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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

Hardback. Gothic novels tell stories of patriarchal societies that thrive on the oppression or even outright sacrifice of women and others. This book offers a historically informed theoretical introduction to key gothic narratives from a feminist perspective. Num Pages: 232 pages, 0. BIC Classification: DSBH; DSK; FA; JFFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 232 x 160 x 23. Weight in Grams: 466.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
SKU
V9780631200499
ISBN
9780631200499
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 126.13

Paperback. A young woman returns from holiday to find her elderly neighbour dead on the floor. A heart attack seems the likely cause, but Commissario Brunetti is not so sure and decides to take a closer look. Soon he discovers that she was part of an organization that cares for abused women and that her apartment was a safe-house. Series: Brunetti. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 131 x 21. Weight in Grams: 234.
Edition
01st Edition
Publisher
Arrow
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099559764
ISBN
9780099559764
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.01

Paperback. Num Pages: 264 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 160 x 277 x 20. Weight in Grams: 414.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Caitlin Press Inc.
Condition
New
SKU
V9781927575949
ISBN
9781927575949
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.81

Paperback. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 228 x 24. Weight in Grams: 486.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Caitlin Press Inc.
Condition
New
SKU
V9781927575284
ISBN
9781927575284
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.78

Paperback. Donna Tartt's phenomenally acclaimed new novel. Num Pages: 880 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 44. Weight in Grams: 590.
Publisher
Abacus
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
0th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780349139630
ISBN
9780349139630
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.39

Paperback. A follow up to the "The Secret History". Num Pages: 576 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 131 x 37. Weight in Grams: 398. 576 pages. A follow up to the "The Secret History". Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: FA. Dimension: 198 x 131 x 37. Weight: 400.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Number of pages
576
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Edition
New
Condition
New
SKU
V9780747573647
ISBN
9780747573647
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.60

Paperback. Under the influence of their charismatic classics professor, a group of clever, eccentric misfits at an elite New England college discover a way of thinking and living that is a world away from the humdrum existence of their contemporaries. But when they go beyond the boundaries of normal morality their lives are changed profoundly and for ever. Num Pages: 640 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 196 x 29. Weight in Grams: 434.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
Penguin Books
Condition
New
Edition
Reprint
SKU
9780140167771
ISBN
9780140167771
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.14

Paperback. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 217 x 142 x 9. Weight in Grams: 170.
Publisher
Nightwood Editions
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780889712935
ISBN
9780889712935
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 19.63

Paperback. Clean copy with some light shelfwear
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Mira
Number of pages
384
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
First edition
SKU
KST0022082
ISBN
9780778304685
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Forced into service at the age of fourteen, orphan Katie Mair must enter the bleak and cut off household, Howe of Denty, that turns out to be not as respectable as it first appears. One desperate act of defence from Katie is to a start a chain of despair, passion and revenge. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 31. Weight in Grams: 406.
Publisher
Birlinn Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
9781841588254
ISBN
9781841588254
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.01

Paperback. Meet Fred Kaufmann, disillusioned husband of competent Claudia and father of surly teenager Franka. He is trapped in the throes of a midlife crisis, made worse when a young guru and Franka find each other irresistible. This work takes you along with Fred as he embarks on a journey of self discovery that only a special kind of hero can survive. Translator(s): Brownjohn, John. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 131 x 18. Weight in Grams: 212. Good clean copy with minor shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KSS0001551
ISBN
9780747557814
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. A group of squatters rebel against Mrs Thatcher and erupt into violence in this politicised novel from the author of 'The Golden Notebook'. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 152 x 200 x 26. Weight in Grams: 278.
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Number of pages
400
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9780007498789
ISBN
9780007498789
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 12.96

paperback. The story of a middle-aged woman's search for freedom, from Doris Lessing, winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 127 x 16. Weight in Grams: 182.
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers United Kingdom
Number of pages
240
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Edition
Revised ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780586088999
ISBN
9780586088999
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 13.32

paperback. The landmark novel of the Sixties - a powerful account of a woman searching for her personal, political and professional identity while facing rejection and betrayal. Num Pages: 576 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 152 x 200 x 36. Weight in Grams: 396.
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Number of pages
576
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
0th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780007498772
ISBN
9780007498772
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.67

Paperback. A compelling vision of a disorietating and barbaric future from Doris Lessing, winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: FA; YFB; YQEF. Category: (ES) Secondary. Dimension: 197 x 130 x 13. Weight in Grams: 154.
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers United Kingdom
Number of pages
192
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780006493259
ISBN
9780006493259
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.65

Paperback.
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Condition
New
SKU
V9780007152810
ISBN
9780007152810
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.37

Paperback. From the winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature, a collection of some of her finest short stories. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 27. Weight in Grams: 288.
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Number of pages
400
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Condition
New
SKU
V9780007143009
ISBN
9780007143009
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 15.94

Hardcover. Includes stories like "To Room Nineteen", in which a woman reacts against the oppression of her banal marriage with dreadful results; "One off the Short List", that traces the surprising conclusion to a seduction gone awry; and "The Habit of Loving", in which a lonely older man who takes a vivacious young wife witnesses a reversal of intimacy. Num Pages: 696 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 213 x 133 x 36. Weight in Grams: 734.
Publisher
Everyman United Kingdom
Number of pages
696
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
SKU
V9781841593166
ISBN
9781841593166
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 15.74

Paperback. A classic tale from Doris Lessing, winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature, of a family torn apart by the arrival of Ben, their feral fifth child. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 128 x 11. Weight in Grams: 116.
Publisher
Paladin
Number of pages
160
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Edition
New edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780586089033
ISBN
9780586089033
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 9.89

Paperback. The Nobel Prize-winner Doris Lessing's first novel is a taut and tragic portrayal of a crumbling marriage, set in South Africa during the years of Arpartheid. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 131 x 13. Weight in Grams: 154.
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Number of pages
208
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9780007498802
ISBN
9780007498802
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 9.94

Paperback. The opening book in the Nobel Prize for Literature winner's 'Children of Violence' series tracing the life of Martha Quest from her childhood in colonial Africa to old age in post-nuclear Britain. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 152 x 200 x 25. Weight in Grams: 256.
Publisher
Flamingo
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1990
Condition
New
SKU
V9780586089989
ISBN
9780586089989
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 12.58

Paperback. The story of two young Jewish girls living in a village in Persia at the turn of the century. Nazie has been long engaged to her cousin and anxiously awaits their marriage whilst Flora is married, pregnant and seemingly abandoned. Translator(s): Lotan, Yael. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 131 x 18. Weight in Grams: 168.
Publisher
Canongate Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Condition
New
SKU
V9781841955100
ISBN
9781841955100
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.73

paperback. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 129 x 29. Weight in Grams: 238.
Publisher
Serpent's Tail
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9781781257647
ISBN
9781781257647
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.85

Paperback. The warm, wise and witty new novel from the New York Times bestselling author of The Hurricane Sisters Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130. .
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9781471140235
ISBN
9781471140235
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.78

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