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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

Paperback. The debut novel that catapulted Clare Morrall on to the Booker shortlist, a compelling and affecting tale of a woman whose longing to have children and for the mother she never knew leads her into serious trouble. . Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 139 x 21. Weight in Grams: 244.
Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton United Kingdom
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9781444780314
ISBN
9781444780314
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.06

Paperback. By the Booker-shortlisted author of Astonishing Splashes of Colour, a wry, poignant novel about a man trying to escape his fame as the boy in his mother's bestselling books. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 22. Weight in Grams: 228.
Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton United Kingdom
Number of pages
336
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9780340994320
ISBN
9780340994320
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.02

Paperback. By the author of Astonishing Splashes of Colour, an ambitious and moving exploration of the lasting impact of the Second World War. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 201 x 131 x 23. Weight in Grams: 260.
Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781444736465
ISBN
9781444736465
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.23

Paperback. The new novel from the Booker-shortlisted author of ASTONISHING SPLASHES OF COLOUR, an absorbing and thought-provoking tale about the impact on a happy family when the husband mysteriously vanishes. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 22. Weight in Grams: 274. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KHN0001861
ISBN
9780340994290
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. The wise, warm story of a woman negotiating her way through life without realising she doesn't understand the rules of the game, by the Booker-shortlisted author of Astonishing Splashes of Colour Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 25. Weight in Grams: 254. Good copy with some shelf wear but overall in a good condition9780752844718
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton General Division
Condition
Used, Good
SKU
KIN0035010
ISBN
9780340896679
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Meet Harry Pickles, aged nine and a bit. Harry is the fastest boy runner in the world, first son of Mo and Pa, and big brother to Daniel. His life is good. He's premier league. At least, that's the way it was before the school trip.. This novel captures the perspective of a confused nine-year-old. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 128 x 22. Weight in Grams: 212. Clean copy with minor shelf wear
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Canongate Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
SKU
KOC0012900
ISBN
9781841956954
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Hardcover. Num Pages: 240 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 240 x 206 x 27. Weight in Grams: 572.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Green Writers Press
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780996897327
ISBN
9780996897327
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 25.60

Paperback. Thirteen of Lispector's most brilliantly conceived stories Translator(s): Pontiero, Giovanni. Series: Texas Pan American Series. Num Pages: 156 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 153 x 13. Weight in Grams: 262.
Publisher
University of Texas Press United States
Number of pages
156
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1984
Condition
New
SKU
V9780292724488
ISBN
9780292724488
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 22.97

Paperback. Features stories ranging from teenagers coming into awareness of their sexual and artistic powers to humdrum housewives whose lives are shattered by unexpected epiphanies to old people who don't know what to do with themselves. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 672 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 129 x 34. Weight in Grams: 468.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141197388
ISBN
9780141197388
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 15.04

Paperback. Despite its apparent spontaneity, this is a work of art, which rearranges language and plays in the gaps between reality and fiction. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 112 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 7. Weight in Grams: 92.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Number of pages
112
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141197364
ISBN
9780141197364
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.23

Paperback. G H, a well-to-do Rio sculptress, enters the room of her maid, which is as clear and white 'as in an insane asylum from which dangerous objects have been removed'. There she sees a cockroach - black, dusty, prehistoric - crawling out of the wardrobe and, panicking, slams the door on it. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 132 x 13. Weight in Grams: 158.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Number of pages
208
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141197357
ISBN
9780141197357
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.04

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
New Directions
Number of pages
167
Condition
New
SKU
V9780811219624
ISBN
9780811219624
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 15.63

paperback. Translator(s): Entrekin, Alison. Num Pages: 220 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 203 x 132 x 15. Weight in Grams: 220.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
New Directions
Condition
New
SKU
9780811220026
ISBN
9780811220026
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 14.52

Paperback. Hana Doda is an ambitious literature student in cosmopolitan Tirana. Mark Doda is a raki-drinking, chain-smoking shepherd, living alone deep in the Albanian mountains. In fact, they are the same person. Hana has become Mark, but what will become of the Sworn Virgin when she moves to America? BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 130 x 40. Weight in Grams: 198.
Publisher
And Other Stories
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
2nd New edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781908276681
ISBN
9781908276681
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.95

Paperback. "Engaging, stirring and hard to put down."--The New York Times Book Review Num Pages: 308 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 133 x 23. Weight in Grams: 414.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Biblioasis Canada
Number of pages
308
Condition
New
SKU
V9781771960014
ISBN
9781771960014
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 18.52

Paperback. An Indo-American Canterbury Tales, by a North American master of short fiction. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: DQ; FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 133 x 15. Weight in Grams: 242.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Biblioasis Canada
Number of pages
200
Condition
New
SKU
V9781926845159
ISBN
9781926845159
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 16.73

Paperback. As war-reporter Martin Crowther arrives in Umbria, still raw from a recent assignment in Africa, and from a failing love affair back home, a storm hits and the sky opens. Things are powerfully on the move inside him too as he comes to the small village of Fontanalba, on a mission to track down two friends from a lifetime ago. Num Pages: 450 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 32. Weight in Grams: 426. 450 pages. As war-reporter Martin Crowther arrives in Umbria, still raw from a recent assignment in Africa, and from a failing love affair back home, a storm hits and the sky opens. Things are powerfully on the move inside him too as he comes to the small village of Fontanalba, on a mission to track down two friends from a lifetime ago. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: FA. Dimension: 198 x 130 x 32. Weight: 430.
Publisher
Alma Publishing Company
Number of pages
450
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9781846881305
ISBN
9781846881305
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 13.35

Paperback. Nature is collapsing. The government doesn't want you to know why. Welcome to 2051 and 600ppm. Num Pages: 243 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 142 x 216 x 19. Weight in Grams: 254.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
John Hunt Publishing
Condition
New
SKU
V9781782799924
ISBN
9781782799924
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 13.37

hardcover. This novel is an amusing, ironic tale of a contemporary Arab village elder, the family and political turmoil that engulf him, and his nightly discussions with an angel who helps him understand how our modern, fractious world got this way. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 221 x 150 x 20. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Bridgeworks United States
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9781882593514
ISBN
9781882593514
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 22.82

paperback. Abou Ben Adhem, a Palestinian, copes by day with village political intrigue, Arab-Israeli violence and his own family turmoil, interspersed with nightly conversations with an angel named Cohen about the roots of mankind's behaviour through the ages. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 206 x 130 x 15. Weight in Grams: 281.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Bridgeworks United States
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9781882593712
ISBN
9781882593712
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 16.13

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