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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

Paperback. Num Pages: 420 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 30. Weight in Grams: 295.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Marion Boyars Publishers Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
420
Condition
New
SKU
V9780714530949
ISBN
9780714530949
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 13.43

Paperback. The eight short stories in breach explore the refugee crisis through fiction. Dlo and Jan break into refrigerated trucks bound for the UK. Marjorie, a volunteer, is happy to mingle in the camp until her niece goes a step too far. Mariam lies to her mother back home. With humour, insight and empathy breach tackles an issue we can no longer ignore. Series: Peirene Now!. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 127 x 198 x 16. Weight in Grams: 210.
Publisher
Peirene Press Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781908670328
ISBN
9781908670328
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 13.36

Paperback.
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
SIMON SCHUSTER UK
Number of pages
416
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
SKU
KEX0228971
ISBN
9780684872926
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Dalits constitute about one sixth of India's population. Spread over the entire country, and belonging to many religions, they have become a major political force. As a document of the long silenced and long denied sufferings of the Dalits, this work presents a manifesto for the revolutionary transformation of society and human consciousness. Num Pages: 208 pages, Illustrations 1 map,. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 2AB; BG; FA; JFSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 148 x 213 x 11. Weight in Grams: 248.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231129732
ISBN
9780231129732
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 20.63

Hardback. Presents an autobiographical account of the author's birth and upbringing as an untouchable, or Dalit, in the newly independent India of the 1950s. As a document of the long silenced and long denied sufferings of the Dalits, this work presents a manifesto for the revolutionary transformation of society and human consciousness. Translator(s): Mukherjee, Arun Prabha. Num Pages: 208 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 2AB; BG; FA; JFSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 140 x 210 x 20. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231129725
ISBN
9780231129725
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 82.81
€ 64.07

Paperback. Num Pages: 212 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 205 x 251 x 18. Weight in Grams: 226.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1990
Publisher
Random House USA Inc United States
Edition
1st Vintage Classics Ed
Number of pages
212
Condition
New
SKU
V9780679729587
ISBN
9780679729587
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 15.72

Paperback. What did it mean to be a 'half caste' in early twentieth-century North America? This collection of short works ranges from magazine romance to story melodrama and provides an introduction to a unique literary personality - Onoto Watanna. It includes nineteen - thirteen stories and six essays - intended to show the versatility of her writing. Editor(s): Moser, Linda Trinh; Rooney, Elizabeth. Series: The Asian American Experience. Num Pages: 208 pages, bibliographical references. BIC Classification: 1F; 1KBC; DSB; FA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 315.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
University of Illinois Press
Edition
0th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780252070945
ISBN
9780252070945
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 21.98

Paperback. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 135 x 213 x 19. Weight in Grams: 286.
Publisher
Tramp Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
9780992817008
ISBN
9780992817008
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.00
€ 11.51

Paperback. "This edition is wonderfully rich. It is a pleasure to know that the text that made Opie's reputation in her own day is back in print and prepared by such able hands." -- Christine M. Cooper, University of Massachusetts, Amherst

Editor(s): King, Shelley; Pierce, John B. Num Pages: 377 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 435.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Broadview Press Ltd Canada
Number of pages
377
Condition
New
SKU
V9781551111872
ISBN
9781551111872
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.99
€ 38.66

Paperback. Fine copy
Condition
Used, Like New
Publisher
The Lilliput Press Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
SKU
KST0035351
ISBN
9781843510673
Paperback
Condition: Used, Like New

€ 4.99

Paperback. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
The Lilliput Press Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
SKU
KKW0011530
ISBN
9781843510673
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Hardcover. Reveals the clash between two views of artistic meaning and the chasm between two world civilizations. This title includes a chronology of Islamic and Western art history to provide context for the author's story, and contributes an introduction throwing light on his methods, his aims and his inspiration. Num Pages: 536 pages, map. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 214 x 134 x 30. Weight in Grams: 604.
Publisher
Everyman
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9781841593319
ISBN
9781841593319
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 16.63

