Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
Paperback. An Egyptian journalist in Iraq witnesses Saddam's rise to power while investigating the disappearance of an Iraqi woman. Translator(s): Wahab, Farouk Abdel. Num Pages: 488 pages. BIC Classification: FF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 160 x 229 x 26. Weight in Grams: 714.
- Publisher
- The American University in Cairo Press Egypt
- Number of pages
- 384
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789774165887
- ISBN
- 9789774165887
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.91
€ 21.91
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Carcanet Press Ltd.
- Number of pages
- 128
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781905583638
- ISBN
- 9781905583638
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 12.91
€ 14.99
€ 12.91
Paperback. Translator(s): Roughton, Philip. Num Pages: 500 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 180 x 155 x 36. Weight in Grams: 608.
- Publisher
- Archipelago
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780914671091
- ISBN
- 9780914671091
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 19.46
€ 20.99
€ 19.46
Paperback. When the Americans make an offer to buy land in Iceland to build a NATO airbase after the Second World War, a storm of protest is provoked throughout the country. Narrated by a country girl from the north, this novel follows her experiences after she takes up employment as a maid in the house of her Member of Parliament. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 133 x 12. Weight in Grams: 162.
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing
- Number of pages
- 192
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099455158
- ISBN
- 9780099455158
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.01
€ 13.99
€ 11.01
Paperback. Bjartus is a sheep farmer determined to eke a living from a blighted patch of land. Nothing, not merciless weather, nor his family will come between him and his goal of financial independence. Only Asta Solillja, the child he brings up as his daughter, can pierce his stubborn heart. Num Pages: 544 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 34. Weight in Grams: 398.
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099527121
- ISBN
- 9780099527121
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 11.86
€ 15.99
€ 11.86
Paperback. This tender novel tells the tale of Alfgrim, an abandoned child, whose mother gave birth to him in the turf-and-stone cottage of Bjorn of Brekkukot, the fisherman, on the outskirts of what is now Reykjavik. Translator(s): Magnusson, Magnus. Num Pages: 256 pages, maps. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 17. Weight in Grams: 184.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Vintage Classics
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781860469343
- ISBN
- 9781860469343
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.82
€ 13.99
€ 10.82
Paperback. Hlynur Bjorn is an unemployed 30-something loner, still living with his mum, who spends his days on the Internet, watching satellite TV, and gazing at girls in the pub. But Hlynur's cosy, unthreatening world is shaken when his mother comes out as a lesbian, and her Spanish girlfriend Lolla moves into their home. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 186 x 115 x 27. Weight in Grams: 216.
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Number of pages
- 384
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780571209767
- ISBN
- 9780571209767
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.78
€ 13.99
€ 10.78
Paperback. Poke Rafferty is playing family with Rose, the dancer he wants to marry, and with Miaow, the street child he wants to adopt. Yet when everything is beginning to work out, trouble comes looking for Poke. Suddenly he finds himself pulled into a dark side of Bangkok that he doesn't know or understand, but everything he has is suddenly under threat. Num Pages: 352 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 136 x 22. Weight in Grams: 266.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers Inc United States
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780061257223
- ISBN
- 9780061257223
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 15.00
€ 15.99
€ 15.00
Hardcover. Offers a portrait of a marginalized Egyptian community, bringing to life the absurd and tragic characters who occupy the margins of society while paying tribute to a historical Cairene neighborhood. This novel reveals a social climate where ruthlessness and goodness seem almost indistinguishable and humanity is on display in all its rich variety. Translator(s): Booth, Marilyn. Series: Middle East Literature in Translation. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 140 x 17. Weight in Grams: 308.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Syracuse University Press
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780815608523
- ISBN
- 9780815608523
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 19.79
€ 20.99
€ 19.79
Paperback. Translator(s): Davies, Humphrey. Num Pages: 215 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 151 x 226 x 12. Weight in Grams: 334.
- Publisher
- The American University in Cairo Press
- Number of pages
- 224
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789774166013
- ISBN
- 9789774166013
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 18.72
€ 19.99
€ 18.72
Paperback. Set mainly in Uzbekistan between 1900 and 1980, this title introduces the inhabitants of the small town of Gilas on the ancient Silk Route. It chronicles the dramatic changes that felt throughout Central Asia in the early twentieth century. Translator(s): Chandler, Robert. Num Pages: 336 pages, maps. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 22. Weight in Grams: 250.
