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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

Paperback. Num Pages: 250 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 17. Weight in Grams: 332.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Five Leaves Publications United Kingdom
Number of pages
250
Condition
New
SKU
V9781905512300
ISBN
9781905512300
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.20

paperback. Num Pages: 257 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 19. Weight in Grams: 360.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Five Leaves Publications
Condition
New
SKU
V9781905512195
ISBN
9781905512195
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.22

Num Pages: 237 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 165 x 24. Weight in Grams: 526.
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Bancroft Press United States
Number of pages
237
Condition
New
SKU
V9781890862022
ISBN
9781890862022
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 22.56

Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FHD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 167 x 236 x 22. Weight in Grams: 582.
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Bancroft Press United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9781890862428
ISBN
9781890862428
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 23.34

Hardback. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 222 x 314 x 39. Weight in Grams: 652.
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers Inc
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780062413475
ISBN
9780062413475
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 23.91

Paperback. Editor(s): Zwagerman, Joost. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 592 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 132 x 198 x 29. Weight in Grams: 410.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141395722
ISBN
9780141395722
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.29

Paperback. The troubles of 1885 are a topic of enduring fascination. "Gabriel Dumont in Paris "is a fictional retelling of the events leading up to the Northwest Rebellion, focussing on the thoughts and actions of Metis leader Gabriel Dumont. Series: Currents. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: FA; HBG; HBLA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 135 x 15. Weight in Grams: 268.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
University of Alberta Press Canada
Edition
1st
Number of pages
180
Condition
New
SKU
V9780888643216
ISBN
9780888643216
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 16.83

Paperback. Exploring a boy's childhood in Barcelona during the Franco dictatorship, this work is based on the autobiographical experience of prize-winning Catalan author Jordi Coca. Translator(s): Thomson, Richard. Num Pages: 216 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 213 x 138 x 16. Weight in Grams: 242.
Publisher
Parthian Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
216
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Condition
New
SKU
V9781905762392
ISBN
9781905762392
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 13.24

Paperback. Christof, Christophe, Christopher and Cristofol are four brothers - sons of the same father and four very different mothers, yet none of them knows of the others' existence. When they learn that their father has been declared missing, they come together for the first time and attempt to reconstruct his life. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 132 x 31. Weight in Grams: 386.
Publisher
Short Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781780722139
ISBN
9781780722139
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.10

Hardcover. "Fictions" is a collection of short stories, influenced by writers as disparate as Lewis Carroll, Stevenson and Cervantes. Borges turns dry logical puzzles into enchanting fables. Num Pages: 148 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 213 x 146 x 17. Weight in Grams: 324.
Publisher
Everyman's Library
Number of pages
148
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1993
Edition
First Thus
Condition
New
SKU
V9781857151664
ISBN
9781857151664
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 15.64

Paperback. A collection of short stories with such themes as dreams, labyrinths, mirrors, infinite libraries, the manipulations of chance, gaucho knife-fighters, transparent tigers and the elusive nature of identity itself. Translator(s): Hurley, Andrew. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FC; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 128 x 13. Weight in Grams: 170.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Number of pages
224
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Edition
01st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141183831
ISBN
9780141183831
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.87

paperback. A collection of short stories and essays showcasing one of Latin America's influential and imaginative writers. It was a literary spellbinder whose tales of magic, mystery and murder are shot through with deep philosophical paradoxes. Editor(s): Yates, Donald A.; Irby, James East. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: DQ; FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 130 x 17. Weight in Grams: 212.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Penguin Classics England
Condition
New
Edition
Reprint
SKU
9780141184845
ISBN
9780141184845
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 4.82

Paperback. Offers accounts of 'Funes the Memorious', the man who can forget nothing; 'Pierre Menard, Author of the "Quixote"', who recreates Miguel de Cervantes' epic word-for-word; a society run on the basis of an all-encompassing game of chance in 'The Lottery in Babylon'. Translator(s): Hurley, Andrew. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 13. Weight in Grams: 144.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Condition
New
SKU
9780141183848
ISBN
9780141183848
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.45

Paperback. The art of writing is mysterious; the opinions we hold are ephemeral. This title presents eleven short stories. Translator(s): Hurley, Andrew. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FC; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 129 x 10. Weight in Grams: 114.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Condition
New
SKU
9780141183862
ISBN
9780141183862
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 11.76

