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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

Paperback. A collection of twenty stories that are both melancholy and funny, farce and fantasy. It charts the struggles of an Italian peasant to reconcile country habits with urban life, combining comical disasters with a surrealistic view of city life through the eyes of an outsider. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 10. Weight in Grams: 114.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Vintage Digital
Condition
New
SKU
9780099428541
ISBN
9780099428541
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 12.99
€ 10.25

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Focus Publishing/R Pullins & Co
Edition
Student
Condition
New
SKU
V9781585101535
ISBN
9781585101535
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 21.87

Paperback. An explicitly sexual, lustful novel about a fevered love affair between a married man and a single woman Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 139 x 16. Weight in Grams: 228.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group United Kingdom
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9781844084456
ISBN
9781844084456
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.05

Paperback. This is the story of Thelma, from childhood to adulthood, and her return to England from Canada to study law at Oxford. Through sexual abuse, anorexia and borderline multiple personality disorder, Thelma retains her spirit, wit and imagination. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 130 x 10. Weight in Grams: 214.
Publisher
Vintage/Ebury (a Division of Random
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099286585
ISBN
9780099286585
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.95

Paperback. In Thatcher's London, Lilly, a white Muslim nurse, struggles in a state of invisible exile. As Ethiopian refugees gradually fill the flats of the housing estate where she lives, Lilly tentatively begins to share with them her longing for the home she herself once had in Africa and her heartbreaking search for her missing lover. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 129 x 29. Weight in Grams: 302.
Publisher
Vintage
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099499190
ISBN
9780099499190
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.72

Paperback. Surreal, ambitious, and exquisitely conceived, THE DOLL'S ALPHABET is a collection of stories in the tradition of Angela Carter and Margaret Atwood. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 197 x 17. Weight in Grams: 256.
Publisher
Fitzcarraldo Editions
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781910695371
ISBN
9781910695371
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 11.48

Hardback.
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton
Number of pages
528
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
KLN0018802
ISBN
9780340922590
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 5.49

Paperback. IN ONE MOMENT THE HORROR BECOMES YOUR LIFE. IT'S NOT JUST IN THE PAPERS ANYMORE, IT'S ON YOUR HANDS. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 131 x 15. Weight in Grams: 176. Used paperback, in very good condition. Some shelf wear.
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
KRF0037663
ISBN
9780007241729
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Abandoned by her mother with only some cash, her birth certificate and the rucksack on her back, a young woman named Maren sets off on a long journey of self-discovery. She doesn't blame her mother for leaving, she's only too aware of the trail of pain and tragedy that lies in her wake, following her like a ghost. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 196 x 22. Weight in Grams: 218.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781405916264
ISBN
9781405916264
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 11.84

Paperback. Num Pages: 334 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
Publisher
Amazon Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781503939974
ISBN
9781503939974
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 14.96

Paperback. An unconventional young woman. A haunted young man. A forbidden instrument. Can the love of music bring them together .. or will it tear them apart? Num Pages: 352 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: FA; HRCV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 213 x 139 x 25. Weight in Grams: 317.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Zondervan United States
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
SKU
V9780310320357
ISBN
9780310320357
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.74

Paperback. .
Publisher
Other Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781590518328
ISBN
9781590518328
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 14.32

Paperback. Num Pages: 284 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 141 x 209 x 21. Weight in Grams: 294.
Publisher
Amazon Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781503941618
ISBN
9781503941618
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 14.68

Paperback. For 9 years, Adam has been the centre of his mother, Cara's world. And, she has been the centre of his, until the day he disappears. When he is found in the woods, beside the body of a girl whom Cara has never heard of before, it feels as if her world has been torn apart. This book presents the story of the tangled bond between mother and child. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 194 x 129 x 20. Weight in Grams: 226.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Penguin Books
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141024981
ISBN
9780141024981
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 19.32

Paperback. A novel about a street in an unnamed city whose inhabitants speculate on the life of a mysterious Madam X. It interweaves their endless suppositions into a work that is at once political parable and surreal fantasia. Translator(s): Gernant, Karen; Chen, Zeping. Series: The Margellos World Republic of Letters. Num Pages: 352 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 192 x 130 x 19. Weight in Grams: 330.
Publisher
Yale University Press United States
Number of pages
352
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
Rep Tra
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300167962
ISBN
9780300167962
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 16.14

Paperback. From the sensational Chinese author who has been called "a new world master," a Kafkaesque novel set in a fictional Western nation Translator(s): Wasmoen, Annelise Finegan. Series: The Margellos World Republic of Letters. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 197 x 23. Weight in Grams: 346.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Yale University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300153323
ISBN
9780300153323
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 18.82

Paperback. * A fabulous novel based on the true story of Valaida Snow, the black female jazz trumpeter of the 20s and 30s. This is an exhilarating debut from a former Hollywood scriptwriter. Num Pages: 512 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 127 x 35. Weight in Grams: 348.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group
Edition
New edition
Number of pages
512
Condition
New
SKU
V9781844081721
ISBN
9781844081721
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.46

Paperback. * In her wonderfully witty fifth novel, bestselling author Candace Bushnell tells the stories of five women living in Manhattan's swankiest apartment building Num Pages: 480 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 128 x 31. Weight in Grams: 328. Clean copy in good condition. Some shelf wear.
Condition
Used, Good
Publisher
Abacus
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
SKU
KRF0008990
ISBN
9780349119540
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. * The sexy new novel from Candace Bushnell, full of her trademark wit and observation. Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 125 x 31. Weight in Grams: 304.
Condition
Used, Good
Publisher
Abacus
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
SKU
KLN0016053
ISBN
9780349115696
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Used paperback, in very good condition. Some shelf wear.
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Abacus
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
SKU
KRF0038042
ISBN
9780349121581
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

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