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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

Paperback. Eventually sundered from every human attachment, Samya lapses into despair and despondence, and finally an emotionally caused paralysis. But when she shakes off the torpor of sleep, the sleep of avoidance, she awakens to action with the explosive energy of one who has been reborn. Translator(s): Spencer, S. Num Pages: 157 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 163 x 217 x 11. Weight in Grams: 230.
Publisher
Ohio University Press United States
Number of pages
157
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1983
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804008372
ISBN
9780804008372
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 18.62

Hardback. Presents a funny retelling of the Arabian Nights and a inspired exploration of the art of storytelling. This title reimagines how Sheherezade saved Baghdad's virgins and her own life through a heroic feat of storytelling - one that kept the Persian king Sharyar hanging in agonizing narrative and erotic suspense for 1001 nights. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 227 x 198 x 20. Weight in Grams: 528.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Number of pages
200
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691143378
ISBN
9780691143378
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 19.68

Paperback. An extraordinary story of love and endurance during the Siege of Leningrad lies at the heart of a magnificent novel about Russia past and present, and the human condition. Translator(s): Strachan, Geoffrey. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 131 x 22. Weight in Grams: 214.
Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton General Division
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9781444700480
ISBN
9781444700480
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.85

Paperback. The compelling, brilliant new novel from a master of European literature, a bestseller in France Translator(s): Strachan, Geoffrey. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 14. Weight in Grams: 144.
Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton General Division United Kingdom
Number of pages
192
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780340837375
ISBN
9780340837375
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.00
€ 11.85

Paperback. Did sex bring down the Iron Curtain? An orphan reflects on the unbreakable bond between love and freedom in the Soviet Union.. Translator(s): Strachan, Geoffrey. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 201 x 136 x 11. Weight in Grams: 126.
Publisher
Quercus Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781780870496
ISBN
9781780870496
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.30

Paperback. A magnificent story of courage and survival in the face of great adversity Translator(s): Strachan, Geoffrey. Num Pages: 112 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 126 x 8. Weight in Grams: 90.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780340820094
ISBN
9780340820094
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.00
€ 11.86

Paperback. An astounding novel that penetrates the 20th-century experience, from one of Europe's most feted authors Translator(s): Strachan, Geoffrey. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 131 x 13. Weight in Grams: 136.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton United Kingdom
Edition
New Ed
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
SKU
V9780340831267
ISBN
9780340831267
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.04

Paperback. As shocking as it is moving, a novel about love, ideology and man's inhumanity to man by the internationally renowned Makine. Translator(s): Strachan, Geoffrey. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 130 x 17. Weight in Grams: 172.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton
Condition
New
SKU
V9780340936788
ISBN
9780340936788
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.00
€ 11.81

Paperback. The first novel to win both the Prix Goncourt and Prix Medicis Translator(s): Strachan, Geoffrey. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 19. Weight in Grams: 200.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton
Condition
New
SKU
9780340936412
ISBN
9780340936412
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.39

Paperback. The Mafia and the Ten Commandments meet in these interlinked short stories about the undebelly of Naples. This title uncovers the raw heart of a city, telling the stories of ordinary people forced to make extraordinary compromises in a place permeated by crime. Translator(s): Curtis, Howard. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 146 x 14. Weight in Grams: 182.
Publisher
Vintage United Kingdom
Number of pages
160
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9781846556173
ISBN
9781846556173
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.47

Paperback. The new paperback edition of a rarity: a brilliant novel of ideas that is also irresistible and very, very racy. An engrossing, hugely satisfying and entertaining read, by a young Argentinian superstar. For lovers of historical novels, and of the modernist giants Mann and Musil. Translator(s): Caistor, Nick; Garcia, Lorenza. Num Pages: 592 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 133 x 37. Weight in Grams: 474.
Publisher
Pushkin Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
New
Condition
New
SKU
V9781908968388
ISBN
9781908968388
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.73

Paperback. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 133 x 18. Weight in Grams: 228.
Publisher
Legend Press Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9781909039452
ISBN
9781909039452
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 10.11

Paperback. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 133 x 14. Weight in Grams: 146.
Publisher
Paperbooks Publishing Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9781906558086
ISBN
9781906558086
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 10.10

Paperback. Polly has been married to Arthur for ten years when she meets James Hammond. He's her Road Not Taken. The One That Got Away. He's also rich, and in one week he's inviting her to his hotel in the country to give her the job she's always wanted. He also wants her. Polly is so tempted. Arthur is gorgeous, but he's grumpy. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 133 x 31. Weight in Grams: 286. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Cornerstone
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
SKU
KRA0013063
ISBN
9780099580447
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Cowan's beautifully drawn, multi award-winning first novel of love in the hostile climate of modern British society Num Pages: 256 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 15. Weight in Grams: 178.
Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Edition
Revised
Condition
New
SKU
V9780340824122
ISBN
9780340824122
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.02

Paperback. From the multi-garlanded author of PIG, a mesmerising tale of the damaging lengths one man goes to in order to make sense of his life Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 201 x 129 x 21. Weight in Grams: 208.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton General Division United Kingdom
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780340713075
ISBN
9780340713075
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.09

Paperback. Series: Dedalus Original Fiction in Paperback. Num Pages: 312 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 155 x 18. Weight in Grams: 286.
Publisher
Dedalus Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781909232938
ISBN
9781909232938
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 13.44

Paperback. Series: Original Fiction in Paperback S. Num Pages: 243 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 127 x 21. Weight in Grams: 274.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
Dedalus Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
243
Condition
New
SKU
V9781873982112
ISBN
9781873982112
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.34

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Dedalus Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
paperback / softback
Number of pages
204
Condition
New
SKU
V9781909232457
ISBN
9781909232457
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 13.44

Paperback. Series: Dedalus Hall of Fame. Num Pages: 164 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 125 x 196 x 14. Weight in Grams: 178.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Dedalus Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
2nd Edition
Number of pages
164
Condition
New
SKU
V9781909232808
ISBN
9781909232808
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 12.44

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