Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
Paperback. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 5SL; FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 214 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 310.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Arsenal Pulp Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781551522135
- ISBN
- 9781551522135
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 18.50
€ 19.99
€ 18.50
Paperback. One of the last artistic expressions of life under communism, this novel captures the atmosphere in Prague between 1983 and 1987, where a dance could be broken up by the secret police, a traffic offence could lead to surveillance and where contraband books were the currency of the underworld. Num Pages: 282 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 15. Weight in Grams: 279.
- Publisher
- Granta UK
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Edition
- Reprint, Subsequent
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781862071032
- ISBN
- 9781862071032
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.58
€ 13.99
€ 11.58
Paperback. Set in the present-day Czech Republic, this novel traces a year in the life of a Protestant pastor, Daniel Vedra. Ostensibly a happily married father of three, he is gradually beset by spiritual doubt and temptations, both physical and material. Translator(s): Brain, A.G. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 194 x 130. Weight in Grams: 300. Fine copy showing minor shelf wear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Granta Books
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KSS0016679
- ISBN
- 9781862071155
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
paperback. The narrator of this novel has temporarily abandoned his work-in-progress - an essay on Kafka - and exchanged his writer's pen for the orange vest of a Prague road-sweeper. As he works, he meditates on Czechoslovakia, Kafka, life, art and his passionate and adulterous affair with Daria. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 133 x 14. Weight in Grams: 176.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Vintage
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780099429586
- ISBN
- 9780099429586
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 12.99€ 10.83
€ 12.99
€ 10.83
Paperback. Set in a region south of the Carpathian mountains, this novel tells the story of Nikola Suhaj who lives a Robin Hood-like existence. He and his accomplices rob - and often kill - travellers and rich Jewish merchants and share their spoils between the poor, fellow Ruthenians and poor Jews. Translator(s): Holecek, Marie K. Series: Literature in Translation S. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 17. Weight in Grams: 254.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Northwestern University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780810118270
- ISBN
- 9780810118270
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 28.55
€ 28.55
Paperback. Ivan Vladislavic invites readers to do some detective work of their own. Each story can be read as a story or you can try to tease out the clues and patterns. Whether skewering extreme marketing techniques or constructing dystopian parallel universes, Vladislavic will make you look beyond appearances. Num Pages: 216 pages. BIC Classification: 1HFMS; FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 197 x 26. Weight in Grams: 206.
- Publisher
- And Other Stories
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781908276568
- ISBN
- 9781908276568
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 16.55
€ 17.99
€ 16.55
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- And Other Stories
- Number of pages
- 200
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781908276261
- ISBN
- 9781908276261
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 16.94
€ 17.99
€ 16.94
paperback. Num Pages: 313 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 133 x 18. Weight in Grams: 272.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- Random House USA Inc United States
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 313
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780679759287
- ISBN
- 9780679759287
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 17.43
€ 19.99
€ 17.43
Paperback. In the small Bosnian town of Visegrad the stone bridge of the novel's title, built in the sixteenth century on the instruction of a grand vezir, bears witness to three centuries of conflict. This title chronicles the lives of Catholics, Moselms and Orthodox Christians that unable to reconcile their disparate loyalties. Translator(s): Edwards, Lovette F. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 136 x 24. Weight in Grams: 342.
- Publisher
- Harvill Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781860460586
- ISBN
- 9781860460586
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.29
€ 17.99
€ 13.29
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Quercus Publishing Plc United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781906694838
- ISBN
- 9781906694838
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.10
€ 13.99
€ 11.10
Paperback. Num Pages: 489 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 217 x 141 x 23. Weight in Grams: 464.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Sterling Publishers
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9788120715608
- ISBN
- 9788120715608
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 9.51
€ 10.99
€ 9.51
Paperback. Num Pages: 150 pages, 5ill. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 132 x 12. Weight in Grams: 176.
- Publisher
- Quince Tree Press
- Number of pages
- 150
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Edition
- New
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780900847943
- ISBN
- 9780900847943
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.23
€ 15.23
mass_market. In the early eighteenth century, Susan Barton finds herself adrift from a mutinous ship and cast ashore on a remote desert island. There she finds shelter with its only other inhabitants: a man named Cruso and his tongueless slave, Friday. In time, she builds a life for herself as Cruso's companion and, eventually, his lover. Series: Penguin Essentials. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 112 x 180 x 11. Weight in Grams: 94.
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780241973691
- ISBN
- 9780241973691
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 12.99€ 9.80
€ 12.99
€ 9.80
Paperback. In a room with no windows on the eastern coast of Africa, an Englishman, James More, is held captive by jihadist fighters. Posing as a water engineer to spy on al-Qaeda activity in the area, he now faces extreme privation, mock executions and forced marches through arid Somali badlands. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 194 x 129 x 14. Weight in Grams: 156.
- Publisher
- Vintage United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 208
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099555384
- ISBN
- 9780099555384
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.30
€ 11.99
€ 10.30
Paperback. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 130 x 13. Weight in Grams: 232.
- Publisher
- The New York Review of Books, Inc
- Number of pages
- 208
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781590173954
- ISBN
- 9781590173954
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 15.04
€ 16.99
€ 15.04
Paperback. Num Pages: 342 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 208 x 139 x 24. Weight in Grams: 322.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Soho Press Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 342
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781616950880
- ISBN
- 9781616950880
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 17.19
€ 18.99
€ 17.19
Paperback. This story, set around the sole survivor of a plane crash, follows the lives of the people around him in the aftermath, the effect disaster has on them and the way in which they all struggle to re-establish themselves. Num Pages: 358 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 22. Weight in Grams: 266. Some shelfwear. Remains good
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Publisher
- Granta Books
- Number of pages
- 358
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Edition
- New Ed
- SKU
- KST0020718
- ISBN
- 9781862072510
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 5.70
€ 5.70
Paperback. The Mix family are a dysfunctional bunch who feature in their father's comic strip. When he dies, the kids get the inheritance except the 5th child, a struggling artist. He has to draw the strip to get anything in a loser-lose-all, winner-take-all bid. Num Pages: 301 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 128. Weight in Grams: 244.
- Condition
- Used, Good
- Publisher
- Granta Books
- Number of pages
- 301
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Edition
- New edition
- SKU
- KLN0014991
- ISBN
- 9781862073166
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good
€ 17.95
€ 17.95
Paperback. The morning fog beyond the walls of your base lifts to reveal a lone woman approaching the gate. She says she has come to claim the body of her brother killed in last night's attack. Is she a terrorist? A spy? A lunatic? Or what she says she is - a grieving sister? What should you do? What do you do? Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 193 x 123 x 22. Weight in Grams: 250.
- Publisher
- Vintage
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780099565772
- ISBN
- 9780099565772
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 6.00
€ 10.99
€ 6.00
Paperback. Joyful, quirky and heartwarming, this is the story of a girl who becomes a world-famous chef, told by those who love her, envy her and never forget her. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 197 x 29. Weight in Grams: 312.
- Publisher
- Quercus Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780857054098
- ISBN
- 9780857054098
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.95
€ 13.99
€ 10.95