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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
Results 1921 - 1944 of 12832
Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
Hardback. A fire broke out in the coal seams of their town years ago, and the flames are still smoldering underground. Margaret and Fritzi are the two sisters who are the last remaining youth of this vanishing town. Their inheritance is nothing but an abandoned swathe of land ruled by devastation. Translator(s): Derbyshire, Katy. Series: SB - The Swiss List. Num Pages: 152 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 136 x 19. Weight in Grams: 312.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Seagull Books London Ltd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780857420190
- ISBN
- 9780857420190
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 128 x 29. Weight in Grams: 258.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Poolbeg Press Ltd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781781999578
- ISBN
- 9781781999578
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 8.99€ 4.99
€ 8.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Num Pages: 264 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 392.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- New Generation Publishing
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781906558666
- ISBN
- 9781906558666
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Num Pages: 122 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 136 x 203 x 10. Weight in Grams: 160.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- CB Editions
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781909585003
- ISBN
- 9781909585003
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 12.99€ 4.99
€ 12.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 127 x 199 x 23. Weight in Grams: 230.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Poolbeg Press Ltd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- KOG0001420
- ISBN
- 9781781999431
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 12.00€ 4.99
€ 12.00
€ 4.99
Paperback. Series: Open Door S. Num Pages: 66 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (L) ELT / TEFL. Dimension: 113 x 178 x 6. Weight in Grams: 60.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- New Island Books
- Number of pages
- 66
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781848401037
- ISBN
- 9781848401037
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 8.95
€ 8.95
Paperback. Num Pages: 104 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 208 x 151 x 10. Weight in Grams: 159. Clean copy with minor shelf wear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Dedalus Press
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KMK0000250
- ISBN
- 9781901233841
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Editor(s): Bernstein, Susan David. Series: Broadview Editions. Num Pages: 251 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 213 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 227.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Broadview Press Ltd
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 250
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781551115658
- ISBN
- 9781551115658
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 29.67
€ 41.99
€ 29.67
paperback. A collection of modernist short stories which create a picture of the day-to-day experience of Dublin life. The author stories are rooted in the rich detail of Dublin life, portraying ordinary, often defeated lives with unflinching realism. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FC; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 18. Weight in Grams: 256. Clean copy with some shelf wear and yellowing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Penguin Classics London
- Condition
- Used, Good
- Edition
- 01st Edition
- SKU
- KOG0001580
- ISBN
- 9780141182452
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good
€ 10.99€ 9.35
€ 10.99
€ 9.35
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: 244.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Vintage
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 01st Edition
- SKU
- 9780099501466
- ISBN
- 9780099501466
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.72
€ 11.99
€ 10.72
Paperback. He is born into a world of poverty, ignorance and injustice, but Azaro awakens with a smile on his face. Despite belonging to a spirit world made of enchantment, where there is no suffering, Azaro chooses to stay in the land of the Living: to feel it, endure it, know it and love it. Num Pages: 592 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 133 x 37. Weight in Grams: 472.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- Vintage Classics
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780099929307
- ISBN
- 9780099929307
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 12.99€ 10.38
€ 12.99
€ 10.38
paperback. A story that is told by a young 'unknown soldier' in the trenches of Flanders during the First World War. Through his eyes we see all the realities of war; under fire, on patrol, waiting in the trenches, at home on leave, and in hospitals. Although there are vividly described incidents which remain in mind, there is no sense of adventure here. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 18. Weight in Grams: 174.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Vintage Classics
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780099496946
- ISBN
- 9780099496946
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 14.60
€ 18.99
€ 14.60
Paperback. Life in general is getting in the way of Pam, Maggie, Ellie and Toni losing weight. And the men aren't helping either. There's an ex-husband who suddenly wants his children; a rich, powerful playboy who has everything. No doubt about it, drastic action is needed. Num Pages: 496 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 19. Weight in Grams: 322.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Bantam
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780553816846