Paperback. Composed of poems, parables, and stories, sketches and apocryphal quotations, this book explores the mysterious territory that lies between the dreams of the creative artist and the "real" world. Translator(s): Boyer, Mildred Vinson; Morland, Harold. Series: Texas Pan American Series. Num Pages: 96 pages, illus. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 151 x 226 x 8. Weight in Grams: 164.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1964
Publisher
University of Texas Press United States
Edition
13th ed.
Number of pages
96
Condition
New
SKU
V9780292715493
ISBN
9780292715493
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.37

paperback. Translator(s): Yates, Donald A.; Irby, James East; Fein, John M.; Weinberger, Eliot. Num Pages: 96 pages. BIC Classification: DQ; FA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 177 x 116 x 12. Weight in Grams: 120.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
New Directions Publishing Corporation United States
Number of pages
96
Condition
New
Edition
Reprint
SKU
V9780811218832
ISBN
9780811218832
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 12.26

paperback. A collection of short stories and essays showcasing one of Latin America's influential and imaginative writers. It was a literary spellbinder whose tales of magic, mystery and murder are shot through with deep philosophical paradoxes. Editor(s): Yates, Donald A.; Irby, James East. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: DQ; FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 130 x 17. Weight in Grams: 212. Very good copy showing minor age and wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Penguin Classics England
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KMK0025750
ISBN
9780141184845
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.82

Paperback. 160 pages, Illustrations. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: FA. Dimension: 199 x 127 x 12. Weight: 168. Translator(s): King, Brendan.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Dedalus
Edition
Tra
Number of pages
160
Condition
New
SKU
V9781903517475
ISBN
9781903517475
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.22

Paperback. Durtal, a shy, censorious man, is writing a biography of Gilles de Rais, the monstrous fifteenth-century child-murderer thought to be the original for 'Bluebeard'. Bored and disgusted by the vulgarity of everyday life, Durtal seeks spiritual solace by immersing himself in another age. Translator(s): Hale, Terry. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 131 x 18. Weight in Grams: 238.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Edition
First Printing
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140447675
ISBN
9780140447675
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 11.73

Paperback. On the eve of Angolan independence, Ludo bricks herself into her apartment, where she will remain for the next thirty years. She lives off vegetables and pigeons, burns her furniture and books to stay alive and keeps herself busy by writing her story on the walls of her home. Translator(s): Hahn, Daniel. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 132 x 197 x 19. Weight in Grams: 212.
Publisher
Vintage
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099593126
ISBN
9780099593126
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.95

Paperback. A journalist - the autobiographical features are quite deliberate - is trying to find out what happened to Lidia, who disappeared in Luanda in 1992, a point in time when the civil war flared up again with ferocity after rebel leader Jonas Savimbi and his UNITA movement refused to accept defeat in the country's first free and democratic elections. Translator(s): Hahn, Daniel. Num Pages: 264 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 217 x 140 x 22. Weight in Grams: 348.
Publisher
Arcadia Books
Number of pages
264
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Edition
0th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781906413200
ISBN
9781906413200
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 14.72

Paperback. Focuses on esthetic and philosophical sensibility, as well as its most discussed treatise on hemispheric relations. This book contains a reader's guide to names, places, and important movements, as well as notes and a comprehensive annotated English/Spanish bibliography. Series: Texas Pan American Series. Num Pages: 156 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 214 x 141 x 12. Weight in Grams: 499.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1988
Publisher
University of Texas Press United States
Number of pages
156
Condition
New
Edition
Annotated
SKU
V9780292703964
ISBN
9780292703964
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.53

Paperback. Translator(s): Patterson, Robin. Series: Dedalus Africa. Num Pages: 204 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 126 x 16. Weight in Grams: 200.
Publisher
Dedalus Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
1st
Condition
New
SKU
V9781910213070
ISBN
9781910213070
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 13.32

Paperback. Translator(s): Vetch, John. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 127. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
New Directions Publishing Corporation United States
Number of pages
128
Condition
New
SKU
V9780811222181
ISBN
9780811222181
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 14.42

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