Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
Paperback. It has been a most uncommon life, but the one constant during each stage of his journey are the voices which accompany him, voices which for other members of his family, including Brynja, have been far less benign. Now Alfred's final duty is to make sure that Julia understands so that Brynja does not become yet another family tragedy. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 198 x 35. Weight in Grams: 430.
- Publisher
- Black and White Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781785300820
- ISBN
- 9781785300820
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Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.81
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Paperback. Num Pages: 223 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 13. Weight in Grams: 260.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- Turtle Point Press United States
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 223
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780962798771
- ISBN
- 9780962798771
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 13.96
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Hardback. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FRD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 135. .
- Publisher
- Pan Macmillan
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- Main Market Ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781447259091
- ISBN
- 9781447259091
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.35
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Hardcover. Follows the adventures of an Argentinean writer living in Paris with his lover and a circle of bohemian friends, and consists of 155 short chapters that the author advises us to read out of order. Num Pages: 888 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 136 x 206 x 44. Weight in Grams: 838.
- Publisher
- Everyman's Library
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781841593647
- ISBN
- 9781841593647
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 19.02
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Paperback. Translator(s): Blackburn, Paul. Num Pages: 162 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 217 x 139 x 12. Weight in Grams: 176.
- Publisher
- Marion Boyars Publishers Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 162
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Edition
- New ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780714525204
- ISBN
- 9780714525204
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 13.39
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Hardcover. Translator(s): Rabassa, G. Num Pages: 281 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 213 x 143 x 28. Weight in Grams: 486.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1976
- Publisher
- Marion Boyars Publishers Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 281
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780714525020
- ISBN
- 9780714525020
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 17.39
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paperback. Num Pages: 112 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 205 x 140 x 8. Weight in Grams: 112.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Feminist Press at The City University of New York United States
- Number of pages
- 112
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Reprint
- SKU
- V9781558616585
- ISBN
- 9781558616585
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 12.41
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Paperback. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130. .
- Publisher
- Pan Macmillan
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- Main Market Ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781509810529
- ISBN
- 9781509810529
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.22
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Paperback. While recovering from a stroke, seventy-seven-year-old Utsugi turns to his diary to wryly record his struggle with his ageing body and his growing desire for his beautiful daughter-in-law Satsuko, a chic, Westernised dancer with a shady past. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 13. Weight in Grams: 142.
- Publisher
- Vintage United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 192
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099285199
- ISBN
- 9780099285199
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.08
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Paperback. The marriage of Kaname and Misako is disintegrating. Misako's father believes their relationship has been damaged by the influence of a new and alien culture, and attempts to heal the breach by educating his son-in-law in the Japanese traditions of aesthetic and sensual pleasure. The result is a conflict between ancient and modern, young and old. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 11. Weight in Grams: 124.
- Publisher
- Vintage United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 160
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099283379
- ISBN
- 9780099283379
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.22
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Paperback. Two short novels, published initially in the 1930s. "Musashi" deals with the dark obsessions of a 16th-century warlord. "Arrowroot" also touches on the pursuit of legend, but in a different mode, that of the uniquely Japanese form of the "essay" novel. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: DQ; FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 135 x 13. Weight in Grams: 144.
- Publisher
- Vintage United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 192
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099283171
- ISBN
- 9780099283171
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Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.08
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Paperback. A diary of a middle-aged man who is in love with his younger wife, Ikuko. In spite of that love, the pair have grown physically apart, each unsure of the other's desires ..until the day Ikuko discovers her husband's diary with its desperate hints of jealousy and voyeurism. Ikuko realises she has found the key to his very soul. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 131 x 12. Weight in Grams: 132.
- Publisher
- Vintage United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 176
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099289999
- ISBN
- 9780099289999
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.02
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Paperback. Series: Vintage International. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 205 x 133 x 15. Weight in Grams: 192.
- Publisher
- Random House USA Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780375724749
- ISBN
- 9780375724749
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 14.82
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Paperback. Tells the story of four sisters, and the declining fortunes of a traditional Japanese family. This title presents a loving and nostalgic recreation of the sumptuous, intricate upper-class life of Osaka immediately before World War Two. With surgical precision, it lays bare the sinews of pride, and brings a vanished era to vibrant life. Translator(s): Seidensticker, Edward G. Num Pages: 544 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 34. Weight in Grams: 398.
- Publisher
- Vintage Classics
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780749397104
- ISBN
- 9780749397104
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 11.80
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Paperback. Sonoko Kakiuchi is a cultured Osaka lady, unfortunately widowed young. This work presents a tale of infatuation and deceit, of eliberate evil. Its theme is humiliation, its victim Sonoko's mild-mannered husband. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 134 x 15. Weight in Grams: 176.
- Publisher
- Vintage United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 240
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099485612
- ISBN
- 9780099485612
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.01
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Paperback. Num Pages: 56 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 214 x 138 x 5. Weight in Grams: 100.
- Publisher
- Leete's Island Books,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 56
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1977
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780918172020
- ISBN
- 9780918172020
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Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 12.53
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Paperback. An essay on aesthetics. It explores architecture, jade, food, toilets, and combines an acute sense of the use of space in buildings, as well as perfect descriptions of lacquerware under candlelight and women in the darkness of the house of pleasure. Num Pages: 80 pages. BIC Classification: FA; HPN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 199 x 8. Weight in Grams: 66.
- Publisher
- Vintage Classics
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099283577
- ISBN
- 9780099283577
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 9.50
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Hardcover. Offering a portrait of Japanese life in the first half of the twentieth century, this book reveals the saga Makioka family struggling to marry off one of their daughters. Translator(s): Seidensticker, Edward G. Num Pages: 512 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 213 x 137 x 27. Weight in Grams: 608.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- Everyman
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781857151558
- ISBN
- 9781857151558
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 15.10
€ 21.99
€ 15.10
Paperback. A ghetto nerd living with his Dominican family in New Jersey, Oscar's sweet but disastrously overweight. He dreams of becoming the next J R R Tolkien and he keeps falling hopelessly in love. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 129 x 23. Weight in Grams: 274.
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780571239733
- ISBN
- 9780571239733
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.78
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Paperback. Contains stories that move from the barrios of the Dominican Republic to the struggling urban communities of New Jersey. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 12. Weight in Grams: 142.
- Edition
- Main
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Number of pages
- 176
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780571244973
- ISBN
- 9780571244973
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.71
€ 13.99
€ 10.71