Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
Paperback. Shalimar the Clown was once a figure full of love and laughter. His skill as a tightrope walker was legendary in his native home of Kashmir. But fate has played him cruelly, torn him away from his beloved home and brought him to Los Angeles, where he works as a chauffeur. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 25. Weight in Grams: 292. Fine copy with minor shelf wear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Vintage
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KJE0003432
- ISBN
- 9780099421887
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 5.70
€ 5.70
Paperback. * From the author of the magnificent, award-winning GILEAD comes a masterpiece novel that returns to the people and places of Gilead. Winner of the ORANGE PRIZE Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 24. Weight in Grams: 282. Fine copy with minor shelf wear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Little, Brown Book Group
- Condition
- Used, Good
- SKU
- KJE0003505
- ISBN
- 9781844085507
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good
€ 5.70
€ 5.70
Paperback. Nine men. Each of them at a different stage of life, each of them away from home, and each of them striving - in the suburbs of Prague, beside a Belgian motorway, in a cheap Cypriot hotel - to understand just what it means to be alive, here and now. Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 28. Weight in Grams: 309. Fine copy with minor shelf wear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Vintage
- Condition
- Used, Good
- SKU
- KJE0003513
- ISBN
- 9780099593690
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good
€ 5.70
€ 5.70
Paperback. From the author of 'Blonde', 'The Falls' and 'We Were the Mulvaneys', this new novel takes in the themes of race, immigration, family and social mobility, and is Joyce Carol Oates at her storytelling best. Num Pages: 600 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 38. Weight in Grams: 440. Fine copy with minor shelf wear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Condition
- Used, Good
- SKU
- KJE0003514
- ISBN
- 9780007258468
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good
€ 5.70
€ 5.70
Paperback. Four men. One dangerous secret. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 25. Weight in Grams: 272. Fine copy with minor shelf wear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Condition
- Used, Good
- SKU
- KJE0003515
- ISBN
- 9780747596332
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good
€ 5.70
€ 5.70
Paperback. Follows the interactions of a socially insecure, pun-loving family man, an officious lady caseworker from an adoption agency, and a chauvinist pig - all suburban neighbors who know far too much about one another's private lives in this goofy and gently hilarious tale of marital quibbles. Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 133 x 203 x 23. Weight in Grams: 466.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226170565
- ISBN
- 9780226170565
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 21.22
€ 25.99
€ 21.22
Paperback. On August 20, 1940, Marxist philosopher, politician, and revolutionary Leon Trotsky was attacked with an ice axe in his home in Coyoacan, Mexico. He died the next day. The author offers his account of Trotsky's assassination as witnessed through the eyes of an array of characters: the young American student, the Mexican police chief, and more. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 153 x 27. Weight in Grams: 576.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Edition
- Enlarged
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226260648
- ISBN
- 9780226260648
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 20.24
€ 24.99
€ 20.24
Hardback. Translator(s): Singerman, Alan J (Davidson College). Num Pages: black & white illustrations, black & white halftones. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 243 x 160 x 22. Weight in Grams: 485.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Pennsylvania State University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780271063911
- ISBN
- 9780271063911
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 74.00€ 62.86
€ 74.00
€ 62.86
Paperback. *The cult TV series now becomes a major film Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 129 x 19. Weight in Grams: 208. Good copy with some minor shelf wear.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Abacus
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KTG0001436
- ISBN
- 9780349121161
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Hardcover. Num Pages: 372 pages. BIC Classification: FA. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2023
- Publisher
- LITTLE BROWN IMPORTS
- Number of pages
- 372
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780316129374
- ISBN
- 9780316129374
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 26.84
€ 40.99
€ 26.84
Paperback. The Time Machine (1895) is H. G. Wells's first published novel as well as his most enduring and influential work. Editor(s): Arata, Stephen. Series: Norton Critical Editions. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 213 x 129 x 17. Weight in Grams: 280.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- WW Norton & Co United States
- Edition
- Norton Critical Edition
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780393927948
- ISBN
- 9780393927948
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 16.46
€ 17.99
€ 16.46
Paperback. Reassembles the Charles W Chesnutt's work in the conjure tale genre. This work allows the reader to see how the original volume was created, how an African American author negotiated with the tastes of the dominant literary culture of the late nineteenth century, and how that culture both promoted and delimited his work. Num Pages: 216 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 143 x 15. Weight in Grams: 340.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822313878
- ISBN
- 9780822313878
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 25.12
€ 26.99
€ 25.12
Paperback. As the newly-built foundries of South Wales enter their first decline, a travelling harpist from the rural north arrives in town to find his friends caught in a fiercly-fought industrial dispute, a dispute which quickly spirals out of control. Num Pages: 390 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 136 x 215 x 27. Weight in Grams: 380.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Parthian Books
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781908069733
- ISBN
- 9781908069733
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 12.99€ 9.35
€ 12.99
€ 9.35
Paperback. Farree has discovered a portion of his true heritage as one of the ancient Little People, the Faery Folk, of legend - but so far as he knows, he is the only one of his kind to survive. That is, until his compatriots, star-traveler Krip Vorlund and sorceress Lady Maelen, run across wings for sale in the market on a distant frontier outpost world. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 170 x 108 x 31. Weight in Grams: 258.
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Baen Books
- Number of pages
- 416
- Condition
- New
- Format
- Paperback
- SKU
- V9781451637571
- ISBN
- 9781451637571
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.02
€ 10.02
Paperback. For 9 years, Adam has been the centre of his mother, Cara's world. And, she has been the centre of his, until the day he disappears. When he is found in the woods, beside the body of a girl whom Cara has never heard of before, it feels as if her world has been torn apart. This book presents the story of the tangled bond between mother and child. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 194 x 129 x 20. Weight in Grams: 226.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Penguin Books
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141024981
- ISBN
- 9780141024981
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 19.32
€ 25.99
€ 19.32
Paperback. Thomas Nesbitt is a divorced American writer living a very private life in Maine. Until, one wintry morning, his solitude is disrupted by the arrival of a package postmarked Berlin. But what is more unsettling is the name accompanying the return address on the package: Petra Dussmann. Num Pages: 656 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FH; FRD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 133 x 36. Weight in Grams: 486.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Arrow
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099509745
- ISBN
- 9780099509745
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.81
€ 14.99
€ 11.81
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press United States
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253008237
- ISBN
- 9780253008237
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 20.79
€ 20.99
€ 20.79
Paperback. From the threat of a serial killer as the background for a young girl's first brush with death to the fallout of a modern-day visitation from the Virgin Mary; from an AIDS-stricken squatter refusing to vacate an empty Lisbon home to a mother's yearlong struggle with the death of her daughter, this book includes stories that make their world ours. Series: Prairie Schooner Book Prize in Fiction. Num Pages: 168 pages, 14 photos, 7 figures. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 142 x 217 x 9. Weight in Grams: 212.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Number of pages
- 168
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803217904
- ISBN
- 9780803217904
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 18.58
€ 18.99
€ 18.58
Hardback. Translator(s): Jalil, Intizar. Num Pages: 232 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 127 x 20. Weight in Grams: 363.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Seagull Books London Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780857423931
- ISBN
- 9780857423931
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 20.64
€ 24.99
€ 20.64
Paperback. A long-awaited new novel set in the period of the French and Indian Wars brings a new dimension to the region s history" Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 23. Weight in Grams: 363.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- University Press of New England United States
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781584652137
- ISBN
- 9781584652137
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 16.39
€ 18.99
€ 16.39