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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

paperback. Vishnu, the odd-job man in a Bombay apartment block, lies dying on the staircase landing. Around him the lives of the apartment dwellers unfold - the warring housewives on the first floor, and the widower, alone and quietly grieving at the top of the building. Vishnu looks back on his affair with the seductive Padmini and comedy becomes tragedy. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 25. Weight in Grams: 248. Very good copy showing minor age and wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Bloomsbury Paperbacks London
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KMK0025671
ISBN
9780747593812
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 5.12

paperback. Num Pages: illustrations. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 222 x 171 x 9. Weight in Grams: 340.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Dis Voir France
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9782906571754
ISBN
9782906571754
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 25.66

Paperback. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 176 x 24. Weight in Grams: 320.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2023
Publisher
Y Lolfa
Condition
New
SKU
V9781847719232
ISBN
9781847719232
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.87

Paperback. Num Pages: 330 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 218 x 141 x 24. Weight in Grams: 432.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
IBEX Publishers,U.S. United States
Number of pages
330
Condition
New
SKU
V9781588140470
ISBN
9781588140470
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.99
€ 28.52

Paperback. Num Pages: 268 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 420.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
IBEX Publishers,U.S. United States
Number of pages
268
Condition
New
SKU
V9781588140487
ISBN
9781588140487
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.99
€ 28.52

Paperback. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 133 x 23. Weight in Grams: 259.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Spiegel & Grau
Edition
Reprint
Number of pages
312
Condition
New
SKU
V9780385520423
ISBN
9780385520423
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 15.79

Paperback. Translator(s): Fulton, Bruce; Fulton, Ju-Chan. Series: Weatherhead Books on Asia. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1F; DQ; DSB; FA; FYB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231181013
ISBN
9780231181013
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 27.65

Hardback. Translator(s): Fulton, Bruce; Fulton, Ju-Chan. Series: Weatherhead Books on Asia. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1F; DQ; DSB; FA; FYB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231181006
ISBN
9780231181006
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 104.66
€ 79.57

Paperback. A biting satire about Gaddafi's Libya and a stark portrait of the individual lives lost within it. Num Pages: 126 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 131 x 9. Weight in Grams: 136.
Publisher
Darf Publishers Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781850772729
ISBN
9781850772729
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.59

Paperback. During one sleepless night, the night of All Saints Day before the dawn of the Day of the Dead, the protagonist of this powerful novella wrestles with a cast of inner demons. Num Pages: 81 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 140 x 217 x 5. Weight in Grams: 92.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Perfect Edge
Number of pages
81
Condition
New
SKU
V9781782791935
ISBN
9781782791935
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 9.35

Paperback. In the still darkness of their cell, Molina re-weaves the glittering and fragile stories of the film he loves, and the cynical Valentin listens. Valentin believes in the just cause which makes all suffering bearable; Molina believes in the magic of love which makes all else endurable. Each has always been alone, and always - in danger of betrayal. Translator(s): Colchie, T. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 18. Weight in Grams: 212.
Publisher
Vintage United Kingdom
Number of pages
288
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099342007
ISBN
9780099342007
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.09

Paperback. At the heart of this story are two elderly Argentine sisters, Luci and Nidia, living in self-imposed exile in Rio. Together they share a life of gossip, but through their conversations the author reveals the violent lives of their neighbours. By the author of "Kiss of the Spider Woman". Translator(s): Levine, Suzanne Jill. Num Pages: 189 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 135. . Fine copy
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
Faber and Faber
Condition
Used, Like New
SKU
KSS0003834
ISBN
9780571168408
Paperback
Condition: Used, Like New

€ 4.99

Paperback. It is the summer of 1936, in the early months of the civil war that engulfed Spain. In a prison in the city of Santiago de Compostela, an artist sketches the Portico de la Gloria. He uses a carpenter's pencil. He replaces the faces of the prophets and elders with those of his Republican inmates. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 12. Weight in Grams: 128.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Number of pages
176
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099448464
ISBN
9780099448464
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.95

Paperback. On 19 August 1936 Hercules the boxer stands on the quayside at Coruna and watches Fascist soldiers piling up books and setting them alight. With this moment a young carefree group of friends are transformed into a broken generation. Translator(s): Dunne, Jonathan. Num Pages: 560 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 37. Weight in Grams: 384.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Number of pages
560
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099520337
ISBN
9780099520337
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 22.04

Paperback. A beautiful love story, full of humanity and tenderness, in the dark days of a civil war and the following dictatorship. Translator(s): Almani, Saleh. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 14. Weight in Grams: 164.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Bloomsbury Qatar Foundation Publishing Qatar
Number of pages
160
Condition
New
SKU
V9789992194898
ISBN
9789992194898
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.47

paperback. A book that is full of personal stories, set against a background of the ravages of the Spanish Civil War and its aftermath at home, and the wider world as Coca-Cola sets up a factory nearby and news comes in of men landing on the moon. It is a philosophical take on memory, belonging, and the nature of storytelling itself. Translator(s): Dunne, Jonathan. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. Weight in Grams: 368.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Vintage
Condition
New
SKU
9780099597438
ISBN
9780099597438
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 10.27

BIC Classification: FA. Dimension: 172 x 110 x 24. Weight in Grams: 206.
Publication date
2011
Publisher
OVERSEAS EDITIONS NEW
Edition
0th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781593091996
ISBN
9781593091996
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.02

Hardback. As he leaves the cinema where he has just watched Casablanca, one of his favorite films, Julien is approached by a mysterious young woman, Claire. Unbeknownst to Julien, Claire has been following him for several days. Outside the cinema she relays a cryptic message: "Someone's trying to find you." Translator(s): Turner, Chris. Series: The French List. Num Pages: 152 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 127 x 9. Weight in Grams: 331.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Seagull Books London Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
152
Condition
New
SKU
V9780857422439
ISBN
9780857422439
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 18.42

Paperback. Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 106 x 291 x 2. Weight in Grams: 292.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Pinnacle
Condition
New
SKU
V9780786038923
ISBN
9780786038923
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.97

Paperback. Num Pages: 121 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 150 x 10. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Dalkey Archive Press United States
Number of pages
121
Condition
New
SKU
V9781564782465
ISBN
9781564782465
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 12.60

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