Hardcover. Returning to Turkey from exile in the West, the secular poet Ka is driven by curiosity to investigate a surprising wave of suicides among religious girls forbidden by the government to wear their head scarves in school. Num Pages: 460 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 134 x 206 x 33. Weight in Grams: 598.
Publisher
Everyman United Kingdom
Number of pages
460
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Edition
1st
Condition
New
SKU
V9781841593388
ISBN
9781841593388
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 13.00
€ 11.88

Paperback. In an old mansion in Cennethisar, a former fishing village near Istanbul, an old widow Fatma awaits the annual summer visit of her grandchildren. She has lived in the village for decades. Now mostly bedridden, she is attended by her faithful servant Recep, a dwarf and the doctor's illegitimate son. Translator(s): Finn, Robert. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 124 x 27. Weight in Grams: 312. Used Paperback in good to very good condition
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
Main
SKU
KCE0000444
ISBN
9780571275953
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 11.99
€ 9.35

paperback. At a family wedding Mevlut catches sight of a girl with whom he falls in love. After a secret courtship of letters passed via his cousin, she agrees to elope with him. As they rush to catch a train to Istanbul, Mevlut realises he has been misled. But the die is cast, and the situation will determine the rest of his days. Num Pages: 784 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 201 x 240 x 52. Weight in Grams: 598.
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571275991
ISBN
9780571275991
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.00
€ 12.54

Paperback. In an old mansion in Cennethisar, a former fishing village near Istanbul, an old widow Fatma awaits the annual summer visit of her grandchildren. She has lived in the village for decades. Now mostly bedridden, she is attended by her faithful servant Recep, a dwarf and the doctor's illegitimate son. Translator(s): Finn, Robert. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 124 x 27. Weight in Grams: 314.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
9780571275953
ISBN
9780571275953
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 9.35

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Persephone Books Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
New ed
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9781903155073
ISBN
9781903155073
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 19.29

Paperback. Translator(s): Angles, Jeffrey. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 213 x 140 x 25. Weight in Grams: 408.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press United States
Edition
Illustrated
Condition
New
SKU
V9780816688104
ISBN
9780816688104
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 25.37

paperback. Clean copy in very good condition. Signed by author.
Condition
Used, Like New
Edition
New Ed
Publisher
Orion Publishing Co London
Number of pages
448
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
SKU
KNH0012151
ISBN
9780752877747
Paperback
Condition: Used, Like New

€ 4.99

Hardback. .
Publisher
Orion Publishing Co
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781409146230
ISBN
9781409146230
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 4.73

Paperback. By the time Grace is eighteen, she has been orphaned, moved countries and lost touch with her only brother. Talented, awkward and a little fierce, she can't help thinking that she's managed to lose anything she's ever loved. So she decides to revisit her past in America, and she's brought her camera - she's going to catch these memories. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 20. Weight in Grams: 258. Clean copy.
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Edition
New
SKU
KEX0216169
ISBN
9780747568100
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. An emotional, gritty family drama exploring the power of frustrated love and intense sibling rivalry - from the acclaimed author of ONE SUMMER and A WOMAN'S LIFE Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 129 x 197 x 22. Weight in Grams: 336.
Publisher
Orion Publishing Co United Kingdom
Number of pages
352
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
SKU
V9780752893877
ISBN
9780752893877
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.26

Paperback. From the bestselling authors of GOODBYE, JIMMY CHOO comes a touching and bittersweet novel about one woman's attempt to let go of her worst fears - and live the life she's always dreamed of. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 23. Weight in Grams: 274.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Orion Publishing Co
Condition
New
SKU
V9781409117186
ISBN
9781409117186
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.47

paperback. Birgit, a young Scandinavian woman, moves to a small island off the coast of Ireland to recover from a suffocating relationship. She meets Geoff, a recovering alcoholic who is mourning the death of his wife. Their stories intertwine, offering the possibility of renewal through redemptive love. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 136. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
The Lilliput Press Ireland
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9781843510024
ISBN
9781843510024
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 13.39

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