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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
Hardback. In this lively translation of Wang Chen-ho's ribald satire, a Taiwanese village loses all perspective -- and common sense -- at the prospect of fleecing a shipload of lusty and lonely American soldiers. This irreverent novel by one of Taiwan's best-known writers is both a masterpiece of fiction and a vivid reflection of Taiwanese identity and the impact of Western culture. Translator(s): Goldblatt, Howard. Series: Modern Chinese Literature from Taiwan. Num Pages: 212 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 158 x 22. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 212
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231112024
- ISBN
- 9780231112024
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 83.23€ 64.47
€ 83.23
€ 64.47
paperback. Filled with mirages, hallucinations, myths, mental puzzles, and the fantastic, the contemporary experimental fiction of the Chinese avant-garde represents a genre of storytelling unlike any other. This book includes a selection of examples of this school of writing, which gained prominence in the late 1980s. Editor(s): Wang, Jing. Num Pages: 296 pages. BIC Classification: DQ; FA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5983 x 3564 x 22. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822321163
- ISBN
- 9780822321163
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 27.67
€ 30.99
€ 27.67
Paperback. A burned-out private detective is enlisted by an army of presidential goons to retrieve the US Constitution..the real one. Series: P.S. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 181 x 131 x 22. Weight in Grams: 226.
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 304
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780061252051
- ISBN
- 9780061252051
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.76
€ 13.99
€ 11.76
The Last Hangman is a powerful, sparsely written novel that explores, in brutal detail and measured prose, the life of a man who killed for a living. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 209 x 149 x 18. Weight in Grams: 283. Good clean copy
- Condition
- Used, Like New
- Edition
- Main
- Number of pages
- 240
- Publisher
- Atlantic Books United Kingdom
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- SKU
- KSG0015732
- ISBN
- 9780857897497
Paperback
Condition: Used, Like New
€ 10.99€ 4.99
€ 10.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. A stark and violent exploration of an American myth, this is a novel about the doomed gunslinger Billy the Kid. Editor(s): Schmidt, Michael. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 132 x 198 x 20. Weight in Grams: 262.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Head of Zeus
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781784975135
- ISBN
- 9781784975135
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.94
€ 13.99
€ 10.94
Paperback. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (Y) Teenage / Young Adult. Dimension: 191 x 135 x 13. Weight in Grams: 216.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Milkweed Editions United States
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781571310613
- ISBN
- 9781571310613
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 16.67
€ 17.99
€ 16.67
Paperback. A collection of short stories; or one long one. Num Pages: 201 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 10. Weight in Grams: 227.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Zero Books
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781785350030
- ISBN
- 9781785350030
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 18.20
€ 19.99
€ 18.20
Paperback. Landish Druken, son of a Newfoundland sealing captain, is a formidable figure - broader than most doorways, quick-witted and sharp-tongued. He turns his back on family tradition and leaves St John's to head to Princeton University, where he is befriended by 'Van' Vanderluyden, son of the wealthiest man in America. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 194 x 125 x 20. Weight in Grams: 232.
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099572039
- ISBN
- 9780099572039
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.31
€ 11.99
€ 10.31
Paperback. Presents the rivalry between Robert Peary and Frederick Cook to be the first American to reach the North Pole. Its protagonist is Devlin Stead, a young man from St John's, Newfoundland. Devlin's mother dies when he is only five, in mysterious circumstances, and he endures a lonely childhood before discovering the truth about his parentage. Num Pages: 496 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 134 x 33. Weight in Grams: 346.
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 496
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099444893
- ISBN
- 9780099444893
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 9.99€ 9.18
€ 9.99
€ 9.18
Paperback.
