Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
hardcover. This translation introduces English-language audiences to Kourouma's irreverent view of the machinations of the African dictators who played the West against the East during the 30 years of the cold war. Translator(s): Coates, Carrol F. Series: CARAF Books: Caribbean and African Literature Translated from French. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1H; 2ADF; FA; HBJH; HBLW; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 27. Weight in Grams: 608.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813920221
- ISBN
- 9780813920221
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 43.99€ 43.00
€ 43.99
€ 43.00
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Carcanet Press Ltd.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781905583720
- ISBN
- 9781905583720
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 14.44
€ 15.99
€ 14.44
Paperback. A new paperback edition of the eye-opening and refreshingly original debut novel from an emerging Egyptian writer Translator(s): Davies, Humphrey. Series: Modern Arabic Literature (Paperback). Num Pages: 131 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 124 x 10. Weight in Grams: 181.
- Publisher
- The American University in Cairo Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Edition
- 2nd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789774163098
- ISBN
- 9789774163098
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 17.06
€ 18.99
€ 17.06
paperback. The author narrates the political career of Dr Salman Khan who, from his position as Minister of Education in the South African Cabinet, is transferred to the Prison Services Portfolio. This 'fall' sets in motion a train of events. Num Pages: 156 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 154 x 234 x 13. Weight in Grams: 252.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Picador Africa South Africa
- Number of pages
- 156
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780958470865
- ISBN
- 9780958470865
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.41
€ 11.41
Paperback. A dark, seductive and existential page-turner from one of Turkey's bestselling and most significant writers Translator(s): Dawe, Alexander Amadeus. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 198 x 27. Weight in Grams: 262.
- Publisher
- Canongate
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781782112617
- ISBN
- 9781782112617
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 9.90
€ 11.99
€ 9.90
Paperback. Tells the story of the misadventures of Hayri Irdals, an unforgettable antihero who, along with an eccentric cast of characters (a television mystic, a pharmacist who dabbles in alchemy, a dignitary from the lost Ottoman empire, the "life-artist" Halit), founds The Time Regulation Institute. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 127 x 25. Weight in Grams: 320.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Number of pages
- 464
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141195759
- ISBN
- 9780141195759
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 11.82
€ 15.99
€ 11.82
Paperback. Num Pages: 266 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 140 x 19. Weight in Grams: 230.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Strebor Books
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781593096120
- ISBN
- 9781593096120
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 15.27
€ 16.99
€ 15.27
Paperback. A tragic love story set against the backdrop of the Cultural Revolution, and a major film from the director of House of Flying Daggers Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 190 x 118 x 23. Weight in Grams: 292.
- Publisher
- Virago
- Number of pages
- 368
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781844087037
- ISBN
- 9781844087037
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 9.51
€ 10.99
€ 9.51
Paperback. Num Pages: 280 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Head of Zeus
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781786695208
- ISBN
- 9781786695208
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 12.99€ 10.58
€ 12.99
€ 10.58
Hardcover. These twelve masterful short stories are by one of Ireland's leading practitioners of the art. This gathering marks a welcome return of a major voice in Irish literature, unpublished since the 1990s. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
- Publisher
- The Lilliput Press Ltd Ireland
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781843516415
- ISBN
- 9781843516415
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 18.56
€ 19.99
€ 18.56
Paperback. Series: Open Door S. Num Pages: 120 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (LA) ELT advanced. Dimension: 113 x 178 x 13. Weight in Grams: 126. 151pp
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- New Island Books
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781848401006
- ISBN
- 9781848401006
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 9.61
€ 9.61
Paperback. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 213 x 137 x 15. Weight in Grams: 227.
- Publisher
- Arlen House
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781851320479
- ISBN
- 9781851320479
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.00
€ 15.00
Paperback. Num Pages: 318 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 203 x 21. Weight in Grams: 370. Greetings, Hero is the ironic, smart and tender debut of Irish writer Aiden O'Reilly. Features love, betrayal, alienation and DIY
- Publisher
- Honest Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780957142756
- ISBN
- 9780957142756
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.00€ 13.01
€ 15.00
€ 13.01
Paperback. Translator(s): Hartman, Michelle. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 204 x 136 x 10. Weight in Grams: 182.
