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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

hardcover. Nagai Kafu was one of the most important Japanese writers of fiction during the first half of the 20th century. These two works, which appear in English for the first time, are superb examples of the author's evocative descriptions of the moods and fancies of Tokyo. Translator(s): Dunlop, Lane. Num Pages: 244 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 224 x 134 x 23. Weight in Grams: 412.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
244
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804722599
ISBN
9780804722599
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 81.27

Paperback. Translator(s): Almani, Saleh. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 149 x 17. Weight in Grams: 214.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Bloomsbury Qatar Foundation Publishing Qatar
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9789992195543
ISBN
9789992195543
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.05

Paperback. Kate O'Brien is thirty and has very little to think about except trying to keep her balance as she totters up London's media-land ladder. Fiona O'Brien is Kate's responsible older sister - with a husband, twin boys, a dog and now ..a life-changing problem. It's a problem that means Kate going back to Dublin. Pronto. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 128 x 21. Weight in Grams: 208. Good clean copy with some reader wear.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Penguin Ireland
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KTM0005784
ISBN
9781844880690
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. A nostalgic Liverpool saga filled with laughter and tears Series: Molly and Nellie Series. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 178 x 111 x 28. Weight in Grams: 228.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Headline Publishing Group
Edition
New Ed
Number of pages
416
Condition
New
SKU
V9780747253747
ISBN
9780747253747
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.05

Paperback. The beautifully told story of a day in the life of Isabel, a twenty-something from Portland, Oregon, that has all the hallmarks of a cult favourite Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 184 x 126 x 15. Weight in Grams: 176.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Oneworld Publications
Condition
New
SKU
V9781780743226
ISBN
9781780743226
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.82

Paperback. Perfect for every woman who loves the family drama of a Penny Vincenzi novel and the glamorous settings of Tasmina Perry.. Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 29. Weight in Grams: 282. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Headline Publishing Group
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KRA0011695
ISBN
9780755370320
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. The heart-warming, beautifully written new novel about the one who got away, from the Irish bestselling author Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 28. Weight in Grams: 296. Used paperback in very good condition. Some shelf wear.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KRF0038372
ISBN
9781847399618
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. KEEPING FAITH is a riveting novel about a family plagued by the media, the medical profession, and organized religion in a world where everyone has an opinion but no one knows the truth - what do you do when your daughter says she's talking to God? Num Pages: 480 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 128 x 201 x 30. Weight in Grams: 392. Good, clean copy. Covers and page edges showing minor shelfwear, remains a nice copy
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KSG0008196
ISBN
9781444754575
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. It's the book beaches were made for. Num Pages: 512 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 40. Weight in Grams: 436. Good clean copy. Showing minor shelfwear, remains a nice copy
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KSG0010073
ISBN
9780007228904
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

paperback. Presents a story of a young man returning from London to work near to the school at which his father had been history master. This book reflects a close understanding of man's everyday experience with a delicate awareness of the spiritual. Num Pages: 640 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 38. Weight in Grams: 470.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Penguin Classic
Condition
New
SKU
9780141183992
ISBN
9780141183992
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 15.32

paperback. Having spent some time in Rome, Antonio returns to his native town with the reputation of being a playboy and with a long list of amorous adventures behind him. To please his father, Antonio agrees to marry the beautiful Barbara. A year after their marriage however - scandal erupts. Barbara is still a virgin. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 214 x 131 x 22. Weight in Grams: 226.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Penguin Classic
Condition
New
SKU
9780141189062
ISBN
9780141189062
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.29

paperback. On a train journey from Paris to Madrid a young opera singer becomes fascinated by those in his compartment: a middle-aged businessman, his alluring wife and their male travelling companion. Soon his life of constant travel, luxury hotels, rehearsal and performance will become entangled with these three people. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 129 x 197 x 9. Weight in Grams: 112.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Condition
New
SKU
9780141389257
ISBN
9780141389257
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.29

