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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

Paperback. Meursault, his anti-hero, will not lie. When his mother dies, he refuses to show his emotions simply to satisfy the expectations of others. And when he commits a random act of violence on a sun-drenched beach near Algiers, his lack of remorse compounds his guilt in the eyes of society and the law. Yet he is as much a victim as a criminal. Translator(s): Smith, Sandra. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 205 x 146 x 8. Weight in Grams: 102.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Condition
New
SKU
9780141198064
ISBN
9780141198064
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 9.75

Paperback. The townspeople of Oran are in the grip of a deadly plague, which condemns its victims to a swift and horrifying death. Fear, isolation and claustrophobia follow as they are forced into quarantine. This title tells the story of bravery and determination against the precariousness of human existence. Editor(s): Judt, Tony. Translator(s): Buss, Robin. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 256 pages, notes. BIC Classification: FA; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 16. Weight in Grams: 192.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Condition
New
SKU
9780141185132
ISBN
9780141185132
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 12.99
€ 10.45

Paperback. Offers a portrayal of a man who has glimpsed the hollowness of his existence. But beyond depicting one man's disillusionment, this novel exposes the universal human condition and its absurdities - and our innocence that, once lost, can never be recaptured. Editor(s): Buss, Robin. Translator(s): Buss, Robin. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 96 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 194 x 130 x 7. Weight in Grams: 80.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Condition
New
SKU
9780141187945
ISBN
9780141187945
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 9.99
€ 8.97

Paperback. An essay on the nature of human revolt, this book makes a critique of communism, how it had gone wrong behind the Iron Curtain, and the resulting totalitarian regimes. It also questions two events held sacred by the left wing, the French Revolution of 1789 and the Russian Revolution of 1917. Translator(s): Bower, Anthony. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: DNF; FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 130 x 19. Weight in Grams: 202.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Condition
New
SKU
9780141182018
ISBN
9780141182018
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.45

Paperback. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 992 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 42. Weight in Grams: 670.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
992
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141188300
ISBN
9780141188300
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 18.90

Paperback. Translator(s): Goyen, William. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 206 x 137 x 14. Weight in Grams: 214.
Publisher
New Directions Publishing Corporation United States
Number of pages
176
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780811218740
ISBN
9780811218740
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 15.19

Paperback. "First published a Le Daesert, ou la Vie et les Aventures de Jubair Ouali El-Mammi, Paris, Editions Gallimard, 1977, 1989."--Title page verso. Translator(s): Roumani, Judith. Series: Middle East Literature in Translation. Num Pages: 200 pages, 10 black and white illustrations. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 11. Weight in Grams: 277.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Syracuse University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780815610557
ISBN
9780815610557
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 19.69

Paperback. This creepy, paranoid and thrilling novel has become an international bestseller and cult classic Translator(s): Morgan, Cheryl Leah. Series: Canons. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 132 x 198 x 18. Weight in Grams: 182.
Publisher
Canongate Canons
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Main - Canons Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781782117179
ISBN
9781782117179
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.74

Paperback. It is 1914. In the heart of the Belgian Congo, Garvey, a bedraggled British manservant, emerges from the jungle. He is the lone survivor of a mining expedition. With him, he carries two huge diamonds. From his prison cell in London, Garvey recounts his horrific and thrilling ordeal. Translator(s): Lethem, Mara Faye. Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 29. Weight in Grams: 300. 448 pages. It is 1914. In the heart of the Belgian Congo, Garvey, a bedraggled British manservant, emerges from the jungle. He is the lone survivor of a mining expedition. With him, he carries two huge diamonds. From his prison cell in London, Garvey recounts his horrific and thrilling ordeal. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: FA. Dimension: 196 x 129 x 29. Weight: 300. Translator(s): Lethem, Mara Faye.
Publisher
Canongate Books
Number of pages
448
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9781847671240
ISBN
9781847671240
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.04

Paperback. Num Pages: 800 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 133 x 198 x 46. Weight in Grams: 832.
Publisher
Galileo Multimedia Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
New edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781903385555
ISBN
9781903385555
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 16.00

Paperback. Num Pages: 314 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 240 x 140. Weight in Grams: 354.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Huia Publishers New Zealand
Number of pages
314
Condition
New
SKU
V9781775500377
ISBN
9781775500377
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.79

paperback. Tells the story of Anne, a young woman who breaks her ankle in a daring escape from prison. She makes it to a highway where she's picked up by a motorcyclist, Julien, who's also on the run. As they travel through nights and days together, they fall in love and must do whatever they can to survive, living their lives always on the edge of danger. Series: Serpent's Tail Classics. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 134 x 14. Weight in Grams: 174.
Publisher
Serpent's Tail
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9781846689413
ISBN
9781846689413
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.90

paperback. Num Pages: 309 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 205 x 136 x 19. Weight in Grams: 240.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Rayo United States
Number of pages
309
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780060534677
ISBN
9780060534677
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 14.95

