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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
Paperback. A masterpiece of the literature of colonialism - the story of a strong but doomed and unequal bond between a Dutch boy and his Indonesian best friend Translator(s): Rilke, Ina. Num Pages: 140 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 131 x 11. Weight in Grams: 134.
- Publisher
- Granta Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 140
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781846273230
- ISBN
- 9781846273230
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.74
€ 13.99
€ 10.74
Paperback. The great masterpiece of the living Dutch novelist most often tipped as a contender for the Nobel Prize for Literature - a classic tale of the European settlers' experience in the Far East worthy of the great Victorians. Translator(s): Rilke, Ina. Num Pages: 352 pages, black & white illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 133 x 23. Weight in Grams: 242.
- Publisher
- Granta Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 352
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781846271717
- ISBN
- 9781846271717
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.74
€ 13.99
€ 10.74
Paperback. Series: Publications on Asia of the Henry M. Jackson School of International Studies. Num Pages: 248 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: FA; H. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 155 x 229 x 19. Weight in Grams: 392.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1979
- Publisher
- University of Washington Press United States
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Revised ed.
- SKU
- V9780295956923
- ISBN
- 9780295956923
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.73
€ 32.99
€ 29.73
Paperback. 29 short stories by the best new African writers, selected by one of Africa's most eminent contemporary writers, Helon Habila. Editor(s): Habila, Helon. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 131 x 25. Weight in Grams: 280.
- Publisher
- Granta Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781847083333
- ISBN
- 9781847083333
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.03
€ 17.99
€ 13.03
Paperback. From the desks of Nigeria's newsrooms, two journalists are recruited to find the kidnapped wife of a British oil engineer. Zaq, an infamous media hack, knows what's in store, but Rufus, a keen young journalist eager to get himself noticed, has no idea what he's let himself in for. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 15. Weight in Grams: 162.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 224
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141046846
- ISBN
- 9780141046846
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.05
€ 13.99
€ 11.05
Paperback. Translator(s): Velmans, Hester. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405924009
- ISBN
- 9781405924009
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.08
€ 13.99
€ 11.08
Paperback. Num Pages: 391 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 217 x 136 x 33. Weight in Grams: 546.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Aspekt,The Netherlands Netherlands
- Number of pages
- 391
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789059118393
- ISBN
- 9789059118393
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 18.74
€ 24.99
€ 18.74
Paperback. When archaeologist Louise Cantor's son Henrik is found dead in his flat, she refuses to believe it was suicide. Clues that only a mother could detect lead her to believe that something more sinister took place. Henrik had kept many things back from her and she is shocked to learn he had contracted HIV. Translator(s): Thompson, Laurie. Num Pages: 464 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 30. Weight in Grams: 318.
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing
- Number of pages
- 464
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099542049
- ISBN
- 9780099542049
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 19.36
€ 25.99
€ 19.36
Paperback. Tea-Bag, a young Nigerian girl, has fled a refugee camp in Spain for the promise of a new life in Sweden. Tania has made a long and dangerous journey to escape themisery of life in a brothel. Leila has travelled with her family from Iran. All of them are facing different challenges in their new home. Translator(s): Segerberg, Ebba. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 136 x 21. Weight in Grams: 242.
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing
- Number of pages
- 336
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099455486
- ISBN
- 9780099455486
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 17.65
€ 23.99
€ 17.65
Paperback. At the age of five, Nelio watched helplessly as his village was burned to the ground and his people were massacred by bandits. He escaped by chance and made his way to the coast. Upon arrival in the city, Nelio joined a rough street gang, and began a very different way of life. Translator(s): Nunnally, Tiina. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 15. Weight in Grams: 172.
