Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
Paperback. Presents four different accounts of what it was to be young and growing up in Glasgow and the west of Scotland, from the 1930s to the 1960s. This title tells a story of how its young protagonist eventually succumbs to a culture of drink and violence where the harshness of life on the land sits next to industrial sprawl. Num Pages: 744 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 46. Weight in Grams: 578.
- Publisher
- Canongate Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 744
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781841952628
- ISBN
- 9781841952628
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 18.26
€ 26.99
€ 18.26
Paperback. Num Pages: 392 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 142 x 214 x 27. Weight in Grams: 532.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 392
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Reprint
- SKU
- V9780226321417
- ISBN
- 9780226321417
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 19.21
€ 21.99
€ 19.21
Paperback. This novel is set in the Lone Star State during the Cold War at the beginning of the 1960s. The post-war generation is in a frenzy of high living and profligate spending. The characters here are all caught in this brave new world: some are the princes of prosperity, others are the victims of it. Series: Texas Tradition Series. Num Pages: 378 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 494.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Texas Christian University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780875652337
- ISBN
- 9780875652337
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.55
€ 19.55
Paperback. BIC Classification: FA. .
- Publisher
- Arc Publications
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781910345917
- ISBN
- 9781910345917
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.62
€ 13.99
€ 11.62
Paperback. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 211 x 141 x 11. Weight in Grams: 182.
- Publisher
- Arlen House
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781851320424
- ISBN
- 9781851320424
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.00€ 15.00
€ 30.00
€ 15.00
Paperback. Manzhen is a young worker in a Shanghai factory, where she meets Shijun, the son of wealthy merchants. Despite family complications, they fall in love and begin to dream of a shared life together - until circumstances force them apart. When they are reunited after a separation of many years, can they start their relationship again? Translator(s): Kingsbury, Karen. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 131 x 24. Weight in Grams: 298.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141189390
- ISBN
- 9780141189390
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.76
€ 13.99
€ 11.76
Paperback. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 197 x 19. Weight in Grams: 242.
- Publisher
- Profile Books Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781781257807
- ISBN
- 9781781257807
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.64
€ 14.99
€ 11.64
Paperback. Series: Flowers of Scotland. Num Pages: 464 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 197 x 34. Weight in Grams: 396.
- Publisher
- Zaffre Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- KSG0019704
- ISBN
- 9781785762222
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Ranging from the ultra realistic "Some Hours in the Life of a Witch" to the surreal fantasy world of "Fulfilment" and "The Wife of Bath", the stories in this book describe ordinary and not so ordinary lives, and the lives of women in particular, in the feminist and post-feminist era in Ireland. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 136 x 217 x 11. Weight in Grams: 244.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Cork University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781855942011
- ISBN
- 9781855942011
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 10.60
€ 10.99
€ 10.60
paperback. Tells the story of a young woman's relationship with her brother, and the long shadow cast by his childhood brain tumour. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 197 x 15. Weight in Grams: 174.
- Publisher
- Faber And Faber Ltd.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780571317165
- ISBN
- 9780571317165
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 12.19
€ 13.99
€ 12.19
Paperback. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 23 x 164 x 234. Weight in Grams: 386. Clean copy in good condition. Some shelf wear.
- Condition
- Used, Good
- Publisher
- Hachette Books Ireland
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- SKU
- KRF0008905
- ISBN
- 9780340950845
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. She was looking for domestic perfection and she found it .. perfect chaos Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 20 x 129 x 197. Weight in Grams: 188. A very good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
- Condition
- Used, Like New
- Publisher
- Hachette Books Ireland
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- SKU
- KAK0002142
- ISBN
- 9780340950838
Paperback
Condition: Used, Like New
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 19 x 129 x 198. Weight in Grams: 196.
- Condition
- Used, Good
- Publisher
- Hachette Books Ireland
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- SKU
- KLN0014372
- ISBN
- 9780340950852
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. An unforgettable heroine who's trying hard not so much to have it all as to hold it together Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 19 x 129 x 198. Weight in Grams: 196. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear.
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Publisher
- Hachette Books Ireland
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- SKU
- KTG0012730
- ISBN
- 9780340950852
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. She was looking for domestic perfection and she found it .. perfect chaos Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 20 x 129 x 197. Weight in Grams: 188. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Hachette Books Ireland
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KAK0011052
- ISBN
- 9780340950838
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 19 x 129 x 198. Weight in Grams: 196.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Hachette Books Ireland
- Condition
- Used, Good
- SKU
- KLN0014389
- ISBN
- 9780340950852
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 208 x 136 x 16. Weight in Grams: 204. 224 pages. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: FA. Dimension: 208 x 136 x 16. Weight: 204.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Washington Square Press
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780743277594
- ISBN
- 9780743277594
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 13.53
€ 14.99
€ 13.53
Paperback. Translator(s): Tucker, Annie. Num Pages: 480 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 198 x 37. Weight in Grams: 390.
- Publisher
- Pushkin Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781782272434
- ISBN
- 9781782272434
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 12.97
€ 17.99
€ 12.97
Paperback. Translator(s): Tucker, Annie. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 141 x 203 x 33. Weight in Grams: 530.
- Publisher
- New Directions Publishing Corporation
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780811223638
- ISBN
- 9780811223638
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 20.71
€ 21.99
€ 20.71
Paperback. This novel of the harem, originally published in 1958, is a dramatisation of a piece of Egyptian feminine and feminist history. Set at the turn of the century, when Egyptian women were struggling to come forward, it tells the story of life behind the veil and of one woman's rebellion against it. Translator(s): Atiya, Nayra. Series: Contemporary Issues in the Middle East. Num Pages: 128 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 139 x 17. Weight in Grams: 281.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- Syracuse University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 128
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780815602804
- ISBN
- 9780815602804
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 20.64
€ 21.99
€ 20.64
Paperback. Monty and Ada last saw one another on the frontlines of the First World War, when Monty was a nurse and Ada an ambulance driver who drove like the devil. Now, the two friends have been reunited at crumbling Bleakly Hall, where Monty has been hired to look after the grumpy, gouty guests who have come to take the Hall's curative waters. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 133 x 24. Weight in Grams: 252.
- Publisher
- Vintage United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 368
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099513476
- ISBN
- 9780099513476
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 9.43
€ 10.99
€ 9.43
Paperback. Set in 1857 between England and India, this novel shows the devotion of sisters and the Victorian obsession with empire, experiments and photography. It illuminates the dark heart of Victorian hypocrisy and selfishness. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 131 x 22. Weight in Grams: 242.
- Publisher
- Vintage United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 352
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099513469
- ISBN
- 9780099513469
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 6.32
€ 6.32
Hardcover.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Virago
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781844087600
- ISBN
- 9781844087600
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 16.69
€ 21.99
€ 16.69
Paperback. Explores the landscape of twentieth century Russian literature. This autobiographical novel reconstructs the lives and fates of Russian, often Jewish, writers during the long age of Soviet terror, re-establishing them at the heart of the European tradition. Num Pages: 169 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 135 x 14. Weight in Grams: 230.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Carcanet Press Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 169
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781857549102
- ISBN
- 9781857549102
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 27.05
€ 33.99
€ 27.05