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing
- Number of pages
- 336
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099466130
- ISBN
- 9780099466130
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.01
€ 13.99
€ 11.01
Paperback. Features stories such as: "Under the Lion's Paw", "Up the Coolly", "Mrs. Ripley's Trip" and more. Num Pages: 247 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5182 x 3404 x 17. Weight in Grams: 295.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press new york
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803270589
- ISBN
- 9780803270589
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 20.79
€ 20.99
€ 20.79
Paperback. It lies somewhere beneath the snow, high in the Dolomites: Nazi gold, tainted with the blood of murdered men. Only a few know its secrets, and one by one they come in search of it - a hot-tempered Italian Comtessa, a racketeering pimp, a Greek criminal, a film-maker and a hapless writer. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 13. Weight in Grams: 142.
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 192
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099577423
- ISBN
- 9780099577423
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.02
€ 13.99
€ 11.02
Paperback. The spectre of another world war haunts journalist Walter Craig and disturbs the peace of his seaside holiday. But below the Cornish cliffs, hidden by churning seas, the enemy is very real indeed, and much closer than anyone could suspect. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 131 x 15. Weight in Grams: 166.
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099577348
- ISBN
- 9780099577348
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Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 16.85
€ 20.99
€ 16.85
Paperback. The battered hulk of a huge ship looms out of the stinging spray of a furious gale. Only one man, half-mad, remains aboard, working without sleep or sustenance to save her from sinking. But this man is no hero, and this ship was not meant to be saved. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 131 x 19. Weight in Grams: 208.
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099577430
- ISBN
- 9780099577430
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.02
€ 13.99
€ 11.02
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- The American University in Cairo Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789774167881
- ISBN
- 9789774167881
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.75
€ 15.75
Paperback. Num Pages: 136 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 134 x 8. Weight in Grams: 172.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Dover Publications Inc. United States
- Number of pages
- 136
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780486431680
- ISBN
- 9780486431680
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.62
€ 11.62
paperback. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 142 x 198 x 16. Weight in Grams: 176.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Granta Books
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781846275975
- ISBN
- 9781846275975
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 12.99€ 10.45
€ 12.99
€ 10.45
Hardback. One of the most-talked about works of fiction to emerge from China in recent years, this novel about an urban youth "displaced" to a small village in rural China during the Cultural Revolution is a fictionalized portrait of the author's own experience as a young man. Translator(s): Lovell, Julia. Series: Weatherhead Books on Asia. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: 2G; FA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 160 x 24. Weight in Grams: 590.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 400
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231127448
- ISBN
- 9780231127448
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 49.88
€ 49.88
Paperback. The Impossible Fairy Tale tells the story of the nameless 'Child', who struggles to make a mark on the world, and her classmate Mia, whose spoiled life is everything the Child's is not. Translator(s): Hong, Janet. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 127. .
- Publisher
- Tilted Axis Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781911284093
- ISBN
- 9781911284093
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 13.40
€ 16.99
€ 13.40
Paperback. In an unnamed Middle Eastern city, four women from different social and cultural backgrounds tell their story. There is Suha, an educated Lebanese woman brought to the desert by her husband; Tamr, who must fight against male rule to educate herself; and, Suzanne, captivated by the men and the mystery of the Arabian desert. Translator(s): Cobham, Catherine. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 20. Weight in Grams: 254.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781408805909
- ISBN
- 9781408805909
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 4.99
€ 14.99
€ 4.99
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Milet Publishing Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 356
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781840596809
- ISBN
- 9781840596809
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 18.40
€ 19.99
€ 18.40
Paperback. A novel by the author of "The Buddha of Suburbia" and "My Beautiful Laundrette" which analyzes the agonies and joys of being connected to another person. Jay, who is leaving his partner and their two sons, reflects on the vicissitudes of his relationship with Susan. Num Pages: 100 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 133. Weight in Grams: 240. Clean copy in good condition
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Publisher
- Faber and Faber
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Edition
- First Edition
- SKU
- KST0025995
- ISBN
- 9780571194377
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 17.95
€ 17.95
Paperback. Features dreamy teenager Karim, desperate to escape suburban South London and experience the forbidden fruits which the 1970s seem to offer. When the unlikely opportunity of a life in the theatre announces itself, Karim starts to win the sort of attention he has been craving - albeit with some rude and raucous results. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780571333547
- ISBN
- 9780571333547
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.73
€ 13.99
€ 10.73