- ISBN
- 9780553816846
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.32
€ 10.32
Paperback. Ranging from the rural wilds of Australia to Manhattan via Tokyo, this is a moving exploration of art, fraud, friendship and redemption. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 20. Weight in Grams: 252. ***THIS IS A PREORDER TO BE DELIVERED ON OR AROUND THE PUBLICATION DATE IN JUNE 2022***
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780571231508
- ISBN
- 9780571231508
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 12.99€ 11.08
€ 12.99
€ 11.08
Paperback. * Highly original 'detective' stories with unique setting and characters featuring Mma Ramotswe and her No.1 Ladies' Detective Agency. Series: The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 128 x 18. Weight in Grams: 174.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Abacus
- Edition
- New
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780349117423
- ISBN
- 9780349117423
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.05
€ 13.99
€ 11.05
Paperback. Sarah Stratford is a wedding planner hiding a rather inconvenient truth - she doesn't believe in love. Or not for herself, anyway. But as the confetti flutters away on the June breeze of yet another successful wedding she somehow finds herself agreeing to organise two more, on the same day and only two months away. Num Pages: 480 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 29. Weight in Grams: 336. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Arrow
- Edition
- 01st Edition
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KI20003425
- ISBN
- 9780099502128
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. To those customers who visit her Indian spice shop in Oakland, California, Tilo dispenses wisdom and the appropriate spice: coriander for sight, tumeric for wrinkles, and fenugreek to make a rejected wife desirable. However Tilo's powers are conditional - they vanish the moment she falls in love. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 128 x 15. Weight in Grams: 238.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Black Swan
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780552996709
- ISBN
- 9780552996709
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.08
€ 13.99
€ 11.08
Paperback. Num Pages: 570 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 178 x 164 x 33. Weight in Grams: 302.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- Poolbeg Press Ltd
- Condition
- Used, Good
- SKU
- KEX0199792
- ISBN
- 9781853711862
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good
€ 7.99€ 4.99
€ 7.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Num Pages: 346 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 140 x 29. Weight in Grams: 256. Good, clean copy. Covers and page edges showing minor shelfwear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Poolbeg Press Ltd
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KSG0005986
- ISBN
- 9781842235461
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. On the night of her thirteenth birthday, Jane Howard made a vow to her warring parents - she would never get married and she would never have children. But life, as Jane discovers, is a random business. Many years and many lives later, she is a professor in Boston, in love with an erratic man named Theo. And then she falls pregnant. Num Pages: 592 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 38. Weight in Grams: 416.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Arrow
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099509684
- ISBN
- 9780099509684
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 18.56
€ 24.99
€ 18.56
Paperback. Delivering stories that span generations, and offering warmth, wisdom and love on every page - if you treasured Maeve Binchy, read Patricia Scanlan Num Pages: 624 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Simon & Schuster Ltd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781471110825
- ISBN
- 9781471110825
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 9.99
€ 11.99
€ 9.99
Paperback. At the far end of the long white gallery is a painting of a woman, in pale flowing clothes and lying on a sofa beside an open window. It is a painting which leads Flora on, beckoning her away from her childhood, her complaining mother, pert younger sister, and the confines of a small community. Num Pages: 271 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 18. Weight in Grams: 200.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Vintage
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099274629
- ISBN
- 9780099274629
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 17.65
€ 23.99
€ 17.65
Paperback. Tells the story of a haunted childhood, lived out in two dimensions. One is legendary: the Sun-fort of Grianan, home of the warrior Fianna; the Field of the Disappeared, over which no gulls fly; the house in Donegal where children are stolen away by demonic forces. The other is actual: the city of Derry in the Northern Ireland of the 40s and 50s. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKN; FA; FV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 15. Weight in Grams: 200. Clean copy with minor shelf wear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Vintage
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KCW0000163
- ISBN
- 9780099744412
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 17.95
€ 17.95
paperback. In the summer of 1935, thirteen-year-old Briony Tallis sees her sister Cecilia strip off her clothes and plunge into the fountain in the garden of their country house. Watching her too is Robbie Turner who, like Cecilia, has recently come down from Cambridge. By the end of that day, the lives of all three will have changed for ever.. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 129 x 29. Weight in Grams: 360. Clean copy with some shelf wear but remains good
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Vintage London
- Condition
- Used, Good
- SKU
- KCW0000479
- ISBN
- 9780099429791
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good
€ 5.44
€ 5.44