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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

hardcover. Un conte a Venise. Une balade poetique ou fiction et realite se melent au travers de rencontres au coeur de la cite lagunaire, ou le temps d'aujourd'hui se souvient de jadis, dans un futur anterieur ou les ames glissent sur les canaux aux couleurs du ciel. Un conte pour eclairer le present. Preface d'Elsa Livonnet-Moncelon. Num Pages: 174 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 161 x 17. Weight in Grams: 436. 172 pages. Un conte Venise. Une balade potique o fiction et ralit se mlent au travers de rencontres au coeur de la cit lagunaire, o le temps d'aujourd'hui se souvient de jadis, dans un futur antrieur o les [mes glissent sur les canaux aux couleurs du ciel. Un conte pour clairer le prsent. Prface d'Elsa Livonnet-Moncelon. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: FA. Dimension: 236 x 161 x 17. Weight: 436. Language: French.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Lulu Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
174
Condition
New
SKU
V9781409285489
ISBN
9781409285489
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 4.54

Hardback. After many generations, it is now, in 1971, Harold who runs Ard Farm. Out on the fells, he feels his father's presence, and there is hope that he, his grandmother and his Uncle Joe will be able to take the farm forward and prosper. But their way of life is under threat. Farming is undergoing huge change and increasingly harmful intervention. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 225 x 145 x 20. Weight in Grams: 356.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781784741334
ISBN
9781784741334
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 17.54

Hardback. A sparkling, enchanting, one-of-a-kind novel about one day in the lives of three unforgettable characters. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 222 x 138 x 24. Weight in Grams: 412. Good copy in dustwrapper. DW with some minor shelf wear.
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Pan Macmillan
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
SKU
KTG0010957
ISBN
9781447254423
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Hardback. A sparkling, enchanting, one-of-a-kind novel about one day in the lives of three unforgettable characters. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 222 x 138 x 24. Weight in Grams: 412. Fine in fine dust wrapper. DW showing minor shelfwear with bumps to edges, remains in good condition
Condition
Used, Like New
Publisher
Pan Macmillan
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
SKU
KSG0009038
ISBN
9781447254423
Hardback
Condition: Used, Like New

€ 4.99

Paperback. A sparkling, enchanting, one-of-a-kind novel about one day in the lives of three unforgettable characters. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 162 x 16. Weight in Grams: 200.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Pan Macmillan
Condition
New
SKU
V9781447254447
ISBN
9781447254447
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 14.46

Paperback. The classic feminist novel, reissued for its 30th anniversary. Series: VMC. Num Pages: 544 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 35. Weight in Grams: 366.
Publisher
Virago
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Condition
New
SKU
V9781860492822
ISBN
9781860492822
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.86

Paperback. First love never fades.. Series: Tallgrass. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 107 x 171 x 29. Weight in Grams: 184.
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Little, Brown & Company
Condition
New
Format
Paperback
SKU
V9781455588176
ISBN
9781455588176
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.47

Paperback. Marilynne Robinson, one of the greatest novelists of our time, returns to the town of Gilead in one of the most acclaimed novels of 2014 Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 128 x 198 x 20. Weight in Grams: 216.
Publisher
Virago Press Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
0th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781844088829
ISBN
9781844088829
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.08

Paperback. From the author of Housekeeping, Gilead is the long-hoped-for second novel by one of America's finest writers. Chosen by the New York Times Book Review as one of the top 6 novels of 2004. 'A beautiful novel: wise, tender and perfectly measured' Sarah Waters Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 19. Weight in Grams: 228.
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9781844081486
ISBN
9781844081486
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.08

Paperback. 'Housekeeping' is the story of Ruth and her younger sister, Lucille, who grow up haphazardly, first under the care of their competent grandmother, then of two comically bumbling great-aunts, and finally of Sylvie, the eccentric and remote sister of their dead mother. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 127 x 15. Weight in Grams: 184.
Edition
Main
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571230082
ISBN
9780571230082
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.74

Paperback. * From the author of the magnificent, award-winning GILEAD comes a masterpiece novel that returns to the people and places of Gilead. Winner of the ORANGE PRIZE Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 24. Weight in Grams: 282. Clean copy with minor shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KJE0001289
ISBN
9781844085507
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 5.70

Paperback. * From the author of the magnificent, award-winning GILEAD comes a masterpiece novel that returns to the people and places of Gilead. Winner of the ORANGE PRIZE Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 24. Weight in Grams: 282. Fine copy with minor shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group
Condition
Used, Good
SKU
KJE0003505
ISBN
9781844085507
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 5.70

