Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
Paperback. Senhor Jose is a minor official in a registry office, with a passion for reconstructing people's lives from the data in archive documents. One woman's file is particularly intriguing. She is dead, and he decides to trace her life backwards, from death to birth. But can he bring her back to life? Translator(s): Jull Costa, Margaret. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 16. Weight in Grams: 192.
- Publisher
- Vintage Classics
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781860467202
- ISBN
- 9781860467202
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Condition: New
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Paperback. When Raimundo Silva, humble proof-reader for a Lisbon publishing house, takes it upon himself to insert a negative into the sentence of a history book, he rewrites history. The effect of this act of insubordination is to make his editor, the voluptuous Dr Maria Sara, fall in love with him. Translator(s): Pontiero, Giovanni. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 21. Weight in Grams: 240.
- Publisher
- Vintage United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781860467226
- ISBN
- 9781860467226
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Condition: New
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Paperback. Lisbon, late-1940s. The inhabitants of an old apartment block are struggling to make ends meet. There's the elderly shoemaker and his wife who take in a solitary young lodger; the woman who sells herself; the cultivated family come down in the world, who live only for each other and for music; and the typist whose boss can't keep his eyes off her. Translator(s): Costa, Margaret Jull. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 198 x 23. Weight in Grams: 228.
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099581826
- ISBN
- 9780099581826
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Condition: New
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Paperback. A man knocked on the King's door to ask for a boat. Why the petitioner required a boat, where he was bound for, and who volunteered to crew for him the reader will discover as this short narrative unfolds. Illustrator(s): Sis, Peter. Translator(s): Jull Costa, Margaret. Num Pages: 48 pages, 4 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 131 x 9. Weight in Grams: 108.
- Publisher
- Vintage United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 42
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781860466908
- ISBN
- 9781860466908
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Condition: New
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Paperback. A driver waiting at traffic lights goes blind. An ophthalmologist tries to diagnose his distinctive white blindness, but is affected before he can read textbooks. It becomes a contagion, spreading throughout the city. Trying to stem the epidemic, the authorities herd the afflicted into a mental asylum where the wards are terrorised by blind thugs. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 130 x 21. Weight in Grams: 234.
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099573586
- ISBN
- 9780099573586
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Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.08
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Paperback. Cipriano and his daughter craft a new line of small ceramic figurines and the Centre orders cast quantities and then recants. Resigned to idleness, Cipriano moves to a soulless megaplex, until late one night he comes across a horrifying secret in the bowels of the artificial city. This is an Orwellian nightmare, a family fable and a love story. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 19. Weight in Grams: 212.
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 304
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099449157
- ISBN
- 9780099449157
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Condition: New
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Paperback. Ricardo Reis was a pseudonym created by Fernando Pessoa, the great Portugese poet. Six weeks, after Pessoa's death, Ricardo Reis returns to Lisbon to take up residence in a hotel,wander the streets, read the newspapers and muse on love, destiny, politics, life and death with his old friend. Translator(s): Pontiero, Giovanni. Num Pages: 384 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 132 x 31. Weight in Grams: 268.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781860465024
- ISBN
- 9781860465024
Paperback
Condition: New
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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
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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
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Condition: New
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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
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Condition: New
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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
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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
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Condition: New
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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€ 11.04
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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
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Hardback. With a nod to Kurt Vonnegut's audacious sense of humor, the author demonstrates the humanity of his odd-ball characters. His portrayal of a city neighborhood in transition also gives the story a distinctive sense of place. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 221 x 161 x 20. Weight in Grams: 394.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Bridge Works Publishing Co ,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781882593859
- ISBN
- 9781882593859
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Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 22.70
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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€ 10.23
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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
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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
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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
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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€ 11.04
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