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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
Paperback. Shortlisted for The Orange Prize for Fiction If it hadn't been for the child then none of this might have happened. She saw me kissing her father. She saw her father kissing me. The fact that a child got mixed up in it all made us feel that it mattered, that there was no going back. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 131 x 16. Weight in Grams: 174.
- Edition
- 01st Edition
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780099539780
- ISBN
- 9780099539780
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.45
€ 13.99
€ 10.45
Paperback. The nine surviving children of the Hegarty clan gather in Dublin for the wake of their wayward brother Liam. It wasn't the drink that killed him - it was what happened to him as a boy in his grandmother's house, in the winter of 1968. This novel is about love and disappointment, about thwarted lust and limitless desire. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 128 x 18. Weight in Grams: 198 261pp
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Vintage Books USA
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Reprint
- SKU
- 9780099501633
- ISBN
- 9780099501633
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.50
€ 13.99
€ 10.50
paperback. A collection of stories, in which moments of change, chance encounters, the twist of fate leads a person to a new way of thinking or being. It presents a radiant, indelible portrait of just how dangerous and strange ordinary life can be. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 131 x 21. Weight in Grams: 248.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Jessica Kingsley Publishers
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781843101154
- ISBN
- 9781843101154
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.58
€ 25.58
Hardback. A collection of stories, in which moments of change, chance encounters, the twist of fate leads a person to a new way of thinking or being. It presents a radiant, indelible portrait of just how dangerous and strange ordinary life can be. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 131 x 21. Weight in Grams: 248.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1939
- Publisher
- Irish Texts Society
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781870166355
- ISBN
- 9781870166355
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 41.54
€ 41.99
€ 41.54
Hardback. A collection of stories, in which moments of change, chance encounters, the twist of fate leads a person to a new way of thinking or being. It presents a radiant, indelible portrait of just how dangerous and strange ordinary life can be. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 131 x 21. Weight in Grams: 248.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1940
- Publisher
- I.T.S.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781870166393
- ISBN
- 9781870166393
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 41.54
€ 41.99
€ 41.54
Hardback. A collection of stories, in which moments of change, chance encounters, the twist of fate leads a person to a new way of thinking or being. It presents a radiant, indelible portrait of just how dangerous and strange ordinary life can be. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 131 x 21. Weight in Grams: 248.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1941
- Publisher
- I.T.S.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781870166416
- ISBN
- 9781870166416
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 41.54
€ 41.99
€ 41.54
Paperback. Includes stories that focus through single events or sudden memories which bring the past bubbling to the surface. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 21. Weight in Grams: 236.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Vintage
- Edition
- 1st Vintage Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780099422747
- ISBN
- 9780099422747
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.45
€ 13.99
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Paperback. Includes beguiling, provocative stories about manipulative men and the women who outwit them, about destructive marriages and curdled friendships, about mothers and sons, about moments which change or haunt a life. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 20. Weight in Grams: 230.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780099524298
- ISBN
- 9780099524298
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.45
€ 13.99
€ 10.45
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Vintage
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- First Thus
- SKU
- 9780099284345
- ISBN
- 9780099284345
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.07
€ 11.99
€ 10.07
Paperback. 'Elegant, scrupulously poised, always intelligent and, not least, original' Angela Carter The characters in Anne Enright's fierce and witty first collection of stories stand at an oblique angle to society. Full of desire, but out of kilter, their response to a dislocated reality is mutinous, wild, unforgettable. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 13. Weight in Grams: 124.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Vintage
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780099437390
- ISBN
- 9780099437390
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 12.99€ 9.99
€ 12.99
€ 9.99
Paperback. Presents a series of stories about women stirred, bothered, or fascinated by men they cannot understand, or understand too well. This book features characters that are haunted by the ghosts of the lives they might have led - lit by new flames, old flames, and flames that are guttering out. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 131 x 21. Weight in Grams: 228.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780099520993
- ISBN
- 9780099520993
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 12.99€ 9.99
€ 12.99
€ 9.99
Paperback. Keywords: "Subjects - Fiction - Authors, A-Z - F - Fine, Anne,Subjects - Fiction - General"
- Condition
- Used, Like New
- Publisher
- Black Swan
- Number of pages
- 224
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Edition
- Reprint
- SKU
- KHS0048915
- ISBN
- 9780552997706
Paperback
Condition: Used, Like New
€ 8.99€ 4.99
€ 8.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. When her cold and indifferent husband vanishes, so does Lois' old life. Now she is ready to take her chances again. There's only one fly in the ointment: Janie-Gay, ex-partner of the son Lois lost to drugs, and spiteful mother of the small, neglected child she can't get out of her mind. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 18. Weight in Grams: 198.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Black Swan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780552774673
- ISBN
- 9780552774673
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 12.45
€ 12.45
Paperback. What if Vincent Van Gogh resided in a twentieth-century New York hotel, surviving on food stamps and direct communications with God? And imagine the encounter between David and Goliath from the Philistine's point of view. This book presents a collection of short stories that re-imagine life beyond the margins of 'normality'. Series: Prairie Schooner Book Prize in Fiction. Num Pages: 206 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5487 x 3556 x 11. Weight in Grams: 250.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Number of pages
- 206
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803225336
- ISBN
- 9780803225336
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 18.70
€ 18.99
€ 18.70
Hardcover. Known worldwide for her Diary, Anne Frank's TALES FROM THE SECRET ANNEXE were written at the same time with the same humour, honesty and wisdom, and are an essential part of her legacy. Editor(s): Halban Publishers. Num Pages: 208 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 188 x 132 x 22. Weight in Grams: 328.
