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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

Paperback. Lavinia is accomplished, independent, and fiercely modern. She is also sheltered and self-involved, until the spirit of an Indian woman warrior enters her being. Then she dares to join a revolutionary movement against a violent dictator and finds the courage to act. Translator(s): March, Kathleen. Series: Americas S. Num Pages: 420 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 127 x 23. Weight in Grams: 494.
Publisher
University of Wisconsin Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Condition
New
SKU
V9780299206840
ISBN
9780299206840
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.69

Paperback. A collection of short stories that evokes isolated lives and a lost world in stories that are set in the Jewish-Italian community of 1930s Ferrara. Translator(s): McKendrick, Jamie. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 112 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 131 x 8. Weight in Grams: 96.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141192123
ISBN
9780141192123
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.05

Paperback. A young working class woman abandoned by her bourgeois lover; the tensions of intermarriage between established classes and communities; a holocaust survivor seemingly back from the dead; a formidable socialist activist defying house arrest; the only surviving witness to the first local atrocity of the Second World War. Translator(s): McKendrick, Jamie. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 129 x 198. Weight in Grams: 368.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Number of pages
416
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141192161
ISBN
9780141192161
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.01

Paperback. Into the insular town of 1930s Ferrara, a new doctor arrives. Fadigati is hopeful and modern, and more than anything wants to fit into his new home. But his fresh, appealing appearance soon crumbles when the townsfolk discover his homosexuality, and the young man he pays to be his lover humiliates him publicly. Translator(s): McKendrick, Jamie. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 193 x 128 x 9. Weight in Grams: 112.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Number of pages
144
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141192154
ISBN
9780141192154
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.05

Hardcover. Translator(s): Weaver, William. Num Pages: 296 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FJM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 132 x 211 x 22. Weight in Grams: 416.
Publisher
Everyman
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Condition
New
SKU
9781857152883
ISBN
9781857152883
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 11.14

Paperback. Translator(s): Weaver, William. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200. Weight in Grams: 148. Good clean copy with some slight shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Quartet Books
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KJE0000495
ISBN
9780704302211
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Hardback. Written during the height of the 1970s Italian domestic terror, a cult novel, with distinct echoes of Lovecraft and Borges, makes its English-language debut. Translator(s): Glazov, Ramon. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 218 x 147 x 22. Weight in Grams: 340.
Publisher
WW Norton & Co
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781631492297
ISBN
9781631492297
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 22.91

Paperback. Sarah is doing just fine. Sure she's been single for the last five years, and has to spend an uncomfortable amount of time around her ex-boyfriend, his perfect new girlfriend and all their mutual friends. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 197 x 37. Weight in Grams: 298.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781405919166
ISBN
9781405919166
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.01

Paperback. Maddy, dressed in white, stands at the back of the church. At the end of the aisle is Rob - the man she's about to marry. Next to Rob is Ben - best man and the best friend any two people ever had. And that's the problem. Because if it wasn't Rob waiting for her at the altar, there's a strong chance it would be Ben. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 129 x 198 x 26. Weight in Grams: 286.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781405909976
ISBN
9781405909976
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.02

Paperback. Sophie May has a secret. One that she's successfully kept for years. It's meant that she's had to give up her dreams of going to university and travelling the world to stay in her little village, living with her mum and working in the local teashop. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 27. Weight in Grams: 296.
Publisher
Penguin
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9781405909952
ISBN
9781405909952
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.22

Paperback. Includes tales as 'Isabella and the Pot of Basil' (famously adapted by Keats) and 'Patient Griselda' alongside many boisterous and daring stories featuring faithless wives, philandering priests and curious nuns. Translator(s): Hainsworth, Peter. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 197 x 21. Weight in Grams: 260.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141191331
ISBN
9780141191331
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.95

Paperback. Translator(s): Richards, Jamie. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 203 x 142 x 15. Weight in Grams: 262.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Dalkey Archive Press
Condition
New
SKU
9781564787569
ISBN
9781564787569
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 6.23

Paperback. The stories of Giovanni Verga (1840-1922) are wonderful evocations of ordinary Italian life, focusing in particular on his native, Sicily. In an original and dynamic prose style, he portrays such eternal human themes as love, honour and adultery with rich and colourful language. Translator(s): McWilliam, G.H. Num Pages: 272 pages, map. BIC Classification: 2ADT; 2AHA; DSBF; DSBH; DSK; FA; FC; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 13. Weight in Grams: 192.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140447415
ISBN
9780140447415
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 14.20

Paperback. .
Publisher
University of Virginia Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813922485
ISBN
9780813922485
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.42

Paperback. Translator(s): Dickson, C. Series: The Americas. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 140 x 11. Weight in Grams: 236.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Texas Tech Press,U.S. United States
Number of pages
176
Condition
New
SKU
V9780896728707
ISBN
9780896728707
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 20.79

Editor(s): Arata, Stephen (University of Virginia). Series: Broadview Editions. Num Pages: 559 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: FA; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 145 x 217 x 24. Weight in Grams: 528.
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Broadview Press Ltd Canada
Condition
New
SKU
V9781551115023
ISBN
9781551115023
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.27

Paperback. "When Bhakkiyam falls in love with a Dalit sub-inspector, death is the only punishment that will satisfy her village panchayat. Pazhani, her father, is ordered to kill her. But how can a father murder his own daughter?"--Amazon.com. Num Pages: 92 pages. BIC Classification: 1FKA; DSBH; DSK; FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 127 x 185 x 8. Weight in Grams: 94.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
OUP India India
Number of pages
92
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199459520
ISBN
9780199459520
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.23

Paperback. A retired bureaucrat has escaped the world to spend his twilight years running a guest-house on the banks of the country's holiest river, the Narmada. But he has chosen the wrong place for peace and quiet: too many lives converge here and he meets a series of unusual characters. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 18. Weight in Grams: 216.
Publisher
Vintage
Number of pages
288
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Edition
New edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099515944
ISBN
9780099515944
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 17.65

Paperback. Num Pages: 126 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 208 x 10. Weight in Grams: 182.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Open Letter United States
Number of pages
130
Condition
New
SKU
V9781934824757
ISBN
9781934824757
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 14.24

Paperback. Samia Omar grows up in war-torn Somalia, dreaming of being a world-class sprinter. She sleeps with a photo of Mo Farah by her bed and trains hard. After achieving a place on the national team to compete in the Beijing Olympics, she sets her sights on the 2012 games in London. This book is based on a true story. Translator(s): Appel, Anne Milano. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 132 x 198 x 29. Weight in Grams: 202.
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571322695
ISBN
9780571322695
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.73

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