Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
paperback. The short stories in this collection take the reader from small-town Wisconsin to the bustling streets of New York and Chicago and back again. It explores the role of women (especially strong or unconventional women) in modern society, the mores of the midwestern small town, and the changes over time in relationships between parents and children. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: DSB; FA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5487 x 3556 x 24. Weight in Grams: 340.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780252071294
- ISBN
- 9780252071294
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Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 27.67
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Paperback. Lying on a four-poster bed, unable to sleep, Mary Hooligan recounts (mis)adventures, courtships, and sexual encounters of the most transgressive kind, in a narrative voice of blistering originality. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 11. Weight in Grams: 128.
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780571270293
- ISBN
- 9780571270293
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Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.81
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€ 10.81
Paperback. Separated from her husband and with her young son away, Ellen leaves behind the loneliness of London for a new life of excitement and sexual freedom. But she soon discovers that independence isn't quite so straightforward. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 197 x 14. Weight in Grams: 166.
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780571330553
- ISBN
- 9780571330553
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.78
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Paperback. Num Pages: 300 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780571270309
- ISBN
- 9780571270309
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.57
€ 14.99
€ 11.57
Paperback. Features stories of families, feuds, enchantment, disenchantment and the manifold bonds of love. These stories are about the tension between country and city life, the instinct towards escape and nostalgia for home; and always in shimmering prose. Num Pages: 560 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 128 x 35. Weight in Grams: 422.
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780571282951
- ISBN
- 9780571282951
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 16.06
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€ 16.06
Paperback. A collection in which, a woman walks the streets of Manhattan and contemplates with exquisite longing the precarious affair she has embarked on, amidst the grandeur and cacophony of the cityscape; and a young Irish girl and her mother are thrilled to be invited to visit the glamorous Coughlan's but find they leave disappointed. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 131 x 16. Weight in Grams: 174.
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780571270323
- ISBN
- 9780571270323
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.76
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Paperback. When a man who calls himself a faith healer arrives in a small, west-coast Irish village, the community is soon under the spell of this charismatic stranger from the Balkans. One woman in particular, Fidelma McBride, becomes enthralled in a fatal attraction that leads to unimaginable consequences. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 192 x 206 x 21. Weight in Grams: 250.
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780571316311
- ISBN
- 9780571316311
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.74
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Paperback. If I close my eyes now, I can still feel her blood on my fingers. If only I had closed my eyes then, or kept my mouth shut, not told anyone about our discovery by the swimming hole, we could have gone back to dreaming about spaceships. A horrifying discovery by two young boys while playing in a mango plantation marks the end of their childhood. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 129 x 197 x 20. Weight in Grams: 228.
- Publisher
- Transworld Publishers
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780552778855
- ISBN
- 9780552778855
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Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 9.43
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Paperback. Olavo Bettencourt is an important man, a man of spin. Loathed by his trophy wife and mired in a web of political corruption that spreads from Sao Paolo to Switzerland, Israel and New York, Olavo is an obvious target for extortion. And what better leverage can there be but the kidnapping of his only son. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 10. Weight in Grams: 144.
- Publisher
- Black Swan
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- Translation
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780552778862
- ISBN
- 9780552778862
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Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 9.43
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Paperback. Editor(s): Leve, Edouard. Num Pages: 120 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 177 x 129 x 10. Weight in Grams: 136. 120 pages. A brilliant and sobering self-portrait made up entirely of facts, and a companion to the harrowing book Suicide. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: FA. Dimension: 177 x 129 x 10. Weight: 136.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Dalkey Archive Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 120
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781564787071
- ISBN
- 9781564787071
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 13.37
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Paperback. Translator(s): Steyn, Jan. Series: French Literature Series. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 10. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Dalkey Archive Press United States
- Number of pages
- 160
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781564781956
- ISBN
- 9781564781956
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Condition: New
€ 16.70
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Paperback. Parable, paradox, anecdote, dream, and autobiography blend into an exuberant world view and affirmation of human possibility. Translator(s): Belfrage, Cedric. Num Pages: 288 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 242.
- Publisher
- WW Norton & Co
- Number of pages
- 282
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780393308556
- ISBN
- 9780393308556
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Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 16.58
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Paperback. Editor(s): Lago, Eduardo. Num Pages: 460 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 214 x 142 x 27. Weight in Grams: 500.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Dalkey Archive Press United States
- Number of pages
- 460
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781564788603
- ISBN
- 9781564788603
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Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 18.90
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Paperback. A new paperback edition of the winner of the 1999 Naguib Mahfouz Medal for Literature Translator(s): Ghazoul, Ferial J.; Verlenden, John. Num Pages: 340 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 225 x 144 x 21. Weight in Grams: 528.
- Publisher
- The American University in Cairo Press Egypt
- Number of pages
- 340
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789774166259
- ISBN
- 9789774166259
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Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 21.86
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Paperback. Set in the small town called Tarrana in the Nile Delta in the 1930s, this book revolves around nine episodes in the life of a sensitive young Christian boy - a montage of philosophical, mythical, and psychological perspectives that highlights the struggle between polarities of man and woman, Copt and Muslim, dreams and reality. Translator(s): Starkey, Paul. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 209 x 137 x 8. Weight in Grams: 188.
- Publisher
- Saqi Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Edition
- Translation
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780863565168
- ISBN
- 9780863565168
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 17.02
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Paperback. The US government and big business teamed up to build dams and bridges across the American West. A band of individuals teamed up to prevent it happening. In this chaotic comedy their aim is to dismantle the machinery of progress through peaceful means, or otherwise. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 20. Weight in Grams: 312.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141187624
- ISBN
- 9780141187624
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Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.76
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Paperback. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 207 x 134 x 11. Weight in Grams: 246.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Broadview Press Ltd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781551115153
- ISBN
- 9781551115153
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 26.56
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Paperback. Editor(s): Simmema, Peter. Num Pages: 240 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 218 x 142 x 19. Weight in Grams: 348.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Broadview Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781551118369
- ISBN
- 9781551118369
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 21.55
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Paperback. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 18. Weight in Grams: 202.
- Publisher
- Ebury Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 288
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781844135684
- ISBN
- 9781844135684
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Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 14.95
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paperback. Num Pages: 192 pages, 42ill. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 219 x 155 x 10. Weight in Grams: 182.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1984
- Publisher
- Marion Boyars United Kingdom
- Edition
- Reissue
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780714506708
- ISBN
- 9780714506708
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Condition: New
€ 10.34
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Paperback. From the Booker-longlisted author of Self Help, a mesmeric thriller of corruption in the heart of the Amazon Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 163 x 227 x 21. Weight in Grams: 278.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Picador
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- KRA0009160
- ISBN
- 9780330463515
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. For Vito Corleone, nothing is more important than his family's future. His youngest children, Michael, Fredo, and Connie, are in school, unaware of their father's true occupation. His adopted son, Tom Hagen, is a college student; but he worries most about Sonny, his oldest child. Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 28. Weight in Grams: 326.
- Publisher
- Arrow
- Number of pages
- 448
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099557135
- ISBN
- 9780099557135
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Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.01
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€ 11.01
Paperback.
- Publisher
- Canongate Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 258
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780862412975
- ISBN
- 9780862412975
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Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.78
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Paperback. The highly acclaimed new novel from the award-winning author of Blackmoor Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 132 x 23. Weight in Grams: 258.
- Publisher
- Simon & Schuster Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 368
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781847391551
- ISBN
- 9781847391551
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 9.19
€ 10.99
€ 9.19