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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
Paperback. 'Fear and Trembling' tells the story of a young woman who spends a year working at a Japanese firm. She soon learns that at the Yumimoto Corporation hierarchy means everything, and her time there soon turns into a comic nightmare of terror and self-abasement. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 128 x 10. Weight in Grams: 142.
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780571220489
- ISBN
- 9780571220489
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Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.78
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Paperback. A novel about a young girl already stripped of illusions. The daughter of diplomats posted to Peking in the mid-seventies, the unnamed narrator of this novel charges about her tightly enclosed world on her 'horse' (bicycle). But she also learns life's hardest rule: that if she wants to be loved, she must be cruel in return. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 126 x 17. Weight in Grams: 110.
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 144
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780571226634
- ISBN
- 9780571226634
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Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.73
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Paperback. Tells the story of a reality TV death camp, which has become the nation's obsession - an amoral spectacle played out through the media. This book is a satire on the modern predilection for reality television and celebrity, in which the audience at home develops a taste for blood. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 127 x 10. Weight in Grams: 124.
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Number of pages
- 144
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780571234936
- ISBN
- 9780571234936
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.69
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€ 10.69
Paperback. 'These 39 Arab writers are all under the age of 40. They have flung open the doors on Arabic culture inviting the reader to transcend cultural boundaries and land in a region known as the "Arab World".' Hanan al-Shaykh Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1FB; DQ; FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 133 x 21. Weight in Grams: 222. New Writing from the Arab World. 320 pages. 'These 39 Arab writers are all under the age of 40. They have flung open the doors on Arabic culture inviting the reader to transcend cultural boundaries and land in a region known as the "Arab World".' Hanan al-Shaykh. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1FB; DQ; FA; FYT. Dimension: 198 x 133 x 21. Weight: 222.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781408809631
- ISBN
- 9781408809631
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 14.78
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€ 14.78
Paperback. In the Koran, there are 99 names for God. Does the 100th exist? Months before the dawn of the apocalyptic "year of the beast", 1666, Balthasar Embriaco, a Genoese Levantine merchant embarks on a quest to find the answer. He sets out on a journey that will take him across the breadth of the civilized world. Num Pages: 400 pages, 35. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 127 x 27. Weight in Grams: 292.
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099452089
- ISBN
- 9780099452089
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.08
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€ 11.08
Paperback. Ossyane, a young Lebanese man and his Jewish wife Clara return to live in Haifa after World War II. Just as war breaks out in the new-born state of Israel, Ossayne is forced to go to Beirut. The border with Israel closes behind him and he becomes separated from his wife with tragic consequences. Translator(s): Manguel, Alberto. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 14. Weight in Grams: 156.
- Publisher
- Vintage United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 208
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Edition
- New e.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781860468902
- ISBN
- 9781860468902
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.08
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Paperback. Mani is born into a time of war - 3rd-century Mesopotamia. Despite being the son of a warrior, he becomes a painter, physician, mystic and prophet, preaching in the battlefields, a doctrine of humility, tolerance and love that becomes known as "Manicheanism". Num Pages: 256 pages, map. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 128 x 17. Weight in Grams: 176.
- Publisher
- Little, Brown Book Group United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780349108711
- ISBN
- 9780349108711
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.09
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Paperback. Mysterious beans are found on the market stalls of the East, to which ancient superstition lends the power of favouring the birth of male children. When a French entomologist obtains a few of these beans, he worries that the world has entered a critical phase of its history. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 126 x 14. Weight in Grams: 150.
- Publisher
- Little, Brown Book Group United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 208
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780349105994
- ISBN
- 9780349105994
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.04
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Paperback. 'Leo the African' is based on the true life-story of Hasan al-Wazzan, the 16th-century traveller and writer who came to be known as Leo Africanus, or Leo the African. This is a story of pirates, slave-girls and princesses, in a world in a state of religious flux. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 23. Weight in Grams: 288.