Paperback. Presents the three graceful Avery girls the sister act to take vaudeville by storm starring: Aurora, Clover and Bella. As they set off on the road to fame and fortune, the Avery sisters join a cast of extraordinary and unforgettable characters - charming charlatans, unpredictable eccentrics, and some who seem ordinary but have magical gifts. Num Pages: 544 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 35. Weight in Grams: 386.
Publisher
Windmill Books
Number of pages
544
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099558637
ISBN
9780099558637
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.50

Paperback. When bruises on the mother, Lorraine, prove to be late-stage cancer, 43-year-old Clara Purdy moves the three children and their terrible grandmother into her own house while Lorraine undergoes treatment at the local hospital. Num Pages: 496 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 32. Weight in Grams: 348.
Publisher
Cornerstone United Kingdom
Number of pages
496
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099537458
ISBN
9780099537458
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.47

Paperback. Series: Penguin Essentials. Num Pages: 336 pages, no pictures. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 181 x 111. .
Publisher
Fig Tree
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
01st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780241981443
ISBN
9780241981443
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.26

Paperback. A field of strawberries in Kent.. And sitting in it are two caravans - one for the men and one for the women. The residents are from all over: miner's son Andriy is from the old Ukraine, while sexy young Irina is from the new: they each other warily. There are the Poles, Tomasz and Yola; two Chinese girls; and Emauel from Malawi. Num Pages: 320 pages, no pictures. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 128 x 21. Weight in Grams: 232.
Publisher
Fig Tree
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
Re-issue
Condition
New
SKU
V9780241961841
ISBN
9780241961841
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.05

Paperback. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 25. Weight in Grams: 258.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141044958
ISBN
9780141044958
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.08

Paperback. For twenty years Doro and Marcus lived in a commune, convinced lentils and free love would change the world. They didn't. What they did do was give their children a terror of radicalism, dirt, cooking rotas and poverty. So when Doro and Marcus spring a surprise on their kids the family is forced to confront some thorny truths about themselves.. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 130 x 25. Weight in Grams: 276.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141044941
ISBN
9780141044941
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.27

Paperback. Sisters Vera and Nadezhda must aside a lifetime of feuding to save their emigre engineer father from voluptuous gold-digger Valentina. With her proclivity for green satin underwear and boil-in-the-bag cuisine, she will stop at nothing in her pursuit of Western wealth. Num Pages: 336 pages, no pictures. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 194 x 129 x 22. Weight in Grams: 240.
Publisher
Penguin
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
Re-issue
Condition
New
SKU
9780241961827
ISBN
9780241961827
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 9.44

Paperback. A long-awaited new collection of Marina Warner's short stories. Like her award-winning novels, Marina Warner's stories conjure up mysteries and wonders in a physical world, treading a delicate, magical line between the natural and the supernatural, between openness and fear. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 132 x 198 x 31. Weight in Grams: 232.
Publisher
Salt Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781784630386
ISBN
9781784630386
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.15

Paperback. The imaginary story of an Italian family from 1909 to the 1930s, with a framework in the present day. The narrator finds herself drawn into the passion and prejudice of her own invention, and we see how family memory, like folk memory, distorts and mythologises. Num Pages: 288 pages, map. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 20. Weight in Grams: 208. Clean copy with minor shelf wear and some yellowing
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Vintage
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Edition
New Ed
SKU
KOC0016719
ISBN
9780099767411
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Inspired by "The Tempest", the novelist rewrites the drama of Ariel, Caliban and Sycorax in a Caribbean setting, exploring the colonial conflicts of an imaginary island and one family. The author's previous novel "The Lost Father" was Regional Winner of the Commonwealth Writers' Prize. Num Pages: 416 pages, 1 map. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 26. Weight in Grams: 298.
Publisher
Vintage
Number of pages
416
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099154518
ISBN
9780099154518
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 17.65

Paperback. .
Publisher
Vintage United Kingdom
Number of pages
448
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Edition
First Vintage
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099739814
ISBN
9780099739814
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 20.24

Paperback. A story full of myth, mystery and great imaginative power about a young woman who, searching for her lost baby son like Mother Courage, appears in different guises across different centuries and cultures. She is the eternal refugee but ultimately, the survivor. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 134 x 28. Weight in Grams: 346. Fine copy
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Vintage
Condition
Used, Like New
SKU
KSS0000912
ISBN
9780099284659
Paperback
Condition: Used, Like New

€ 4.99

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