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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

Paperback. Editor(s): Hinnant, Charles H. Series: Broadview Editions. Num Pages: 212 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 321.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Broadview Press Ltd Canada
Number of pages
212
Condition
New
SKU
V9781551117379
ISBN
9781551117379
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.99
€ 41.88

Paperback. Explores the many roles - some perennial, some unexpected - that food can play in women's lives. In this title, one of the stories features a young woman who, neglected by her rakish husband, decides to kill him by overfeeding him. Num Pages: 118 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 131 x 7. Weight in Grams: 122.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Zubaan India
Number of pages
118
Condition
New
SKU
V9789381017890
ISBN
9789381017890
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 11.56

Paperback. This is story of Loyal Blood, a man who spends a lifetime on the run from a crime so terrible that it renders him forever incapable of touching a woman. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 24. Weight in Grams: 262.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Fourth Estate
Edition
New Ed
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
SKU
9781841155012
ISBN
9781841155012
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 11.34

Paperback. What would you do if your sister disappeared without a trace? This is an emotionally fraught and at some times terrifying story about two sisters and the strength that binds them. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 201 x 143 x 24. Weight in Grams: 298. 8vo. Good copy
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Piatkus
Edition
0th Edition
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KEX0271890
ISBN
9780749942014
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 10.99
€ 4.99

Paperback. Stunning reissue of an international bestseller, from the author of 'The Joy Luck Club' and 'The Bonesetter's Daughter'. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 23. Weight in Grams: 250.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Harper Perennial
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780006550525
ISBN
9780006550525
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 11.32

Paperback. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 142 x 210 x 23. Weight in Grams: 280.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Penguin Books
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780143107941
ISBN
9780143107941
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 16.15

Paperback. Featherbones is an ethereal love song to a city by the sea. This beautiful novel depicts a liminal world of statues, drownings and winged creatures. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Sparkling Books Ltd
Condition
New
SKU
V9781907230516
ISBN
9781907230516
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 13.49

Paperback. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 228 x 24. Weight in Grams: 486.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Caitlin Press Inc.
Condition
New
SKU
V9781927575284
ISBN
9781927575284
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 11.69

Paperback. This is the story of Mara, a Jewish girl from Riverside Drive, and a hippie from Israel whom everyone distrusts, and the Orthodox wedding that unites them. Series: Library of Modern Jewish Literature. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 203 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 277.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Syracuse University Press United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780815606598
ISBN
9780815606598
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 19.34

Series: Middle East Literature in Translation. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 218 x 137 x 14. Weight in Grams: 234.
Publisher
United States
Edition
New edition
Number of pages
176
Condition
New
SKU
V9780815608127
ISBN
9780815608127
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 16.89

Paperback. Translator(s): Finn, Robert. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 218 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 284.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Syracuse University Press United States
Edition
1 Tra
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
SKU
V9780815610137
ISBN
9780815610137
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 19.34

Paperback. This is a grouping of some 40 short stories that attempts to capture the essence of everyday life in the small Middle East country of Kuwait. The stories explore life in Kuwait from an American expatriate's perspective. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 263.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Syracuse University Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
176
Condition
New
SKU
V9780815610144
ISBN
9780815610144
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 19.25

Paperback. Translator(s): Sryfi, Mbarek; Allen, Roger. Series: Middle East Literature in Translation. Num Pages: 280 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 154 x 19. Weight in Grams: 416.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Syracuse University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780815633693
ISBN
9780815633693
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.26

Paperback. Bawdy and sometimes horrifying, hilarious on the way to being tragic, Raymond Andrews's Muskhogean County novels tell of black life in the Deep South from the end of the First World War to the beginning of the 1960s, from the days of mules and white men with bullwhips to the moment when the pendulum began to swing. Num Pages: 232 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 159 x 18. Weight in Grams: 386.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1988
Publisher
University of Georgia Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780820310695
ISBN
9780820310695
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 24.29

Paperback. En esta coleccion de ensayos entretejidos con poemas y folclore, Judith Ortiz Cofer cuenta la historia de como llego a ser poeta y escritora y explora su amor por las palabras, su descubrimiento de la magia del lenguaje y su lucha por sacar tiempo de donde no tenia para practicar su arte." Translator(s): Olazagasti-Segovia, Elena. Num Pages: 152 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 178 x 127 x 11. Weight in Grams: 154.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
University of Georgia Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780820326740
ISBN
9780820326740
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 20.73

Paperback. Set in the invented Mississippi Delta town of Madagascar, this book depicts a rural South dependent on agribusiness and the fruits of some less attractive forms of capitalism - gambling and other vices. It presents a novel which is filled with music, wisdom, and spontaneous joy. Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 603.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
University of Georgia Press
Edition
Pbk. Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780820328386
ISBN
9780820328386
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 26.49

Paperback. Set in rural South Carolina in the early twentieth century, this work weaves a complex tale from the threads of actual events in author James Kilgo's family history. At the center of the story are two brothers, Hart and Tison Bonner, and their cousin Jennie Grant, the mixed-race woman one brother loves and the other dishonors. Series: Brown Thrasher Books. Num Pages: 304 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 151 x 21. Weight in Grams: 381.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
University of Georgia Press
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780820329284
ISBN
9780820329284
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 27.24

Paperback. Sutton's quirky debut collection tracks the emotional journeys of characters struggling to find harmonious relationships with the people they are expected to love and be loved by. All too often, for Sutton's characters, such supposedly sacred relationships disappoint. Num Pages: 216 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 16. Weight in Grams: 254.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
University of Georgia Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780820334219
ISBN
9780820334219
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 24.27

Hardcover. "Winner of the Flannery O'Connor Award for Short Fiction." Series: Flannery O'Connor Award for Short Fiction. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 318.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
University of Georgia Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780820345482
ISBN
9780820345482
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 23.94

Hardcover. Explores America's obsession with news and entertainment culture. This book features characters that seek to design realistic theme park attractions, such as "OJ's Bronco: The Ride" and "Siege at Waco," that allow park guests to experience the complexities of contemporary news events for themselves. Num Pages: 124 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 458.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
University of Pittsburgh Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822942993
ISBN
9780822942993
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 26.32

Paperback. First published in Switzerland in 1892, finally printed in Russia in 1906, and never before translated into English, Nihilist Girl is the story of a young aristocrat who longs to devote her life to a cause. Num Pages: 139 pages. BIC Classification: 1DVU; DSB; FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 144 x 13. Weight in Grams: 281.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
The Modern Language Association of America
Condition
New
SKU
V9780873527903
ISBN
9780873527903
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.41

Paperback. Num Pages: 601 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 213 x 140 x 25. Weight in Grams: 562.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Broadview Press Ltd Canada
Condition
New
SKU
V9781551112213
ISBN
9781551112213
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.24

Hardcover. Depicts a Lebanese immigrant family in Washington, DC, in the 1950s and gives us entree into a male-dominated, independence-stifling culture where female roles were rigidly prescribed. Series: Arab American Writing. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 463.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Syracuse University Press
Edition
1st
Condition
New
SKU
V9780815608578
ISBN
9780815608578
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 24.14

Paperback. A novel that recounts the efforts of a young man to explore his own history and identity through his encounters with the family and friends who surround him. Translator(s): Weiss, Max. Num Pages: 136 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 153 x 12. Weight in Grams: 190.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Syracuse University Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780815609124
ISBN
9780815609124
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.11

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