- Publisher
- Freight Books
- Number of pages
- 176
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780956613585
- ISBN
- 9780956613585
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 9.95
€ 10.99
€ 9.95
Hardcover. Num Pages: 360 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 167 x 244 x 30. Weight in Grams: 666.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Beaufort Books
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780825307775
- ISBN
- 9780825307775
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 25.88
€ 25.88
hardcover. 304 pages. Young forest ranger Stephanie Harrington and her treecat companion, Climbs Quickly, battle natural forest fires and very human enemies on a pioneer planet. Cateogry: (Y) Teenage / Young Adult. BIC Classification: FA. Dimension: 218 x 150 x 25. Weight: 398.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Baen
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781451638400
- ISBN
- 9781451638400
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 18.92
€ 20.99
€ 18.92
Paperback. Num Pages: 322 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 155 x 229 x 25. Weight in Grams: 360.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Urban Books
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781622869732
- ISBN
- 9781622869732
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 17.96
€ 19.99
€ 17.96
Paperback. Num Pages: 298 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 153 x 27. Weight in Grams: 328.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Kensington Publishing United States
- Number of pages
- 298
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781622869459
- ISBN
- 9781622869459
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 15.66
€ 16.99
€ 15.66
Paperback. Zhou Wei Hui lives in Shanghai and is a graduate of the prestigious Fudan University. Marrying Buddha is her second novel; her first, Shanghai Baby, was an international bestseller. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 16. Weight in Grams: 210.
- Publisher
- Constable and Robinson United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Edition
- 1st Paperback Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845291709
- ISBN
- 9781845291709
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.17
€ 17.17
Paperback. Includes stories wherein: a man is booted out of his home after his wife discovers that the sweat-smudged footprint on the inside of his windscreen doesn't match her own; teenage cousins, drugged by summer, meet with a reckoning in the woods; and, a boy runs off to the carnival after his stepfather bites him in a brawl. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 19. Weight in Grams: 248.
- Publisher
- Granta Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Edition
- First printing of this edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781847081209
- ISBN
- 9781847081209
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.09
€ 17.99
€ 13.09
Hardback.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Baen Books
- Number of pages
- 400
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781451637830
- ISBN
- 9781451637830
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 23.54
€ 26.99
€ 23.54
Paperback. Even though they attend a school of gifted students in New York City, child geniuses Louise Mayer and her twin sister Jillian have always felt alone in the world, isolated by their brilliance. Shortly before their ninth birthday, they make an amazing discovery. They're not alone. Num Pages: 672 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 170 x 104 x 30. Weight in Grams: 272.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Baen
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781476780788
- ISBN
- 9781476780788
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.59
€ 10.59
Paperback. Translator(s): Lovell, Julia. Series: Weatherhead Books on Asia. Num Pages: 184 pages, 6 illus. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 169 x 205 x 16. Weight in Grams: 230.
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231160919
- ISBN
- 9780231160919
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 18.92
€ 24.99
€ 18.92
Hardback. Translator(s): Lovell, Julia. Series: Weatherhead Books on Asia. Num Pages: 184 pages, 6 illus. BIC Classification: FA; FYB; FYT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 218 x 155 x 18. Weight in Grams: 346.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 184
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231160902
- ISBN
- 9780231160902
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 22.43
€ 30.99
€ 22.43
Paperback. Num Pages: 256 pages, black & white illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 315.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Counterpoint
- Edition
- First Trade Paper Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781619021884
- ISBN
- 9781619021884
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 16.91
€ 21.99
€ 16.91
Paperback. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 153 x 229 x 12. Weight in Grams: 254.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Counterpoint United States
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 176
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781582430430
- ISBN
- 9781582430430
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 15.88
€ 17.99
€ 15.88
Paperback. Num Pages: 112 pages, black & white illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 152 x 10. Weight in Grams: 195.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Counterpoint United States
- Number of pages
- 112
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781582434155
- ISBN
- 9781582434155
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 15.38
€ 17.99
€ 15.38
Paperback. Num Pages: 208 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 150 x 15. Weight in Grams: 295.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Shoemaker & Hoard, Div of Avalon Publishing Group Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781593760786
- ISBN
- 9781593760786
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 16.67
€ 18.99
€ 16.67