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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
Paperback. Obi Okonkwo is an idealistic young man who has now returned to Nigeria for a job in the civil service. However in his new role he finds that the way of government seems to be corruption. Obi manages to resist the bribes offered to him, but when he falls in love with an unsuitable girl, he sinks further into emotional and financial turmoil. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 9. Weight in Grams: 114.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141191553
- ISBN
- 9780141191553
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.05
€ 13.99
€ 11.05
Paperback. Chris, Ikem and Beatrice are like-minded friends working under the military regime of His Excellency, the Sandhurst-educated President of Kangan. In the pressurized atmosphere of oppression and intimidation they are simply trying to live and love, and remain friends. But in a world where each day brings a new betrayal, hope is hard to cling on to. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 18. Weight in Grams: 180.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 240
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141186900
- ISBN
- 9780141186900
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.08
€ 13.99
€ 11.08
Paperback. As Minister for Culture, the Honourable M A Nanga is 'a man of the people', as cynical as he is charming, and a roguish opportunist. This work deals with modern African history. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 128 x 10. Weight in Grams: 126.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141186894
- ISBN
- 9780141186894
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.05
€ 13.99
€ 11.05
Hardcover. One of a series of fiction titles for schools. Okonkwo, a man of the Ibo tribe in Nigeria at the end of the last century, is a person of substance, character and promise, but he and his people are doomed to be destroyed - both from within the tribe and by the arrival of the white man. Series: New Windmills. Num Pages: 192 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: FA; YFB; YQEF. Category: (E) Primary & Secondary Education. Dimension: 187 x 130 x 14. Weight in Grams: 250.
- Publisher
- Pearson Education Limited
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1971
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780435121624
- ISBN
- 9780435121624
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 22.24
€ 22.24
Hardback. Includes "Things Fall Apart", "No Longer at Ease", and "Arrow of God". In "Things Fall Apart" the individual tragedy of Okonkwo, 'strong man' and tribal elder in the Nigeria of the 1890s is intertwined with the transformation of traditional Igbo society under the impact of Christianity and colonialism. Num Pages: 536 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 129 x 36. Weight in Grams: 578.
- Publisher
- Everyman Paperback Classics
- Number of pages
- 536
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781841593272
- ISBN
- 9781841593272
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 18.94
€ 26.99
€ 18.94
Paperback. Ezeulu, headstrong chief priest of the god Ulu, is worshipped by the six villages of Umuaro. But he is beginning to find his authority increasingly under threat - from his rivals in the tribe, from those in the white government and even from his own family. Yet he still feels he must be untouchable - surely he is an arrow in the bow of his God? Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 129 x 15. Weight in Grams: 182.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 240
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141191560
- ISBN
- 9780141191560
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.08
€ 13.99
€ 11.08
Paperback. This anthology of 20 stories are from all over Africa, grouped geographically into four different sections - West, East, North and Southern Africa. Editor(s): Achebe, Chinua; Innes, C. L. Series: Heinemann African Writers Series. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: DQ; FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 132 x 11. Weight in Grams: 160.
- Publisher
- Pearson Education Limited United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 176
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1987
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780435905361
- ISBN
- 9780435905361
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.31
€ 17.31
Paperback. 'Things Fall Apart' tells the story of Okonkwo, an important man in the Igbo tribe in the days when white men were first on the scene. Okonkwo becomes exiled from his tribe, as a result of his pride and his fears, with tragic consequences. Series: Heinemann African Writers Series: Classics. Num Pages: 184 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 202 x 130 x 12. Weight in Grams: 158.
- Publisher
- Heinemann
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780435913502
- ISBN
- 9780435913502
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.23
€ 17.23
Paperback. This novel about Nigeria prophesied the 1983 coup. Series: Heinemann African Writers Series. Num Pages: 80 pages. BIC Classification: 1HFDN; FA; HBJH; HBLW3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 112 x 214 x 7. Weight in Grams: 60.
- Publisher
- Heinemann
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1984
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780435906986
- ISBN
- 9780435906986
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.25
€ 17.25
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Pearson Education Limited United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 208
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780435905668
- ISBN
- 9780435905668
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.26
€ 17.26
Paperback. Okonkwo is the greatest wrestler and warrior alive, and his fame spreads throughout West Africa like a bush-fire. But when he accidentally kills a clansman, things begin to fall apart. Then Okonkwo returns from exile to find missionaries and colonial governors have arrived in the village. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 129 x 11. Weight in Grams: 136.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 01st Edition
- SKU
- 9780141186887
- ISBN
- 9780141186887
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.14
€ 13.99
€ 11.14
Paperback. Okonowo is the greatest warrior alive and he is one of the powerful men of his clan. But he also has a fiery temper. Determined not to be like his father, he refuses to show his weakness. When outsiders threaten the traditions of his clan, he takes violent action. Will the great man's pride eventually destroy him? Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 179 x 113 x 15. Weight in Grams: 152.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Penguin Classics
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 01st Edition
- SKU
- 9780141023380
- ISBN
- 9780141023380
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 9.64
€ 11.99
€ 9.64
paperback. Ezeulu, the chief priest of Ulu, has rivals in the tribe, in the white government and even in his own family. Surrounded by trouble, he adopts an increasingly cosmic view of events - surely in the battle of the dieties, he is merely an arrow in the bow of his God? Series: Heinemann African Writers Series. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 13. Weight in Grams: 202. Clean copy with minor shelf wear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1986
- Publisher
- HEINEMANN
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KMK0022456
- ISBN
- 9780435905309
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 5.70
€ 5.70
Paperback. The award-winning author of MISTRESS OF SPICES and SISTER OF MY HEART returns with a luminous novel in her signature style - a tale of family, love, and identity, and the mystical story of a woman caught between two worlds. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 21. Weight in Grams: 226.
- Publisher
- Abacus
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780349119410
- ISBN
- 9780349119410
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.05
€ 13.99
€ 11.05
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Transworld Publishers Ltd United Kingdom
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780552777124
- ISBN
- 9780552777124
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 16.85
€ 20.99
€ 16.85
Paperback. To those customers who visit her Indian spice shop in Oakland, California, Tilo dispenses wisdom and the appropriate spice: coriander for sight, tumeric for wrinkles, and fenugreek to make a rejected wife desirable. However Tilo's powers are conditional - they vanish the moment she falls in love. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 128 x 15. Weight in Grams: 238.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Black Swan
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780552996709
- ISBN
- 9780552996709
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.08
€ 13.99
€ 11.08
Paperback. Tatiana, a young Mexican woman, is adrift in Berlin. Choosing a life of solitude, she takes a job transcribing notes for the reclusive Doktor Weiss. Through him she meets 'an illustrator turned meteorologist' Jonas, a Berliner who has used clouds and the sky's constant shape-shifting as his escape from reality. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 15. Weight in Grams: 170.
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 224
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099539599
- ISBN
- 9780099539599
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.02
€ 13.99
€ 11.02
paperback. Marie's job as a museum guard at the National Gallery in London offers her the life she always wanted, one of invisibility and quiet contemplation. But amid the hushed corridors surge currents of history and violence, paintings whose power belie their own fragility. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 152.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Vintage
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780099572756
- ISBN
- 9780099572756
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.45
€ 11.99
€ 10.45
Hardcover.
- Publisher
- MacLehose Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780857050960
- ISBN
- 9780857050960
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Translator(s): Fulton, Ju-Chan; Fulton, Bruce. Num Pages: 391 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 151 x 14. Weight in Grams: 260.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Dalkey Archive Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781628971019
- ISBN
- 9781628971019
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 6.23
€ 19.99
€ 6.23