- Publisher
- Little, Brown Book Group
- Number of pages
- 368
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780349106007
- ISBN
- 9780349106007
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.09
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Paperback. A lucid enquiry into the precise meaning of identity - that which makes each of us unique and dissimilar to any other individual. In this series of reflections, the author considers how we define ourselves and what identity has meant and continues to mean in different cultures. Translator(s): Sluglett, Peter. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADF; FA; HP; JMS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 199 x 130 x 10. Weight in Grams: 114.
- Publisher
- Vintage United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 144
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781860467295
- ISBN
- 9781860467295
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Condition: New
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Paperback. Accused of mocking the inviolate codes of Islam, Persian poet Omar Khayyam fortuitously finds sympathy with the very man who is to judge his alledged crime. He is spared, and thus begins the blend of fact and fiction that is 'Samarkand'. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 21. Weight in Grams: 250.
- Publisher
- Little, Brown Book Group
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780349106168
- ISBN
- 9780349106168
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 11.89
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Paperback. Translator(s): Wynne, Frank. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 135 x 25. Weight in Grams: 299.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Marion Boyars Publishers Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780714531601
- ISBN
- 9780714531601
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Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 13.44
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paperback. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 145 x 225 x 14. Weight in Grams: 364.
- Publisher
- The American University in Cairo Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789774167379
- ISBN
- 9789774167379
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.17
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Paperback. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 138 x 197 x 20. Weight in Grams: 248.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 304
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781408843161
- ISBN
- 9781408843161
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Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.86
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Paperback. Abie follows the arc of a letter from London back to Africa to a coffee plantation that now could be hers if she wants it. Standing among the ruined groves she strains to hear the sound of the past, but the layers of years are too many. Thus begins the gathering of her family's history through the tales of her aunts. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 22. Weight in Grams: 276.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Edition
- New
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780747585923
- ISBN
- 9780747585923
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Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.90
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Hardcover. An uncensored and unflinching tale of power, corruption and love, set against the roiling aftermath of the Islamic Revolution Translator(s): Sprachman, Paul. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 224 x 143 x 23. Weight in Grams: 388.
- Publisher
- Oneworld Publications United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 192
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781851689842
- ISBN
- 9781851689842
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 14.07
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Paperback. A darkly satirical portrayal of the outbreak of Ebola in 1970's Congo and Sudan. Humorous and tragic in turns, the narrative weaves its way from the graveyards of Kinshasa to the factories, brothels and ex-pat communities of southern Sudan, as the disease selects its victims from amongst the novel's vibrant and eccentric characters. Translator(s): Bredin, Charis; Danby, Emily. Num Pages: 136 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 274 x 12. Weight in Grams: 142.
- Publisher
- Darf Publishers Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781850772743
- ISBN
- 9781850772743
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Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.51
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Paperback. This is the story of a former secret service agent who, having been forced to retire due to an accident, decides to write a novel about his experiences. He starts to visit a cafe frequented by intellectuals, only to find himself the subject of police scrutiny." Series: Heinemann African Writers Series. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 125 x 197 x 8. Weight in Grams: 124.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Pearson Education Limited United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 144
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780435134808
- ISBN
- 9780435134808
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Condition: New
€ 16.43
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Paperback. "[Elsir is] widely regarded as a giant among Arabic fiction writers." --"Daily News," Egypt Translator(s): Hutchins, William; Hutchins, William. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 198 x 16. Weight in Grams: 152.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Qatar Foundation Publishing
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789927101892
- ISBN
- 9789927101892
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Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.26
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Paperback. From the author of the critically acclaimed Partitions, a bittersweet novel that explores the heart of family life, the immigrant experience, and bridging the gulfs between generations Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 131 x 25. Weight in Grams: 268.
- Publisher
- Oneworld Publications United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 272
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781780742687
- ISBN
- 9781780742687
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.70
€ 11.99
€ 10.70