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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

Paperback. To commemorate the 400th anniversary of the deaths of Shakespeare and Cervantes, six Hispanic and six English-language authors have each contributed a previously unpublished story in tribute to these giants of world literature. With Ben Okri, Deborah Levy, Kamila Shamsie, Yuri Herrera, Valeria Luiselli and others, introduced by Salman Rushdie. Editor(s): Hahn, Daniel; Valencia, Margarita. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: DQ; FA; FC; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 198 x 24. Weight in Grams: 278.
Publisher
And Other Stories
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781908276780
ISBN
9781908276780
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 16.94

Paperback. Makina knows how to survive in a macho world. Leaving her native Mexico in search of her brother, she's smuggled into the USA bearing two secret messages - one from her mother and one from the Mexican underworld. In this grippingly original novel Herrera explores the actual and psychological crossings and translations people make. Translator(s): Dillman, Lisa. Num Pages: 140 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 129 x 18. Weight in Grams: 148.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
And Other Stories
Condition
New
SKU
9781908276421
ISBN
9781908276421
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 17.04

Paperback. The Year of Terror, 1937. Zybin, an exiled intellectual and archaeologist in the far province of Alma-Ata, finds himself wrongly accused of a crime during the darkest days of Stalin's reign. Soon, he and his colleagues are caught up in an ambitious Cheka investigator's attempts to set up a show trial to rival those taking place in Moscow. Translator(s): Myers, Alan. Num Pages: 512 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 232 x 155 x 40. Weight in Grams: 694.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
The Harvill Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9781846556982
ISBN
9781846556982
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 17.77

Paperback. Translator(s): Hewison, R Neil. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 146 x 13. Weight in Grams: 270.
Publisher
The American University in Cairo Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
Translation
Condition
New
SKU
V9789774166839
ISBN
9789774166839
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 17.59

Paperback. Camus meets Orhan Pamuk, via Freud, in this existentialist novel by the father of Turkish modernism. Translator(s): Stark, Fredd. Num Pages: 152 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 129 x 203 x 15. Weight in Grams: 174.
Publisher
City Lights Publishers
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780872867116
ISBN
9780872867116
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 16.19

Paperback. In this finely crafted novel, Yusuf Idris, best known as the master of the Arabic short story, brings to life not only some of the most human characters in modern Arabic fiction but the soul of Cairo itself and the soul of a national consciousness focused on liberation. Translator(s): Hewison, Neil R. Num Pages: 175 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 134 x 13. Weight in Grams: 244.
Publisher
The American University in Cairo Press Egypt
Number of pages
175
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Condition
New
SKU
V9789774246999
ISBN
9789774246999
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 18.44

Paperback. Num Pages: 286 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 213 x 141 x 21. Weight in Grams: 344.
Publisher
M P Publishing Limited United Kingdom
Number of pages
286
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9781849821650
ISBN
9781849821650
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.53

Paperback. Translator(s): Glenny, Tamara. Num Pages: 290 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 142 x 19. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Dalkey Archive Press
Condition
New
SKU
9781564782168
ISBN
9781564782168
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 6.23

Paperback. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 142 x 15. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Dalkey Archive Press
Condition
New
SKU
9780916583286
ISBN
9780916583286
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 6.23

Paperback. Translator(s): Watson, Donald. Series: French Literature Series. Num Pages: 220 pages. BIC Classification: 5SG; FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 141 x 17. Weight in Grams: 306.
Publication date
2006
Condition
New
Format
Paperback
Publisher
Dalkey Archive Press
SKU
9781564784445
ISBN
9781564784445
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 6.23

Paperback. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 130 x 27. Weight in Grams: 268.
Publisher
Granta Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781783781317
ISBN
9781783781317
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.76

Paperback. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 31. Weight in Grams: 556.
Publisher
Hachette Books Ireland
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
9781444744156
ISBN
9781444744156
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 4.99

Paperback. The worst lies are the ones we tell ourselves. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 232 x 155 x 27. Weight in Grams: 502. Very good condition. Minor shelf wear on cover and fading on page edges
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Hachette Books Ireland
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
SKU
KSG0002136
ISBN
9781444704785
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. A compelling story of love, loss and belonging Num Pages: 464 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 132 x 198 x 34. Weight in Grams: 332. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Hachette Books Ireland
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
SKU
KRA0013067
ISBN
9781444744163
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. .
Publisher
Pan Macmillan
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
4th Printing
Condition
New
SKU
V9781447294542
ISBN
9781447294542
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.89

Hardback. Marcia Williams thought she knew her son. She thought he was safe. She was wrong. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 164 x 242 x 27. Weight in Grams: 492. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear. Dustwrapper has some minor edge wear but remains very good
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Pan Macmillan
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KKD0001825
ISBN
9781447294450
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 17.95

Hardback. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 152 x 152. Weight in Grams: 666.
Publisher
Pegasus Books
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781681774435
ISBN
9781681774435
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 18.50

Hardcover. Not far in the future the seas have risen and the central latitudes are emptying but it's still a good time to be rich in San Francisco where weapons drones patrol the skies to keep out the multitudinous poor. This novel is a follow-up to the bestselling debut The Lost Books of the Odyssey. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FJM; FL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 240 x 156. .
Publisher
Jonathan Cape
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9780224098243
ISBN
9780224098243
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 17.47

Paperback. After ten years' journeying Odysseus returns, again and again, to Ithaca. Each time he finds something different: his patient wife Penelope has betrayed him and married; his arrival accelerates time and he watches his family age and die in front of him; and, he walks into an empty house in ruins. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 134 x 16. Weight in Grams: 172.
Publisher
Vintage United Kingdom
Number of pages
240
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099547075
ISBN
9780099547075
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 12.61

Paperback. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 140 x 17. Weight in Grams: 246.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Eschia Books Canada
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9781926696201
ISBN
9781926696201
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 15.10

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