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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

Paperback. A student in 1950s South Africa has long been plotting an escape from his country. Studying mathematics, reading poetry, saving money, he tries to ensure that when he arrives in the real world, he will be prepared to experience life to its full intensity. Arriving at last in London, however, he finds neither poetry nor romance. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 129 x 12. Weight in Grams: 134.
Publisher
Vintage
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099433620
ISBN
9780099433620
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.08

Paperback. Elizabeth Costello is an Australian writer of international renown. Famous principally for an early novel that established her reputation, she has reached the stage where her remaining function is to be venerated and applauded. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 14. Weight in Grams: 174.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099461920
ISBN
9780099461920
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.02

Paperback. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 13. Weight in Grams: 144.
Edition
01st Edition
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099479154
ISBN
9780099479154
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.08

Paperback. For decades the Magistrate has run the affairs of a tiny frontier settlement, ignoring the impending war between the barbarians and the Empire, whose servant he is. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 11. Weight in Grams: 134.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Condition
New
SKU
9780099465935
ISBN
9780099465935
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.65

Paperback. A collection of stories describing the beauty of the natural world, as experienced by children. Translator(s): Anderson, Alison. Num Pages: black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: FA; FYB; FYT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 162 x 15. Weight in Grams: 302.
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Number of pages
248
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9780803230002
ISBN
9780803230002
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.79

Paperback. Explores how the physical sensations we experience can be as strong as feelings of love or hate, with their power to bring chaos to our lives. This title features tales such as "The Day that Beaumont became Acquainted with his Pain", "Fever", and "A Day of Old Age". It portrays the landscape of the human consciousness. Translator(s): Woodward, Daphne. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 15. Weight in Grams: 194.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141191423
ISBN
9780141191423
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 14.24

Paperback. Presents an account and indictment of colonialism. Translator(s): Anderson, Alison. Num Pages: Illus. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 154 x 12. Weight in Grams: 310.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Edition
1st
Number of pages
216
Condition
New
SKU
V9780803279667
ISBN
9780803279667
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 18.65

Paperback. Set largely in locations along the French Riviera, these 11 short stories depict with great compassion the harsh realities of life for the less-privileged inhabitants of this privileged region. Num Pages: 214 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: FA; FYB; FYT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 11. Weight in Grams: 291.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780803280076
ISBN
9780803280076
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.72

Paperback. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 163 x 20. Weight in Grams: 374.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Seven Stories Press,U.S. United States
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9781609805838
ISBN
9781609805838
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 17.13

paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Seven Stories Press United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9781609804015
ISBN
9781609804015
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 15.30

Hardcover. .
Publisher
Shanghai Peoples Publishing House
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9787208111103
ISBN
9787208111103
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 34.52

Paperback. The story of a man who rose from peasant stock to become Estonia's most famous medieval chronicler - The first novel in a historical trilogy by Estonia's most famous writer Translator(s): Beecher, Merike Lepasaar. Num Pages: 544 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FV; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
Format
Paperback
Publisher
MacLehose Press
Condition
New
Publication date
2018
SKU
V9781784299781
ISBN
9781784299781
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.47

Paperback. Timo von Bock's release by the Czar from nine years' incarceration does not spell the end of the Baron's troubles: he is confined to his Livonian estate to live under the constant eye of police informers planted among his own household, and is subjected to endless humiliations. It is claimed that he is a madman and in need of 'protection'. Translator(s): Hollo, Anselm. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 136 x 25. Weight in Grams: 396.
Publisher
Vintage United Kingdom
Number of pages
368
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Condition
New
SKU
V9781860465796
ISBN
9781860465796
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 19.02

Paperback. .
Publisher
Racom Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781933199535
ISBN
9781933199535
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 7.09

Paperback. .
Publisher
World Editions Netherlands
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9789462380653
ISBN
9789462380653
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 12.53

Paperback. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 410.
Publisher
Agate Bolden
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781932841947
ISBN
9781932841947
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 16.34

Hardcover. Tells the author's love story through alternating journal entries and with a complex layering of voices, revealing how a love affair takes shape through twin perspectives of a famed male novelist and the woman who desires him. Translator(s): Nasr, Ghassan. Series: Middle East Literature in Translation. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 481.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Syracuse University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780815608837
ISBN
9780815608837
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 23.41

Paperback. Num Pages: 168 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 141 x 216 x 14. Weight in Grams: 232.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Dzanc Books
Condition
New
SKU
V9781936873531
ISBN
9781936873531
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 15.22

Paperback. Black Paintings from the Lives of the Men in the Goya Family. Series: Dedalus Europe 2012. 252 pages. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Dimension: 200 x 129 x 22. Weight: 266. Translator(s): Jones, Antonia Lloyd.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Dedalus Books
Edition
0th Edition
Number of pages
252
Condition
New
SKU
V9781907650697
ISBN
9781907650697
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 13.39

Paperback. "[A] compelling debut.. Townsend's writing [is] full of fresh turns of phrase and keen insights."-Anaya Mathis, New York Times Book Review Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 141 x 26. Weight in Grams: 290.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
WW Norton & Co
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780393350821
ISBN
9780393350821
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 26.88

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