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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
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€ 11.76
€ 13.99
€ 11.76
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€ 10.74
€ 13.99
€ 10.74
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€ 10.81
€ 13.99
€ 10.81
Paperback. An evocative historical novel with a sting in the tail, Shipwrecks is a powerful and deeply moving Japanese classic Translator(s): Ealey, Mark. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FJH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 126 x 11. Weight in Grams: 124. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Canongate Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Edition
- Main
- Number of pages
- 160
- SKU
- KKD0006098
- ISBN
- 9781841952215
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 17.95
€ 17.95
Paperback. A hugely original anthology of imaginative fiction edited by bestselling authors Neil Gaiman and Al Sarrantonio Num Pages: 512 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 129 x 32. Weight in Grams: 412.
- Edition
- 01st Edition
- Publisher
- Headline Publishing Group
- Number of pages
- 512
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780755336623
- ISBN
- 9780755336623
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.76
€ 13.99
€ 11.76
Paperback. Translator(s): Shalaby, Amany. Num Pages: 316 pages. BIC Classification: BGX; FA; FW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 201 x 134 x 28. Weight in Grams: 324.
- Publisher
- Blue Dome Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781935295600
- ISBN
- 9781935295600
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.12
€ 13.99
€ 11.12
Paperback. The new book from Alaa Al Aswany, author of the international bestseller 'The Yacoubian Building' and 'Chicago'. Translator(s): Davies, Humphrey. Num Pages: 300 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 121 x 16. Weight in Grams: 174.
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Number of pages
- 300
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780007314515
- ISBN
- 9780007314515
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.73
€ 13.99
€ 10.73
Paperback. From the bestselling author of The Yacoubian Building comes a novel bursting at the seams with Egyptian life 'Among the best writers in the Middle East today .. Al Aswany has his own magic' Guardian Translator(s): Harris, Russell. Num Pages: 480 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 153 x 33. Weight in Grams: 620.
- Publisher
- Canongate Books Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780857862204
- ISBN
- 9780857862204
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 14.77
€ 21.99
€ 14.77
Paperback. From the bestselling author of The Yacoubian Building comes a novel bursting at the seams with Egyptian life Translator(s): Harris, Russell. Num Pages: 480 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 198 x 2. Weight in Grams: 322.
- Publisher
- Canongate Books Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780857862211
- ISBN
- 9780857862211
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.76
€ 13.99
€ 11.76
Paperback. Series: American Literature Series. Num Pages: 120 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 178 x 129 x 10. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- DALKEY ARCHIVE PRESS
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781564784810
- ISBN
- 9781564784810
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 9.99€ 6.23
€ 9.99
€ 6.23
Paperback. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 130 x 17. Weight in Grams: 172.
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780241962138
- ISBN
- 9780241962138
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.76
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€ 11.76
Paperback. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 139 x 250 x 18. Weight in Grams: 246.
- Publisher
- Europa Editions
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781609453534
- ISBN
- 9781609453534
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 11.57
€ 15.99
€ 11.57
Paperback. Offers an account of a Black dandy trying to cut it in Paris. Translator(s): Ardizzone, Sarah. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 129 x 18. Weight in Grams: 226.
- Publisher
- Profile Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 224
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781846687778
- ISBN
- 9781846687778
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.95
€ 13.99
€ 10.95
Paperback. Broken Glass is a Congolese riff on European classics from the most notable Francophone African writer of his generation. Translator(s): Stevenson, Helen. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 139 x 13. Weight in Grams: 152.
- Publisher
- Profile Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 176
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781846688157
- ISBN
- 9781846688157
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.76
€ 13.99
€ 11.76
Paperback. Michel is ten years old, living in Pointe Noire, Congo, in the 1970s. His mother sells peanuts at the market, his father works at the Victory Palace Hotel, and brings home books left behind by the white guests. Planes cross the sky overhead, and Michel and his friend Lounes dream about the countries where they'll land. Translator(s): Stevenson, Helen. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 138 x 26. Weight in Grams: 274.
- Publisher
- Profile Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 352
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781846685842
- ISBN
- 9781846685842
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 12.61
€ 15.99
€ 12.61
Paperback. Series: Serpent's Tail Classics. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
- Publisher
- Profile Books Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- Main - Classic ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781781257876
- ISBN
- 9781781257876
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.19
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Paperback.
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 168
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253007919
- ISBN
- 9780253007919
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 17.63
€ 17.99
€ 17.63
Paperback. Includes the full French text, accompanied by French-English vocabulary. Notes and a detailed introduction in English put the work in its social and historical context. Editor(s): Garnham, B.G. Num Pages: 144 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UF) Further/Higher Education; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 199 x 132 x 8. Weight in Grams: 164.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1969
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1 New
- Number of pages
- 144
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415078597
- ISBN
- 9780415078597
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 56.18
€ 56.18
Paperback. Editor(s): Yentob, Alan. Num Pages: 116 pages. BIC Classification: DQ; FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 111 x 171 x 12. Weight in Grams: 122.
- Publisher
- Comma Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781905583676
- ISBN
- 9781905583676
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.44
€ 11.44
Paperback. Mrs Donaldson is a conventional middle-class woman beached on the shores of widowhood after a marriage that had been much like many others: happy to begin with, then satisfactory and finally dull. But when she decides to take in two lodgers, her mundane life becomes much more stimulating. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 178 x 111 x 14. Weight in Grams: 136.
- Edition
- Main
- Publisher
- Profile Books
- Number of pages
- 192
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781846685262
- ISBN
- 9781846685262
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.15
€ 11.99
€ 10.15