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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

Paperback. Series: New Directions Bibelot. Num Pages: 90 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 178 x 120 x 7. Weight in Grams: 94.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
New Directions Publishing Corporation United States
Number of pages
90
Condition
New
SKU
V9780811212823
ISBN
9780811212823
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 12.83

Hardcover. Num Pages: 168 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
Publisher
Macmillan Collector's Library
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781909621893
ISBN
9781909621893
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.98

Hardcover. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
Publisher
Macmillan Collector's Library
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Reissue
Condition
New
SKU
V9781909621923
ISBN
9781909621923
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.00

Hardcover. Num Pages: 172 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
Publisher
Macmillan Collector's Library
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
New Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781909621909
ISBN
9781909621909
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.00

Leather / fine binding. Series: Leather-Bound Classics. Num Pages: 1392 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DCF; DDS; FA; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 171 x 237 x 74. Weight in Grams: 1924.
Publisher
Canterbury Classics
Publication date
2014
Edition
Lea
Condition
New
SKU
V9781626860988
ISBN
9781626860988
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 38.85

Paperback. In 1831 Nat Turner awaits death in a Virginia jail cell. He is a slave, a preacher, and the leader of the only effective slave revolt in the history of 'that peculiar institution'. This novel is Turner's confession, made to his jailers under the duress of his God. It encompasses the betrayals, cruelties and humiliations that made up slavery. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 133 x 28. Weight in Grams: 308.
Publisher
Vintage United Kingdom
Number of pages
432
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099285564
ISBN
9780099285564
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 19.34

Hardcover. Includes stories that are set in the gruelling camps and sweltering training fields that marked the limbo point between civilian life and the horrors of war. This collection focuses on young men who, always conscious of the imminence of action, try to maintain their sanity in the wake of their abrupt removalfrom normal life. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 225 x 147 x 20. Weight in Grams: 336.
Publisher
Jonathan Cape
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
KTG0003677
ISBN
9780224087384
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 4.99

paperback. Stingo, an inexperienced 22 year old Southerner, takes us back to the summer of 1947 and a boarding house in a leafy Brooklyn suburb. There, he meets Nathan, a fiery Jewish intellectual; and Sophie, a beautiful and fragile Polish Catholic. Ultimately, he arrives at the dark core of Sophie's past: her memories of pre-war Poland, and her choice. Num Pages: 656 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 34. Weight in Grams: 480.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Vintage Classics
Condition
New
SKU
9780099470441
ISBN
9780099470441
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 12.99
€ 11.14

Paperback. Series: Penguin Essentials. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 181 x 111. .
Publisher
Penguin
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Edition
01st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780241981207
ISBN
9780241981207
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.29

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
John Hunt Publishing
Number of pages
100
Condition
New
SKU
V9781780999944
ISBN
9781780999944
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.31

Paperback. It is a story of language and love. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. Weight in Grams: 280.
Publisher
Legend Press Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781785079740
ISBN
9781785079740
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.98

Paperback. The Quintons have lived in the old house in Cork for hundreds of years. Though Anglo-Irish Protestant, they sympathize with the cause of independence and secretly fund Michael Collins' fighters. But one of their workers is an informer, and when he's murdered on their land, though they know nothing of it, the Black and Tans come seeking revenge. Series: William Trevor Backlist Novels. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 12. Weight in Grams: 164.
Publisher
Penguin
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9780241969496
ISBN
9780241969496
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.00

Paperback. 'You're beautiful,' Johnny told her. So, full of hope, seventeen-year-old Felicia crosses the Irish Sea to England to find her lover and tell him she is pregnant. Desperately searching for Johnny in the bleak post-industrial Midlands, she is instead found by Mr Hilditch, a strange and lonely man, a collector and befriender of homeless young girls. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 15. Weight in Grams: 156.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Number of pages
224
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141044620
ISBN
9780141044620
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.00

paperback. From the offices of her Love Department, Lady Dolores cures the heartaches of the lonely wives of Wimbledon with inimitable flourish and finesse. When her newest protege, the somewhat naive Edward Blakeston-Smith, is sent on a mission - to learn the secrets of seductive, scheming Septimus Tuam and stop him in his tracks. Series: William Trevor Backlist Novels. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 129 x 18. Weight in Grams: 198.
Publisher
Penguin
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780241969298
ISBN
9780241969298
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.00
€ 16.77