- Publisher
- Interlink Pub Group
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- Tra
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781566569620
- ISBN
- 9781566569620
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 14.78
€ 16.99
€ 14.78
Paperback. When Mona Gray is ten, her father contracts a mysterious illness. When she becomes a maths teacher, Mona delights her pupils by encouraging them to find objects that take the form of numbers. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 136 x 199 x 17. Weight in Grams: 192. Clean copy
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Publisher
- Windmill Books London
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- SKU
- KEX0245656
- ISBN
- 9780099558521
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. On the eve of her ninth birthday, Rose Edelstein bites into her mother's homemade lemon-chocolate cake and discovers she has a magical gift: she can taste her mother's emotions in the slice. All at once her cheerful, can-do mother tastes of despair and desperation. Suddenly, and for the rest of her life, food becomes perilous. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 168 x 21. Weight in Grams: 238.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Cornerstone
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099538264
- ISBN
- 9780099538264
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.00
€ 13.99
€ 11.00
Paperback. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 180 x 129 x 12. Weight in Grams: 140.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- New Directions Publishing Corporation United States
- Number of pages
- 144
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780811217422
- ISBN
- 9780811217422
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 15.07
€ 16.99
€ 15.07
paperback. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 177 x 129 x 12. Weight in Grams: 160.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- New Directions United States
- Number of pages
- 128
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780811219112
- ISBN
- 9780811219112
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 16.07
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Paperback. Num Pages: 88 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 178 x 128 x 6. Weight in Grams: 100.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- New Directions Publishing Corporation United States
- Number of pages
- 88
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780811219990
- ISBN
- 9780811219990
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 13.36
€ 14.99
€ 13.36
Paperback. Three girls chase their dreams through the glittering playgrounds of the super-rich: imagine the characters of Louise Bagshawe in the world of Jackie Collins Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 137 x 30. Weight in Grams: 382. 416 pages. Three girls chase their dreams through the glittering playgrounds of the super-rich: imagine the characters of Louise Bagshawe in the world of Jackie Collins. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: FA. Dimension: 197 x 137 x 30. Weight: 382.
- Publisher
- Atlantic Books
- Number of pages
- 416
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781848876637
- ISBN
- 9781848876637
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 9.20
€ 10.99
€ 9.20
Paperback. Ram Karan, a corrupt official in the Delhi school system, lives in one of the city's slums with his widowed daughter and his eight-year-old granddaughter. Bumbling, contradictory, sad, Ram is a man corroded by a guilty secret. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 129 x 21. Weight in Grams: 226.
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780571313594
- ISBN
- 9780571313594
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.78
€ 13.99
€ 10.78
Paperback. For eight-year-old Ajay and his older brother Birju, life in Dehli in the late 1970s follows a comfortable, predictable routine: bathing on the roof, queuing for milk, playing cricket in the street. Yet, everything changes when their father finds a job in America - a land of carpets and elevators, swimsuits and hot water on tap. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 130 x 19. Weight in Grams: 180.
- Edition
- Main
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780571224548
- ISBN
- 9780571224548
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.75
€ 13.99
€ 10.75
hardcover. Named one of the Ten Best Books of 2014 by the New York Times Book Review and New York Magazine "Gorgeously tender at its core beautiful, heartstopping Family Life really blazes." Sonali Deraniyagala, New York Times Book Review" Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 218 x 149 x 22. Weight in Grams: 370.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- WW Norton United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1. Ausgabe.
- SKU
- V9780393060058
- ISBN
- 9780393060058
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 23.66
€ 25.99
€ 23.66
Paperback. Hiroshima and Nagasaki have been destroyed. Japan is in ruins and occupied by the Americans. Takuya, an ex-officer in the Imperial Army, has returned to his native village only to learn that the Occupation authorities are intensifying their efforts to apprehend suspected war criminals. And those who are found guilty are being sentenced to death. Translator(s): Ealey, Mark. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 132 x 198 x 18. Weight in Grams: 203.
- Publisher
- Canongate Books Edinburgh
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781841954790
- ISBN
- 9781841954790
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.71
€ 13.99
€ 10.71