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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
Paperback. In early 18th-century Lisbon, Baltasar, a soldier who has lost his left hand in battle, falls in love with Blimunda, a young girl with visionary powers. From the day that he follows her home from the auto-da-fe where her mother is burned at the stake, the two are bound body and soul by love of an unassailable strength. Translator(s): Pontiero, Giovanni. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 131 x 22. Weight in Grams: 252.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Vintage Classics
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781860469015
- ISBN
- 9781860469015
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.45
€ 13.99
€ 10.45
Paperback. One day a rift opens along the border between Spain and France, and the Iberian peninsula floats off across the Atlantic, a great stone raft. But what of the floating population? While the tourists and investors flee, the Spanish and Portuguese escape the coast and wander the inland roads. Translator(s): Pontiero, Giovanni. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 18. Weight in Grams: 200.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Vintage Classics
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781860467219
- ISBN
- 9781860467219
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.38
€ 11.99
€ 10.38
Hardcover. Translator(s): Zucker, Alex. Num Pages: 150 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 237 x 189 x 21. Weight in Grams: 360.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Karolinum Press, Charles University
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9788024631271
- ISBN
- 9788024631271
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 21.20
€ 25.99
€ 21.20
Paperback. In 1945, in Kostelec, Danny is playing saxophone for the best jazz band in Czechoslovakia. Their trumpeter has just got out of a concentration camp, their bass player is only allowed in the band since he owns the bass, and the love of Danny's life is in love with somebody else. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 25. Weight in Grams: 314.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 416
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Edition
- 1st Zebra/Grove Paperback Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141047676
- ISBN
- 9780141047676
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.00€ 11.84
€ 13.00
€ 11.84
Paperback. Translator(s): Aitken, Martin. Num Pages: 260 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 142 x 216 x 20. Weight in Grams: 322.
- Publisher
- Open Letter
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Translation
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781940953373
- ISBN
- 9781940953373
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 16.75
€ 20.99
€ 16.75
Paperback. From internationally acclaimed author Joseph Boyden comes a powerful novel about two native Canadian sisters and the forces that pull them apart. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 28. Weight in Grams: 410.
- Publisher
- Orion Publishing Co
- Number of pages
- 432
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780753823323
- ISBN
- 9780753823323
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.05
€ 13.99
€ 11.05
Paperback. A mesmerizing epic set in the wilds of 17th century North America, from a Giller Prize-winning author. Num Pages: 496 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 198 x 36. Weight in Grams: 470.
- Publisher
- Oneworld Publications
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781780744407
- ISBN
- 9781780744407
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 14.08
€ 17.99
€ 14.08
Paperback. Joseph Connolly's comic outrage skewers over-inflated celebrity culture and dethrones child stardom in this violently funny satire. Num Pages: 496 pages. BIC Classification: FA; WH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 132 x 198 x 36. Weight in Grams: 344.
- Publisher
- Quercus Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781848666313
- ISBN
- 9781848666313
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.30
€ 11.99
€ 10.30
Paperback. 1959. England's Lane is a respectable street of reputable family businesses. Until an enigmatic butcher sets up shop, and shameful secrets begin to surface.. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 147 x 32. Weight in Grams: 362.
- Publisher
- Quercus Publishing
- Number of pages
- 432
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781780877211
- ISBN
- 9781780877211
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.02
€ 13.99
€ 11.02
Paperback. Clean copy, with very light shelfwear. Good to very good
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Number of pages
- 390
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Edition
- New Ed
- SKU
- KST0017631
- ISBN
- 9780571204397
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. The Works is an elegy to the inextricables of life - pasts and presents, husbands and wives, fathers and sons, hopes and fears - told with Joseph Connolly's inimitable gift for character and voice as he digs up the dirt on nineties London. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 34. Weight in Grams: 306.
- Publisher
- Quercus
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781782067009
- ISBN
- 9781782067009
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Eric's double-decker life and triple-tangled lies drive him to a catastrophic collision in Joseph Connolly's wry and ingeniously plotted black comedy. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 139 x 21. Weight in Grams: 224.
- Publisher
- Quercus
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781782067054
- ISBN
- 9781782067054
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.05
€ 13.99
€ 11.05
Hardback. Three married couples: each living in England's Lane, each of them hiding their lies, coping in the only way they know how. Num Pages: 496 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 160 x 37. Weight in Grams: 692.
- Publisher
- Quercus Publishing
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781780877181
- ISBN
- 9781780877181
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 5.54
€ 5.54
Paperback. With vicious flair, Connolly hurtles a cast of thrillingly repulsive characters into a plot of adultery, sadism and revenge, speeding towards a violent climax. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 204 x 165 x 21. Weight in Grams: 234.