Paperback. Jaraby expects to get the job, but he reckons without the bitterness of Nox, who still remembers the humiliations of his school years. And when Jaraby's son gets into trouble with the law, Nox has the perfect stick with which to beat him. Series: William Trevor Backlist Novels. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 129 x 12. Weight in Grams: 132.
Publisher
Penguin
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780241969250
ISBN
9780241969250
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 14.21

Paperback. Here we encounter a blind piano tuner whose wonderful memories of his first wife are cruelly distorted by his second; a woman in a difficult marriage who must choose between her indignant husband and her closest friend; and two children, survivors of divorce, who mimic their parents' melodramas. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 130 x 15. Weight in Grams: 158.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Number of pages
224
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Edition
Revised ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140258349
ISBN
9780140258349
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.02

Paperback. William Bird has always taken in boarders who are on the fringes of society: the petty conman, the immigrant who's never been able to fit in, the blustering officer who really doesn't know what's what , and the just plain lonely. He's built a unique place with a unique atmosphere. Series: William Trevor Backlist Novels. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 138 x 18. Weight in Grams: 198.
Publisher
Penguin
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780241969274
ISBN
9780241969274
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.00
€ 16.77

Paperback. William Trevor is one of the most renowned figures in contemporary literature, described as 'the greatest living writer of short stories in the English language' by the New Yorker and acclaimed for his haunting and profound insights into the human heart. This title offers a collection of his short fiction. Num Pages: 1280 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 158 x 52. Weight in Grams: 1224.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Number of pages
1280
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140232455
ISBN
9780140232455
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 16.65

Paperback. A title in which, a waiter divulges a shocking life of crime to his ex-wife; a woman repeats the story of her parents' unstable marriage after a horrible tragedy; a schoolgirl regrets gossiping about the cuckolded man who tutors her; and, a middle-aged accountant offers his reasons for ending a love affair. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 17. Weight in Grams: 178.
Edition
First Penguin Edition
Publisher
Penguin
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141017099
ISBN
9780141017099
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.00
€ 16.79

Paperback. Summer, 1921. Eight-year-old Lucy Gault clings to glens and woods above Lahardane - the home her family is being forced to abandon. She knows Gaults are no longer welcome in Ireland and that danger threatens. Lucy, however, is headstrong and decides that somehow she must force her parents into staying. But the path she chooses ends in disaster. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 16. Weight in Grams: 176.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141044606
ISBN
9780141044606
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.02

Paperback. An Irish country girl is trapped in a loveless marriage with an older man, but finds release through secret meetings with a man who shares her passion for Russian novels. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 25. Weight in Grams: 272.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Number of pages
384
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Edition
Reissue
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141044613
ISBN
9780141044613
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.00

Hardcover.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd London
Number of pages
1
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140957860
ISBN
9780140957860
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 71.30
€ 54.12

Paperback. It is summer and a stranger has come to quiet Rathmoye. He is noticed by Ellie, the young convent girl, who is married to Dillahan, a farmer still mourning his first wife. Over the long and warm days, Ellie and the stranger form an illicit attachment. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 133 x 15. Weight in Grams: 164.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141042190
ISBN
9780141042190
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.02

Paperback. Suitable for those who enjoyed "The Story of Lucy Gault" and "Love and Summer", this title deals with themes of missed opportunities, the inevitability of change and the powerful but fragmentary quality of our memories. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 15. Weight in Grams: 168 231pp. The paperback edition of the latest excellent collection of short stories from one of the great Masters of the genre.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd London
Condition
New
SKU
9780141032450
ISBN
9780141032450
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.38

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