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099455479
- ISBN
- 9780099455479
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 16.79
€ 20.99
€ 16.79
Paperback. Once a successful surgeon, Frederick Welin now lives in self-imposed exile on an island in the Swedish archipelago. Nearly twelve years have passed since he was disgraced for attempting to cover up a tragic mishap on the operating table. One morning in the depths of winter, he sees a hunched figure struggling towards him across the ice. Translator(s): Thompson, Laurie. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 132 x 20. Weight in Grams: 270.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Vintage
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099512981
- ISBN
- 9780099512981
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.08
€ 13.99
€ 11.08
paperback. It is October 1914: the destroyer Svea emerged from the Stockholm archipelago bearing south-south-east. On board was Lars Tobiasson-Svartman, a naval engineer charged with making depth soundings to find a navigable channel for the Swedish navy. As a child Tobiasson-Svartman was fascinated by measurement; nothing is as magical as exact knowledge. Translator(s): Thompson, Laurie. Num Pages: 528 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 134 x 33. Weight in Grams: 370.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Vintage London
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780099542193
- ISBN
- 9780099542193
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 5.15
€ 5.15
paperback. One cold January day the police are called to a sleepy little hamlet in the north of Sweden where they discover a savagely murdered man lying in the snow. As they begin their investigation they notice that the village seems eerily quiet and deserted. Going from house to house, they uncover a crime unprecedented in Swedish history. Translator(s): Thompson, Laurie. Num Pages: 560 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 197 x 36. Weight in Grams: 396. Good clean copy showing minor age and wear. Ownership details to half title
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Vintage London
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KMO0000100
- ISBN
- 9780099532040
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 5.70
€ 5.70
paperback. It is October 1914: the destroyer Svea emerged from the Stockholm archipelago bearing south-south-east. On board was Lars Tobiasson-Svartman, a naval engineer charged with making depth soundings to find a navigable channel for the Swedish navy. As a child Tobiasson-Svartman was fascinated by measurement; nothing is as magical as exact knowledge. Translator(s): Thompson, Laurie. Num Pages: 528 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 134 x 33. Weight in Grams: 370. Good clean copy showing light age and wear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Vintage London
- Condition
- Used, Good
- SKU
- KMO0001014
- ISBN
- 9780099542193
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good
€ 5.15
€ 5.15
Paperback. When Meaulnes first arrives at the local school in Sologne, everyone is captivated by his good looks, daring and charisma. But when Meaulnes disappears for several days, and returns with tales of a strange party at a mysterious house - and his love for the beautiful girl hidden within it, Yvonne de Galais - his life has been changed forever. Editor(s): Buss, Robin. Translator(s): Buss, Robin. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 128 x 16. Weight in Grams: 194.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Edition
- Revised
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141441894
- ISBN
- 9780141441894
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.26
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€ 10.26
Paperback. Follows the fortune of a French battalion during the First World War. This title presents a critique of inequality between ranks, the incomprehension of those who have not experienced battle, and of war itself. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 134 x 20. Weight in Grams: 262.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780141393438
- ISBN
- 9780141393438
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 12.99€ 10.38
€ 12.99
€ 10.38
Paperback. Jules and Jim live a carefree, bohemian existence, they write in cafes, travel when the mood takes them, and share the women they love without jealousy. This book captures the tenderness of three people in love with each other and with life. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 15. Weight in Grams: 184.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 240
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141194639
- ISBN
- 9780141194639
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.05
€ 13.99
€ 11.05
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Gallic Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781910709252
- ISBN
- 9781910709252
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.83
€ 11.99
€ 10.83
Paperback. Translator(s): Born, Anne. Num Pages: 303 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 127 x 22. Weight in Grams: 295.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Marion Boyars Publishers Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- New
- Number of pages
- 303
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780714530185
- ISBN
- 9780714530185
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 14.42
€ 14.99
€ 14.42
hardcover. Translator(s): Martin, S. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: DSBH; DSK; FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 20 x 142 x 30. Weight in Grams: 499.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Marion Boyars Publishers Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780714528946
- ISBN
- 9780714528946
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 18.53
€ 19.99
€ 18.53
hardcover. Translator(s): Born, Anne. Num Pages: 315 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 142 x 30. Weight in Grams: 499.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Marion Boyars Publishers Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 315
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780714529967
- ISBN
- 9780714529967
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 19.56
€ 20.99
€ 19.56
Paperback. Relating the misadventures of Captain Farrago and his sidekick, Teague O Regan, this novel covers the major ethnic, racial, religious, or political issues of the twenty-eight year period beginning with Washington's presidency ending with that of Madison. Editor(s): White, Ed. Num Pages: 626 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 154 x 33. Weight in Grams: 838.
- Publisher
- Hackett Publishing Co, Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 588
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Edition
- First Thus
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780872209916
- ISBN
- 9780872209916
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 33.53
€ 46.99
€ 33.53
Paperback. Series: Dover Thrift Editions. Num Pages: 224 pages, 1ill.1M. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 209 x 133 x 14. Weight in Grams: 166. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Dover Publications Inc.
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Edition
- New edition
- SKU
- KKD0002783
- ISBN
- 9780486284958
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 17.95
€ 17.95
Paperback. Offers a view of a class-ridden Britain enduring both war and its aftermath. Num Pages: 656 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 130 x 50. Weight in Grams: 520.
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- F First Edition Used
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781784871031
- ISBN
- 9781784871031
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.43
€ 17.99
€ 13.43