- Publisher
- Quercus
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781782067030
- ISBN
- 9781782067030
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.05
€ 13.99
€ 11.05
Hardback. Susan wants another husband - which comes as a shock to the current one. A tale of a singular threesome. Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 240 x 161 x 38. Weight in Grams: 722. Good clean copy in dustwrapper. DW with some light shelf wear else as new.
- Condition
- Used, Like New
- Publisher
- Quercus Publishing
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- SKU
- KTG0005031
- ISBN
- 9781780877228
Hardback
Condition: Used, Like New
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Susan wants another husband - which comes as a shock to the current one. A tale of a singular threesome. Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 129 x 199 x 26. Weight in Grams: 316.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Quercus Publishing
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781784293468
- ISBN
- 9781784293468
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.05
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Paperback. Contains four stories, written between 1900 and 1902. One of them reveals the differences between instinct and intelligence in a partnership vital to human survival; and the other contains 'land-stories' that explore the utter isolation of an East European emigrant in England and in the other, the plight of a woman. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 13. Weight in Grams: 240.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Edition
- Revised
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141441955
- ISBN
- 9780141441955
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.04
€ 13.99
€ 11.04
Paperback. A story of espionage and counter-espionage, and anarchists and embassies. Series Editor(s): Carabine, Dr. Keith. Series: Wordsworth Classics. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 127 x 15. Weight in Grams: 170.
- Publisher
- Wordsworth Editions Ltd
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Edition
- Paperback
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781853260650
- ISBN
- 9781853260650
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 6.33
€ 6.33
Paperback. Under Western Eyes traces the experiences of Razumov, a young Russian student caught up in the aftermath of a terrorist bombing. It deals with topical moral issues such r s1he defensibility of terrorist resistance to tyranny and the loss of individual privacy in a surveillance society. This new edition uses the English first edition text and has a new bibliography and chronology. Editor(s): Hawthorn, Jeremy. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 129 x 196 x 18. Weight in Grams: 258.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 368
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Edition
- Reissue
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199552375
- ISBN
- 9780199552375
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.68
€ 13.99
€ 11.68
Paperback. An attack on the Greenwich Observatory in 1894 masterminded by Verloc, a Russian spy working for the police, and ostensibly a member of an anarchist group in Soho. His masters instruct him to discredit the anarchists in a humiliating fashion, and when his evil plan goes horribly awry, Verloc must deal with the repercussions of his actions. Editor(s): Newton, Michael. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 20. Weight in Grams: 236.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141441580
- ISBN
- 9780141441580
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.23
€ 11.99
€ 10.23
Paperback. Mr Verloc, the secret agent, is involved in an anarchist plot to blow up the Greenwich Observatory which goes disastrously wrong. Based on the text which Conrad's first English readers enjoyed, this new edition includes a critical introduction which describes Conrad's great London novel as the realization of a 'monstrous town', a place of idiocy, madness, criminality, and butchery. Editor(s): Lyon, John. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 128 x 15. Weight in Grams: 214.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 304
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199536351
- ISBN
- 9780199536351
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 12.65
€ 12.65
Hardcover. In this tale of colonial exploitation, the narrator, Marlowe, journeys deep into the heart of Africa. But there he encounters Kurtz, an idealist apparently crazed and depraved by his power over the natives, and the meeting prompts Marlowe to reflect on the darkness at the heart of all men. Num Pages: 112 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 204 x 117 x 15. Weight in Grams: 268.
- Publisher
- Everyman United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 112
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781857151749
- ISBN
- 9781857151749
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 15.06
€ 19.99
€ 15.06
Paperback. 'Heart of Darkness' is Conrad's finest tale and tells of Marlow's journey up the Congo River to meet Mr Kurtz. This volume also includes 'An Outpost of Progress', 'Karain', and 'Youth' in a revised edition using the English first edition texts and with new chronology and bibliography. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 272 pages, one map. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 129 x 39. Weight in Grams: 190.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Number of pages
- 272
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Edition
- Revised
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199536016
- ISBN
- 9780199536016
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 9.98
€ 10.99
€ 9.98
Paperback. Set in the Malay Archipelago, this novel not only provides a gripping account of maritime adventure and romance, but also an exotic tale of the East. It explores the dilemmas of conscience, of moral isolation, of loyalty and betrayal confronting a sensitive individual whose romantic quest for an honourable ideal are tested to the limit. Series Editor(s): Carabine, Dr. Keith. Series: Wordsworth Classics. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 125 x 17. Weight in Grams: 202.
- Publisher
- Wordsworth Editions
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781853260377
- ISBN
- 9781853260377
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 4.99
€ 4.99