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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

Hardcover. This novel renews the Victorian family saga in a modern setting, tracing the history of the Brangwens through several generations. The book was banned when it first appeared in 1915 for its sensuous immediacy and the frankness with which it explores emotional and sexual life. Num Pages: 460 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 213 x 137 x 29. Weight in Grams: 552.
Publisher
Everyman
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1993
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9781857151619
ISBN
9781857151619
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 15.00

Paperback. Num Pages: 110 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 122 x 10. Weight in Grams: 150. Some light shelf wear else as new.
Condition
Used, Like New
Publisher
Hesperus Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
SKU
KTG0007676
ISBN
9781843914198
Paperback
Condition: Used, Like New

€ 4.99

Paperback. Num Pages: 110 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 122 x 10. Weight in Grams: 150.
Publisher
Hesperus Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Condition
New
SKU
KTG0007680
ISBN
9781843914198
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 4.99

Hardback. Constance Chatterley feels trapped in her sexless marriage to the invalid Sir Clifford. Unable to fulfil his wife emotionally or physically, Clifford encourages her to have a liaison with a man of their own class. But Connie is attracted instead to her husband's gamekeeper. Editor(s): Squires, Michael; Poplawski, Paul. Series: Penguin Clothbound Classics. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: D; FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 206 x 136 x 34. Weight in Grams: 526.
Edition
01st Edition
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Number of pages
400
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
9780141192482
ISBN
9780141192482
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 15.29

Paperback. A rollicking, laugh-out-loud funny-novel set to sizzle in summer 2011. Num Pages: 284 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 23. Weight in Grams: 250. Clean copy
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers London
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
SKU
KEX0245532
ISBN
9780007332151
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Is the meaning of life to find the meaning of life? Num Pages: 284 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 232 x 153 x 22. Weight in Grams: 318. Fine copY
Condition
Used, Like New
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Number of pages
284
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
SKU
KST0010930
ISBN
9780007332199
Paperback
Condition: Used, Like New

€ 4.99

Paperback. A rollicking, laugh-out-loud funny-novel set to sizzle in summer 2011. Num Pages: 284 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 23. Weight in Grams: 250. Clean copy in very good condition.
Condition
Used, Like New
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers London
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
SKU
KNH0012019
ISBN
9780007332151
Paperback
Condition: Used, Like New

€ 4.99

Paperback. Is the meaning of life to find the meaning of life? Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 133 x 18. Weight in Grams: 194. Some light shelf wear, else as new
Condition
Used, Like New
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
SKU
KRA0011659
ISBN
9780007332182
Paperback
Condition: Used, Like New

€ 4.99

Paperback. A semi-autobiographical novel that explores the emotional conflicts through the protagonist, Paul Morel, and the suffocating relationships with a demanding mother and two very different lovers. It is a pre-Freudian exploration of love and possessiveness Series Editor(s): Carabine, Dr. Keith. Series: Wordsworth Classics. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 127 x 21. Weight in Grams: 262. Clean copy with some shelfwear. Good to very good
Condition
Used, Very Good
Edition
Reprint
Publisher
Wordsworth Editions
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1992
SKU
KST0032034
ISBN
9781853260476
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. The 'progress' of the modern industrialised world had led to the carnage of the First World War. What, then, did it mean to call ourselves 'human'? What are the definitive forms of our relationships - love, marriage, family, friendship - really worth? Without directly referring to the war, this novel explores these questions. Series Editor(s): Carabine, Dr. Keith. Series: Wordsworth Classics. Num Pages: 464 pages, notes, bibliography. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 25. Weight in Grams: 294. Well read copy, but binding still tight. 508pp.
Condition
Used, Acceptable
Publisher
Wordsworth Editions
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1992
Edition
New edition
SKU
KLN0007979
ISBN
9781853260070
Paperback
Condition: Used, Acceptable

€ 4.99

Paperback. .
Publisher
Random House USA Inc United States
Number of pages
496
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Edition
New edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780375758003
ISBN
9780375758003
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 13.56

Paperback. The 'progress' of the modern industrialised world had led to the carnage of the First World War. What, then, did it mean to call ourselves 'human'? What are the definitive forms of our relationships - love, marriage, family, friendship - really worth? Without directly referring to the war, this novel explores these questions. Series Editor(s): Carabine, Dr. Keith. Series: Wordsworth Classics. Num Pages: 464 pages, notes, bibliography. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 25. Weight in Grams: 294. Used Copy But Remains Readable
Condition
Used, Good
Publisher
Wordsworth Editions
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1992
Edition
New edition
SKU
KDK0015037
ISBN
9781853260070
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. The first novel written in the Yoruba language and one of the first to be written in any African language. Illustrator(s): Onobrakpeya, Bruce. Translator(s): Soyinka, Wole. Num Pages: 153 pages, 6 B&W illustrations. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 133 x 203 x 12. Weight in Grams: 204.
Publisher
City Lights Publishers
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9780872866300
ISBN
9780872866300
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 15.51

Paperback. Bjorn Hansen, a respectable town treasurer, has just turned fifty and is horrified by the thought that chance has ruled his life. Eighteen years ago he left his wife and their two-year-old son for his mistress, who persuaded him to start afresh in a small, provincial town and to dabble in amateur dramatics. Translator(s): Lyngstad, Sverre. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 129 x 18. Weight in Grams: 184.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781784704988
ISBN
9781784704988
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.05

Paperback. It is Christmas Eve, and 55-year-old Professor Pal Andersen is alone, drinking coffee and cognac in his living room. Lost in thought, he looks out of the window and sees a man strangle a woman in the apartment across the street. Professor Andersen fails to report the crime. Translator(s): Langeland, Agnes Scott. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 128 x 11. Weight in Grams: 118.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing United Kingdom
Number of pages
160
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
Translation
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099578420
ISBN
9780099578420
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 14.28

Paperback. Familiar with his students' hostile attitude towards both his lectures and himself, a senior school teacher reaches a decision that forces an assessment of his choice of life, of his marriage and ultimately of his values and worth in modern society. This is a story of a man lost in a world that no longer recognises either him or his talent. Translator(s): Lyngstad, Sverre. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 217 x 135 x 12. Weight in Grams: 184. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Harvill Secker
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KKD0005757
ISBN
9781843432104
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 17.95

Paperback. Familiar with his students' hostile attitude towards both his lectures and himself, a senior school teacher reaches a decision that forces an assessment of his choice of life, of his marriage and ultimately of his values and worth in modern society. This is a story of a man lost in a world that no longer recognises either him or his talent. Translator(s): Lyngstad, Sverre. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 217 x 135 x 12. Weight in Grams: 184. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Harvill Secker
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KKD0005885
ISBN
9781843432104
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 17.95

Paperback. .
Publisher
Parthian Books United Kingdom
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781908946416
ISBN
9781908946416
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 16.00

Paperback. .
Publisher
Parthian Books United Kingdom
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781908946430
ISBN
9781908946430
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 16.00

Paperback. Two boys, both sons of doctors, are sent to the top of a mountain for "re-education" in Mao's China; an education that involves carting buckets of excrement up and down precipitous paths. They discover instead the discreet charm of bourgeois literature and the local tailor's attractive daughter. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 13. Weight in Grams: 130.
Publisher
Vintage
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099286431
ISBN
9780099286431
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.08

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