paperback. McCarthy is a master stylist, perhaps without equal in American letters' Village Voice Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 133 x 13. Weight in Grams: 144.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Varios
Condition
New
SKU
9780330510950
ISBN
9780330510950
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 10.38

paperback. Into the cut-throat world of Corinium television comes Declan O'Hara, a mega-star of glamour with a radiant feckless wife, a handsome son and two teenage daughters. Declan needs only a few days at Corinium to realise that the Managing Director, Lord Baddingham, is a crook who has recruited him merely to help retain the franchise for Corinium. Num Pages: 720 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 131 x 32. Weight in Grams: 508.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Corgi
Condition
New
SKU
9780552156370
ISBN
9780552156370
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.50

paperback. South of No North is a collection of short stories written by Charles Bukowski that explore loneliness and struggles on the fringes of society. Num Pages: 192 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 17. Weight in Grams: 206.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Ecco
Condition
New
SKU
9780876851890
ISBN
9780876851890
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 9.35

paperback. Clean copy
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group
Edition
New Ed
Condition
Used, Good
SKU
KEX0237743
ISBN
9780751538458
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 4.99

paperback. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 21 x 154 x 235. Weight in Grams: 382. Used paperback, in good condition. Some shelf wear.
Format
Paperback
Publisher
Hachette Books Ireland
Condition
Used, Good
Publication date
2007
SKU
KIN0007833
ISBN
9780340924471
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Jemima Jones is overweight. About seven stone overweight. Treated like a slave by her thin and bitchy flatmates, lorded over at the Kilburn Herald by the beautiful Geraldine (less talented, but better paid), her only consolation is food. What with that and her passion for her charming, sexy colleague Ben, she knows her life needs changing. Num Pages: 464 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 126 x 32. Weight in Grams: 324. Good copy with some shelf wear.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Edition
First Edition
Condition
Used, Good
SKU
KTG0003226
ISBN
9780140276909
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. A collection of twenty stories that are both melancholy and funny, farce and fantasy. It charts the struggles of an Italian peasant to reconcile country habits with urban life, combining comical disasters with a surrealistic view of city life through the eyes of an outsider. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 10. Weight in Grams: 114.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Vintage Digital
Condition
New
SKU
9780099428541
ISBN
9780099428541
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 12.99
€ 10.25

Paperback. Haunting and gracefully written tale of love, loss and betrayal. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 141 x 20. Weight in Grams: 212. Good clean copy with some reader wear.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group
Edition
Reprint
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KTM0005679
ISBN
9780349110851
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. The much-anticipated first novel from the Guardian First Book Award-winning Chinese writer. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 23. Weight in Grams: 254. Good clean copy with minor shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KAC0000381
ISBN
9780007196654
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Chosen by Le Monde and by readers of Elle as their Novel of the Year - a beautiful, resonant novel set on Normandy's coastline. Translator(s): Anderson, Alison. Num Pages: 416 pages, map. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 150 x 197 x 26. Weight in Grams: 264. Good clean copy with minor shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
MACLEHOSE PRESS
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KAC0000382
ISBN
9781906694715
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback / so. Harrison's latest highly acclaimed volume of novellas is a sparkling and exuberant collection about love, the senses, and family, no matter how untraditional. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 140 x 19. Weight in Grams: 356. Good clean copy with minor shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Grove Press / Atlantic Monthly Press United States
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KAC0000430
ISBN
9780802142559
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 10.99
€ 4.99

Paperback. In 1948, when he is fifteen, Trond spends a summer in the country with his father. The events - the accidental death of a child, his best friend's feelings of guilt and eventual disappearance, his father's decision to leave the family for another woman - will change his life forever. Translator(s): Born, Anne. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 128 x 17. Weight in Grams: 194. Good clean copy with minor shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Vintage
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KAC0000468
ISBN
9780099506133
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

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