Paperback. With a playful nod to Robert Louis Stevenson's life and magnificent fictions, Manguel has woven a compelling tale among the palm trees of the South Pacific. Num Pages: 112 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 131 x 7. Weight in Grams: 88.
Publisher
Canongate Books
Number of pages
112
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9781841955988
ISBN
9781841955988
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 9.97

Paperback. Where can you find truth in a world that is so thoroughly ruled by lies? That is the question tackled by the investigation of a French journalist who endeavours to shed light on the enigma of an unexplained death: that of the Argentinian writer Alejandro Bevilacqua, found lying on the pavement underneath his balcony in Madrid in the mid-1970s. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 145 x 197 x 24. Weight in Grams: 250. 288 pages. Where can you find truth in a world that is so thoroughly ruled by lies? That is the question tackled by the investigation of a French journalist who endeavours to shed light on the enigma of an unexplained death: that of the Argentinian writer Alejandro Bevilacqua, found lying on the pavement underneath his balcony in Madrid in the mid-1970s. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: FA. Dimension: 145 x 197 x 24. Weight: 250.
Publisher
Alma Publishing Company
Number of pages
288
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9781846881329
ISBN
9781846881329
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.98

Paperback. Translator(s): Davidson, Angus. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 129 x 15. Weight in Grams: 268.
Publisher
The New York Review of Books, Inc United States
Number of pages
272
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Edition
Revised ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9781590171226
ISBN
9781590171226
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 16.22

Paperback. Translator(s): Davidson, Angus. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 130 x 19. Weight in Grams: 354.
Publisher
The New York Review of Books, Inc
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Edition
Revised ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9781590171219
ISBN
9781590171219
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 16.22

Paperback. An erotic painter of dreams, who fuses the most unblemished sensuality with the most transparent spirituality. Translator(s): Buchanan, Rhonda Dahl. Series: Companions for the Journey. Num Pages: 240 pages, 15 B&W illustrations. BIC Classification: FA; FP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 180 x 129 x 15. Weight in Grams: 185.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
White Pine Press United States
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9781893996991
ISBN
9781893996991
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 14.99

Paperback. Anthony Beavis is a man inclined to recoil from life. His past is haunted by the death of his friend Brian and by his entanglement with the cynical and manipulative Mary Amberley. Realising that his determined detachment from the world has been motivated not by intellectual honesty but by moral cowardice, he attempts to find a new way to live. Num Pages: 528 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 33. Weight in Grams: 382.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing United Kingdom
Number of pages
528
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099458173
ISBN
9780099458173
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.08

Paperback. Marjorie has left her family to live with Walter; Walter is in love with the luscious but cold-hearted Lucy who devours every man in sight; the repulsive Spandrell deflowers young girls for the sake of entertainment and all the while everyone is engaged in dazzling and witty conversation. Num Pages: 592 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 37. Weight in Grams: 424.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing United Kingdom
Number of pages
592
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099458197
ISBN
9780099458197
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.88

Paperback. In February 2108, the New Zealand Rediscovery Expedition reaches California at last. It is over a century since the world was devastated by nuclear war, but the blight of radioactivity and disease still gnaws away at the survivors. The expedition expects to find physical destruction but they are unprepared for the moral degradation they meet. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 130 x 10. Weight in Grams: 134.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing United Kingdom
Number of pages
176
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099477785
ISBN
9780099477785
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.01

Paperback. When Theodore Gumbril hits upon the notion of designing a type of pneumatic trouser to ease the discomfort of a sedentary life, he decides the time has come to leave his position as housemaster in a boys' public school and seek his fortune in the metropolis. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 214 x 129 x 24. Weight in Grams: 236.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
9780099458180
ISBN
9780099458180
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 4.99

Paperback. Denis Stone, a naive young poet, is invited to stay at Crome, a country house renowned for its gatherings of 'bright young things'. His hosts, Henry Wimbush and his exotic wife Priscilla, are joined by a party of colourful guests whose intrigues and opinions ensure Denis' stay is a memorable one. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 133 x 13. Weight in Grams: 146.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099461890
ISBN
9780099461890
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.04

Paperback. When cynical journalist, Will Farnaby, arrives to research potential oil reserves on Pala, he quickly falls in love with the way of life on the island. Soon the need to complete his mission becomes an intolerable burden and he must make a difficult choice. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 142 x 19. Weight in Grams: 218.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Condition
New
SKU
9780099477778
ISBN
9780099477778
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.07

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