Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
Paperback. Mariano, who has lived in the city from an early age, is summoned back to his village to attend his grandfather's funeral. But, when he arrives, he discovers two things: firstly, that he has been nominated by his grandfather to take over the running of the family affairs, secondly that his grandfather has not died completely. Translator(s): Brookshaw, David. Num Pages: 192 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 135 x 16. Weight in Grams: 294.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Serpent's Tail
- Edition
- Tra
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781846686719
- ISBN
- 9781846686719
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 17.96
€ 18.99
€ 17.96
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Profile Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 160
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781846686764
- ISBN
- 9781846686764
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 17.77
€ 19.99
€ 17.77
Hardcover. When Phillip Creighton faces his diagnosis of cancer alone, he thinks back on his humble beginnings and painful love affairs. Moving from 1930's Wyoming, through 1950's Spain and Kenya, to modern Texas and Tanzania, Crossing Stars tells the story of three generations and one man's chance to become the father he had wanted to be. Num Pages: 584 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FRD; FT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 162 x 36. Weight in Grams: 862.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- University Press of America United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 584
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780761861218
- ISBN
- 9780761861218
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 48.21
€ 48.21
Num Pages: 160 pages, 414 color photos. BIC Classification: FA; TDP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 224 x 145 x 13. Weight in Grams: 488.
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Schiffer Publishing Ltd United States
- Number of pages
- 160
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780764307621
- ISBN
- 9780764307621
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 19.42
€ 19.42
Paperback. Num Pages: 373 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 133 x 22. Weight in Grams: 311.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Broadway Books (A Division of Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing Group Inc) United States
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 373
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780767901260
- ISBN
- 9780767901260
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 17.55
€ 19.99
€ 17.55
Paperback. Series: Seren Classics. Num Pages: 130 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 212 x 152 x 10. Weight in Grams: 142.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Poetry Wales Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 130
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781854113085
- ISBN
- 9781854113085
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.31
€ 17.31
Paperback. Num Pages: 280 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 136 x 23. Weight in Grams: 246.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Poetry Wales Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781854113337
- ISBN
- 9781854113337
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.08
€ 19.08
Paperback. Num Pages: 191 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 180 x 138 x 15. Weight in Grams: 240.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Poetry Wales Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 191
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781854113375
- ISBN
- 9781854113375
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 14.37
€ 14.99
€ 14.37
Paperback. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 207 x 128 x 17. Weight in Grams: 260.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Poetry Wales Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781854114204
- ISBN
- 9781854114204
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.31
€ 20.31
Hardback. A collection of short stories that evoke the reality of the South Pacific: the story of a do-it-yourself murder mystery; an assassination attempt on the Queen; and a futuristic tale set in 1999. Several of these pieces were first collected as "The New Land", which won the 1990 Buckland Award. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 223 x 144 x 23. Weight in Grams: 447.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- Carcanet Press Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781857540468
- ISBN
- 9781857540468
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 26.95
€ 31.99
€ 26.95
Paperback. Ditch-crawling has no rules, just aesthetic principles, the most important thing is to travel lightly, leave no legacies, and try to make no sound at all. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 220 x 135 x 19. Weight in Grams: 313.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Carcanet Press Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781857547689
- ISBN
- 9781857547689
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 20.11
€ 21.99
€ 20.11
Paperback. Num Pages: 218 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 224 x 165 x 15. Weight in Grams: 290.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- Avalon Travel Publishing United States
- Edition
- 1st Pbk. Ed
- Number of pages
- 218
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780802134196
- ISBN
- 9780802134196
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.41
€ 13.41
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Grove Press United Kingdom
- Edition
- First Trade Paper Edition
- Number of pages
- 388
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780802142061
- ISBN
- 9780802142061
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 18.18
€ 18.99
€ 18.18
Paperback. Fresh off his National Book Award win, Alexie delivers a heartbreaking and hilarious collection of stories that explores the precarious balance between self-preservation and external responsibility in art, family, and the world at large. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 209 x 143 x 15. Weight in Grams: 208.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Grove Press / Atlantic Monthly Press United States
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780802144898
- ISBN
- 9780802144898
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 16.41
€ 17.99
€ 16.41
Paperback. "The Last Agrarian" portrays the history and character of the people of the mid-South through a history of his family, giving, in the words of critic J. A. Bryant, Jr., a "rendering of a bygone world that brings the ache of beauty remembered." Southern Classics Series. Series: Southern Classics. Num Pages: 303 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 209 x 137 x 19. Weight in Grams: 313.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- J S Sanders and Company Incorporated United States
- Number of pages
- 303
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781879941106
- ISBN
- 9781879941106
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 15.63
€ 15.99
€ 15.63
Paperback. First novel by a modern master of Southern fiction, this tale is reminiscent of Hardy's Return of the Native-set in rural twentieth-century Tennessee. Southern Classics Series. Series: Southern Classics. Num Pages: 383 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 207 x 138 x 24. Weight in Grams: 422.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- J S Sanders and Company Incorporated United States
- Number of pages
- 383
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781879941182
- ISBN
- 9781879941182
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.05
€ 17.05
hardcover. Surreal, existential love story set in Paris.Charming, cerebral.-Philadelphia Inquirer Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 218 x 150 x 17. Weight in Grams: 363.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- Bridgeworks United States
- Number of pages
- 144
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781882593026
- ISBN
- 9781882593026
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 18.89
€ 19.99
€ 18.89
Hardback. A story of love and loss, and the evolution of farm life as the 20th century unfolded, narrated by a feisty farm woman as she reflects on her life. Num Pages: 245 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 148 x 25. Weight in Grams: 444.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Bridge Works Publishing Co ,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 245
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781882593217
- ISBN
- 9781882593217
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 23.22
€ 25.99
€ 23.22
Hardback. A witty tale of marriage and midlife longing, as a taked-for-granted-wife pursues a fantasy love via e-mail. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 217 x 145 x 20. Weight in Grams: 372.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Bridge Works Publishing Co ,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781882593323
- ISBN
- 9781882593323
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 22.74
€ 25.99
€ 22.74
Paperback. This first-person narrative of a baby boomer's mid-life crisis is set in Baton Rouge. Sorrow alternates with good-ol'-boy humor as the hero struggles over three consecutive days surrounding his 47th birthday to come to terms with grief, aging and the disappointments of a childless marriage. Num Pages: 186 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 205 x 132 x 14. Weight in Grams: 217.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Bridge Works Publishing Co ,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 186
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781882593460
- ISBN
- 9781882593460
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 15.00
€ 15.99
€ 15.00