northern Lights. A luxury press launch on a boutique cruise ship. A chance for travel journalist Lo Blacklock to recover from a traumatic break-in that has left her on the verge of collapse, and to work out what she wants from her relationship. Except things don't go as planned. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 179 x 111 x 24. Weight in Grams: 190.
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781784706111
- ISBN
- 9781784706111
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.86
€ 11.99
€ 10.86
paperback. Focuses on Lue Gim Gong, a real-life Chinese pioneer, who seized the opportunity to go to America's "Gold Mountain." This book presents the story of his attempt to assimilate the new culture, his few successes and his frequent setbacks as told by the women who cared most about him: his mother, a spinster who loved him, and a friend and co-worker. Num Pages: 408 pages, 1 illus. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 25. Weight in Grams: 554.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- University of Washington Press United States
- Number of pages
- 408
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780295987149
- ISBN
- 9780295987149
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.70
€ 32.99
€ 29.70
Paperback. Num Pages: 285 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 155 x 20. Weight in Grams: 322. 285 pages. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: FA. Dimension: 229 x 155 x 20. Weight: 324.
- Publisher
- Akashic Books,U.S.
- Number of pages
- 285
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781933354743
- ISBN
- 9781933354743
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 17.33
€ 17.99
€ 17.33
Paperback. A bittersweet paean to dashed hopes and good intentions in contemporary middle America; a comic, deeply heartfelt dissection of the Dream by an exciting debut author. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 154 x 30. Weight in Grams: 486.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Little, Brown Book Group
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781472115348
- ISBN
- 9781472115348
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 14.17
€ 18.99
€ 14.17
Hardcover. Num Pages: 164 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 136 x 201 x 22. Weight in Grams: 356.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Fantagraphics
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781606998472
- ISBN
- 9781606998472
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 21.58
€ 24.99
€ 21.58
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Perfect Edge
- Number of pages
- 270
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781782791416
- ISBN
- 9781782791416
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 18.45
€ 19.99
€ 18.45
Paperback. Num Pages: 224 pages, black & white illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 154 x 15. Weight in Grams: 352.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- NeWest Press Canada
- Edition
- 1St Edition
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781927063217
- ISBN
- 9781927063217
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.00€ 15.75
€ 19.00
€ 15.75
Paperback. An astonishing sojourn into the darkest parts of Western American lore Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 20. .
- Publisher
- Oneworld Publications United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 288
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781780745992
- ISBN
- 9781780745992
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.70
€ 11.99
€ 10.70
Paperback. For readers of Cormac McCarthy and T. C. Boyle comes this harrowing and hypnotic new novel about a community of eccentric outcasts living in the Utah desert Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 197 x 27. Weight in Grams: 286.
- Publisher
- Oneworld Publications
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781780748207
- ISBN
- 9781780748207
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.66
€ 11.99
€ 10.66
Paperback. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1FKA; FA; FQ; HRG; WH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781408881590
- ISBN
- 9781408881590
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.09
€ 11.99
€ 10.09
Paperback. Num Pages: 144 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 162 x 199 x 16. Weight in Grams: 326.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Poetry Wales Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 144
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781854116475
- ISBN
- 9781854116475
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.73
€ 23.73
Paperback.
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Baen Books
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 544
- Condition
- New
- Format
- Paperback
- SKU
- V9781476736136
- ISBN
- 9781476736136
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.05
€ 10.05
Paperback. A side-splittingly funny coming-of-age novel set in the Japan of the sixties, Ryu Murakami's novel is an unusually funny and autobiographical book from an author known for his darkly violent and cynical side. Being young in the 1960s is the same in Japan as everywhere. This is a personal but profound insight into a much wider upheaval in society. Translator(s): McCarthy, Ralph. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 132 x 197 x 14. Weight in Grams: 190.
- Publisher
- Pushkin Press
- Number of pages
- 192
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- New
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781908968463
- ISBN
- 9781908968463
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 11.53
€ 15.99
€ 11.53
Paperback. It's just before New Year, and Frank, an overweight American tourist, has hired Kenji to take him on a guided tour of Tokyo's nightlife. But, Frank's behaviour is so odd that Kenji begins to entertain a horrible suspicion: his client may in fact have murderous desires. Translator(s): McCarthy, Ralph. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 130 x 12. Weight in Grams: 138. 192 pages. It's just before New Year, and Frank, an overweight American tourist, has hired Kenji to take him on a guided tour of Tokyo's nightlife. But, Frank's behaviour is so odd that Kenji begins to entertain a horrible suspicion: his client may in fact have murderous desires. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: FA. Dimension: 199 x 130 x 12. Weight: 138. Translator(s): McCarthy, Ralph.
- Publisher
- BLOOMSBURY PUBLISHING PLC
- Number of pages
- 192
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Edition
- New edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780747578888
- ISBN
- 9780747578888
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.86
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€ 10.86
Paperback. Every night, Kawashima Masayuki creeps from his bed and watches over his baby girl's crib while his wife sleeps. But this is no ordinary domestic scene. He has an ice pick in his hand, and a barely controllable desire to use it. Deciding to confront his demons, Kawashima sets into motion a chain of events seeming to lead inexorably to murder. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 13. Weight in Grams: 136.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Number of pages
- 192
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Edition
- paperback / softback
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780747593133
- ISBN
- 9780747593133
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 11.64
€ 15.99
€ 11.64
Paperback. A darkly satirical tale of the generation and gender gaps in Japanese society. Translator(s): McCarthy, Ralph. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 142 x 14. Weight in Grams: 188.
- Publisher
- Pushkin Press
- Number of pages
- 192
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- First
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781908968449
- ISBN
- 9781908968449
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 11.48
€ 15.99
€ 11.48
Paperback. An ambitious, epic dystopian novel - part political thriller and part satire. Translator(s): McCarthy, Ralph; De Wolf, Charles; Takemori, Ginny. Num Pages: 672 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 42. Weight in Grams: 540.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Pushkin Press
- Number of pages
- 672
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781908968494
- ISBN
- 9781908968494
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 12.53
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Paperback. This fascinating collection gave birth to a new paradigm when Akira Kurosawa made famous Akutagawa's disturbing tale of seven people recounting the same incident from shockingly different perspectives. Illustrator(s): Kuwata, M. Translator(s): Kojima, Takashi. Num Pages: 96 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 217 x 141 x 9. Weight in Grams: 164.
- Publisher
- Liveright
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780871401731
- ISBN
- 9780871401731
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 13.69
€ 15.99
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paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Mosaic Press
- Edition
- Second Edition, Second edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781771610674
- ISBN
- 9781771610674
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 15.39
€ 17.99
€ 15.39
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.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Penguin Classics
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780143039846
- ISBN
- 9780143039846
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 12.53
€ 14.99
€ 12.53