Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
Paperback. Isao is a young, engaging patriot, and a fanatical believer in the ancient samurai ethos. He turns terrorist, organising a violent plot against the new industrialists, who he believes are threatening the integrity of Japan and usurping the Emperor's rightful power. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 32. Weight in Grams: 306.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Vintage Classics
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780099282891
- ISBN
- 9780099282891
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.80
€ 11.99
€ 10.80
Paperback. Honda, a brilliant lawyer and man of reason, is called to Bangkok on legal business, where he is granted an audience with a young Thai princess - an encounter that radically alters the course of his life. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 133 x 19. Weight in Grams: 240.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Vintage Classics
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780099282792
- ISBN
- 9780099282792
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.21
€ 13.99
€ 11.21
Paperback. Honda, now an aged and wealthy man, discovers and adopts a sixteen-year-old orphan, Toru, as his heir, identifying him with the tragic protagonists of the three previous novels, each of whom died at the age of twenty. Honda raises and educates the boy, yet watches him, waiting. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 148 x 197 x 16. Weight in Grams: 188.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Vintage Classics
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780099284574
- ISBN
- 9780099284574
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.05
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Paperback. A collection of stories, which describes life in Russia before and after the collapse of Communism, and the plight of Russian emigres in the USA in post communist times. It includes characters that are recognisable and bizarre, bewildered but also invigorated by the challenge that everyday life presents - whatever economic system they live under. Translator(s): Moore, Thomas. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 130 x 23. Weight in Grams: 286.
- Publisher
- Peter Owen
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- KTG0007714
- ISBN
- 9780720613001
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. A collection of stories, which describes life in Russia before and after the collapse of Communism, and the plight of Russian emigres in the USA in post communist times. It includes characters that are recognisable and bizarre, bewildered but also invigorated by the challenge that everyday life presents - whatever economic system they live under. Translator(s): Moore, Thomas. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 130 x 23. Weight in Grams: 286.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Peter Owen
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- KTG0007825
- ISBN
- 9780720613001
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. 'The things people inscribe on tombstones, even if only with their breath - erasing those things is what the Redeemer's there for.' Translator(s): Dillman, Lisa. Num Pages: 112 pages. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; FA; FF; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 198 x 10. Weight in Grams: 132.
- Publisher
- And Other Stories
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Tra
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781908276728
- ISBN
- 9781908276728
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.86
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€ 10.86
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
€ 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
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€ 17.04
paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Archipelago United States
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 366
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780981987316
- ISBN
- 9780981987316
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 19.83
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€ 19.83
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€ 17.73
€ 23.99
€ 17.73
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
€ 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
€ 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
€ 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
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Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 9.53
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€ 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
€ 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
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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
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€ 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€ 10.78
€ 13.99
€ 10.78
Paperback. Series: Ravan Writers Series. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 150. Weight in Grams: 200.
- Publisher
- Ravan Press (Pty) Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Edition
- Re-issue
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780869755143
- ISBN
- 9780869755143
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 13.44
€ 13.99
€ 13.44
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
€ 4.99