Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
Hardback. These twelve stories represent the best work of respected "nativist" writer Cheng Ch'ing-wen and encompass his major themes: the tensions between men and women, parents and children, city and village, tradition and modernity. Series: Modern Chinese Literature from Taiwan. Num Pages: 240 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 23. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231113861
- ISBN
- 9780231113861
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 98.79€ 74.45
€ 98.79
€ 74.45
Paperback. This story is based on John B. Keane's popular play "The Field". "The Field" centres around a boundary dispute and murder in County Kerry, inspired by Jim Sheridan. Series: Ireland into Film S. Num Pages: 86 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: APF; FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 189 x 136 x 6. Weight in Grams: 135.
- Publisher
- Cork University Press Cork
- Number of pages
- 86
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Edition
- illustrated edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781859182925
- ISBN
- 9781859182925
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.64
€ 10.64
Hardback. A young woman rises in the glitzy, moneyed city of Singapore, where old traditions clash with heady modern materialism. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 165 x 237 x 35. Weight in Grams: 480.
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers Inc
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780062448965
- ISBN
- 9780062448965
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 22.91
€ 26.99
€ 22.91
Paperback. A searing and luminous novel of a family's grief after unexpected loss, from the author of the huge bestseller Wild. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 131 x 29. Weight in Grams: 314.
- Publisher
- Atlantic Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781782395379
- ISBN
- 9781782395379
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 9.90
€ 11.99
€ 9.90
Paperback. Reassembles the Charles W Chesnutt's work in the conjure tale genre. This work allows the reader to see how the original volume was created, how an African American author negotiated with the tastes of the dominant literary culture of the late nineteenth century, and how that culture both promoted and delimited his work. Num Pages: 216 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 143 x 15. Weight in Grams: 340.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822313878
- ISBN
- 9780822313878
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.05
€ 27.05
Paperback. Paperback, black spine. 206pp
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Publisher
- Brandon / Mount Eagle Publications Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- SKU
- KON0821133
- ISBN
- 9780863222047
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Hardcover.
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Publisher
- Brandon / Mount Eagle Publications Ltd Kerry
- Number of pages
- 288
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- SKU
- KEX0198336
- ISBN
- 9780863223273
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Clean copy
- Condition
- Used, Like New
- Publisher
- Brandon / Mount Eagle Publications Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- SKU
- KEX0220135
- ISBN
- 9780863222047
Paperback
Condition: Used, Like New
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Clean copy
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- Brandon / Mount Eagle Publications Ltd
- Condition
- Used, Like New
- SKU
- KEX0220376
- ISBN
- 9780863222047
Paperback
Condition: Used, Like New
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Hardcover.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Brandon / Mount Eagle Publications Ltd Kerry
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- Used, Good
- SKU
- KLN0015815
- ISBN
- 9780863223273
Hardback
Condition: Used, Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Hardcover.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Brandon / Mount Eagle Publications Ltd Kerry
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- Used, Good
- SKU
- KLN0016126
- ISBN
- 9780863223273
Hardback
Condition: Used, Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Hardcover. Clean copy
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Brandon / Mount Eagle Publications Ltd Kerry
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- Used, Like New
- SKU
- KEX0220145
- ISBN
- 9780863223273
Hardback
Condition: Used, Like New
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback.
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Publisher
- Black Swan
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- SKU
- KNW0008637
- ISBN
- 9780552773867
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 5.49
€ 5.49
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Rupa & Co India
- Edition
- 2014th Edition
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9788129135537
- ISBN
- 9788129135537
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 9.99€ 9.18
€ 9.99
€ 9.18
Paperback. At the end of the twentieth-century an old woman sits among the birch trees and thinks back over her life, her loves, and the joys and tragedies that have befallen her family and her people. She is a member of the Evenki tribe who wander the remote forests of north-eastern China with their herds of reindeer. Translator(s): Humes, Bruce. Num Pages: 320 pages, Illustration (black and white). BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 25. Weight in Grams: 232.
- Publisher
- Vintage United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 304
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099555650
- ISBN
- 9780099555650
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.95
€ 13.99
€ 10.95
Paperback. Seventeen-year-old Abike Johnson is the favourite child of her wealthy father. A world away from Abike's mansion, in the city's slums, lives a seventeen-year-old hawker struggling to make sense of the world. When Abike buys ice cream from him one day, they strike up an unlikely and tentative romance, defying the prejudices of Nigerian society. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 127 x 19. Weight in Grams: 236.
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Number of pages
- 304
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780571268917
- ISBN
- 9780571268917
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.53
€ 13.99
€ 10.53
Paperback. Mma has just buried her mother, and now she is alone. She has been left everything. But she's also inherited her mother's bad name. A bold, brash woman, the only thing her mother refused to discuss was her past. Why did she flee her family and bring her daughter to a new town when she was a baby? What was she escaping from? Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 214 x 137 x 20. Weight in Grams: 296.
- Publisher
- Vintage United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 272
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780224093835
- ISBN
- 9780224093835
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 16.69
€ 20.99
€ 16.69
Paperback. Sisi, Ama, Efe and Joyce are prostitutes, the girls who stand in the windows of the red-light district, promising to make men's dreams come true - if only for half an hour and fifty euros. The murder of Sisi, the most enigmatic of the women, shatters their already fragile world. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 19. Weight in Grams: 216.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 01st Edition
- SKU
- 9780099523949
- ISBN
- 9780099523949
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 9.92
€ 13.99
€ 9.92
Paperback. SHORTLISTED FOR THE BAILEY'S WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTION 2014. From the award-winning author of 'Half of a Yellow Sun,' a powerful story of love, race and identity. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: 1HFDN; 1KBB; FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 128 x 32. Weight in Grams: 348.
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780007356348
- ISBN
- 9780007356348
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.58
€ 13.99
€ 10.58
Paperback. The limits of fifteen-year-old Kambili's world are defined by the high walls of her family estate and the dictates of her fanatically religious father. Her life is regulated by schedules: prayer, sleep, study, prayer. Num Pages: 336 pages, port. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 131 x 22. Weight in Grams: 238.
- Edition
- 01st Edition
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780007189885
- ISBN
- 9780007189885
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 9.83
€ 11.99
€ 9.83
Paperback. From the Orange Prize-winning author of 'Half of a Yellow Sun' come twelve dazzling stories that turn a penetrating eye on the ties that bind men and women, parents and children, Nigeria and the West. Num Pages: 300 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 16. Weight in Grams: 176.
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Number of pages
- 300
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Edition
- 01st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780007306213
- ISBN
- 9780007306213
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.50
€ 13.99
€ 10.50
Paperback. Venture into the Railsea - an epic journey for readers of all ages. Num Pages: 384 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: FA; FM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 30. Weight in Grams: 280.
- Publisher
- Pan Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 384
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- Main Market Ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781447213673
- ISBN
- 9781447213673
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.79
€ 13.99
€ 10.79
Paperback. A dark urban fantasy thriller from one of the all-time masters of the genre Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 28. Weight in Grams: 358.
- Publisher
- Pan Publishing
- Number of pages
- 400
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- Main Market
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780330492324
- ISBN
- 9780330492324
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.56
€ 14.99
€ 11.56
Paperback. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 178 x 220 x 23. Weight in Grams: 242.
- Publisher
- Granta Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 01st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781847088383
- ISBN
- 9781847088383
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 9.87
€ 11.99
€ 9.87