- Publisher
- Halban Publishers
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781905559206
- ISBN
- 9781905559206
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 14.27
€ 18.99
€ 14.27
Paperback. Translator(s): Ramadan, Emma. Num Pages: 152 pages. BIC Classification: 5SL; FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 214.
- Publisher
- Deep Vellum Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781941920091
- ISBN
- 9781941920091
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 15.19
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€ 15.19
Paperback. An American is burdened by a recurrent dream about his native Ireland, a country that had long ceased to interest or troubles him. Convinced that the Irish are asking him for help, he equips his errant grand-nephew, Tom Blessman, with a generous bank account, and dispatches him to the old country to offer assistance. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 18. Weight in Grams: 200. Clean copy with minor shelf wear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Vintage
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KJE0001507
- ISBN
- 9780099492955
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. This is an homage to a life lived with humor, curiosity, and passion against the odds. Twelve-year-old Gussie Stevens doesn't know how long she has to live, but she can't avoid what life throws her way. It is her indomitable spirit that soars above her fate. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 16. Weight in Grams: 198.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Luath Press Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 2nd
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781905222087
- ISBN
- 9781905222087
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 9.99€ 8.68
€ 9.99
€ 8.68
Hardcover. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 146 x 24. Weight in Grams: 386. Fine copy, with fine D.J. 1st Ed
- Condition
- Used, Like New
- Edition
- 1st
- Publisher
- Timewell Press
- Number of pages
- 304
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- SKU
- KST0004737
- ISBN
- 9781857252200
Hardback
Condition: Used, Like New
€ 6.44
€ 6.44
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Luath Press Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781842820612
- ISBN
- 9781842820612
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.06
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€ 11.06
Paperback. 'Remedy' is an agile and endearing debut about a single girl in Paris, who works in fashion and calls upon the saints to help her find the perfect man. Num Pages: 352 pages, b&w integrated line drawing illustrations. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 30. Weight in Grams: 358.
- Publisher
- Portobello Books
- Number of pages
- 352
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781846270925
- ISBN
- 9781846270925
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 9.23
€ 10.99
€ 9.23
Paperback. An irreverent, imaginative and irresistably witty caper through the streets of Paris and the maze of motherhood Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 369 x 28. Weight in Grams: 278.
- Publisher
- Granta Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 400
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781846272240
- ISBN
- 9781846272240
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 9.26
€ 10.99
€ 9.26
Paperback. The prize-winning, bestselling debut novel from Anne Michaels, reissued with a striking new cover Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 21. Weight in Grams: 232.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC London
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780747599258
- ISBN
- 9780747599258
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.90
€ 13.99
€ 10.90
Paperback. Egypt, 1964. The great temple at Abu Simbel must be dismantled and resurrected high above the rising waters of the Aswan Dam. This daunting task is overseen by Avery, a young engineer who, at the same time, is carefully building a life with his new wife, Jean. But not everything can be saved once the floodgates have opened. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 131 x 24. Weight in Grams: 248.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Number of pages
- 352
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781408801086
- ISBN
- 9781408801086
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 14.78
€ 19.99
€ 14.78