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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

Paperback. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 155 x 234 x 28. Weight in Grams: 398.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Poolbeg Press Ltd
Condition
New
SKU
9781781999189
ISBN
9781781999189
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 12.98

Paperback. Tsukuru Tazaki had four best friends at school. By chance all of their names contained a colour. The two boys were called Akamatsu, meaning 'red pine', and Oumi, 'blue sea', while the girls' names were Shirane, 'white root', and Kurono, 'black field'. Tazaki was the only last name with no colour in it. Translator(s): Gabriel, Philip. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 129 x 25. Weight in Grams: 218.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099590378
ISBN
9780099590378
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.02

Paperback. Deals with the complexities of relationships as well as the joys of children. This title contains the author's controversial story "Weddings and Beheadings", as well as his prophetic "My Son the Fanatic", which exposes the religious tensions within the muslim family unit. Num Pages: 688 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 127 x 47. Weight in Grams: 540.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
9780571249824
ISBN
9780571249824
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.16

Paperback. A collection of short fiction that is written by the winner of the Man Booker International Prize 2013. Num Pages: 768 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 35. Weight in Grams: 526.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Penguin
Condition
New
SKU
9780241969137
ISBN
9780241969137
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.45

Paperback. Melding his native Irish sensibilities to those of his adopted west-coast Scotland, this book includes tales that attend to life's big events: love and loss, separation and violence, death and betrayal. Num Pages: 640 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 198 x 35. Weight in Grams: 474.
Publisher
Vintage Classics
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099561583
ISBN
9780099561583
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.00
€ 11.88

Hardcover. Lawrence is known mainly as a novelist and poet but he was also the author of many short stories and novellas. Bringing together all his shorter fiction, this volume makes it possible to survey his entire writing career. Stories include "The Prussian Officer" and "The Virgin and the Gypsy". Num Pages: 1397 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 207 x 132 x 66. Weight in Grams: 1274.
Publisher
Everyman's Library
Number of pages
1397
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1994
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9781857151800
ISBN
9781857151800
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 22.90

paperback. Introducing you to a host of extraordinary characters and communities, this book includes a collection of short stories written by Gabriel Garcia Marquez. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 20. Weight in Grams: 222.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Penguin
Condition
New
SKU
9780241968758
ISBN
9780241968758
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.45

Paperback. Acclaimed as one of America's most successful playwrights, the author also published four volumes of short stories. In this title, these volumes are combined with a wealth of unpublished and uncollected work, ranging from his first his story published in "Weird Tales" when he was seventeen, to his later frank homosexual fantasies. Num Pages: 672 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 131 x 39. Weight in Grams: 470.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Vintage Classics
Condition
New
SKU
9780749395810
ISBN
9780749395810
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 12.53

Paperback. Includes sixty-five stories of magic and melancholy that display a range of inventiveness, with fairy tales, intellectual games and glimpses into lives of ambiguity and loss. Editor(s): Nabokov, Dmitri. Translator(s): Nabokov, Dmitri. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 816 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FC; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 45. Weight in Grams: 566.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Condition
New
SKU
9780141183459
ISBN
9780141183459
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 15.73

Paperback. Peter Carey is justly renowned for his novels, which have included the Booker Prize-winning titles Oscar and Lucinda and True History of the Kelly Gang. He is also a dazzling writer of short stories. This volume collects together all the stories from The Fat Man in History and War Crimes as well as three other stories. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 126 x 26. Weight in Grams: 258. ******THIS IS A PREORDER TO BE DELIVERED ON OR AROUND THE PUBLICATION DAY IN FEBRUARY 2022****
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Condition
New
SKU
9780571175864
ISBN
9780571175864
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 12.98

Hardcover. Translator(s): Lowe-Porter, H.T. Num Pages: 890 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYB; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 209 x 132 x 46. Weight in Grams: 928.
Publisher
Everyman
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9781857151961
ISBN
9781857151961
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 18.93

Hardcover. Ernest Hemingway (1899-1961) is celebrated as a novelist and man of action. He is perhaps most famous for Whom The Bell Tolls and A Farewell To Arms. He was equally prolific as a writer of short stories. This collection includes all Hemingway's shorter fiction arranged chronologically from 'Up in Michigan' (1923) to 'Old Man at the Bridge (1938). Num Pages: 788 pages, facsimiles. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 206 x 133 x 45. Weight in Grams: 854.
Publisher
Everyman
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1995
Edition
First Thus
Condition
New
SKU
V9781857151879
ISBN
9781857151879
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 19.02

Paperback. A collection of stories that offer revelatory glimpses into everyday lives - from an unwelcome act of kindness at a bus stop, an evening walk across a London bridge, a welcome but uncomfortable summer break to a brutal lesson in trust. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 23. Weight in Grams: 262.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing United Kingdom
Number of pages
368
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Edition
Combined volume
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099540397
ISBN
9780099540397
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 16.82

Paperback. A collection short stories, each of which brimming with astute observations and sharp wit that can captivate readers the world over. It explores the blighted territory of a failing marriage; the tangled jungle of a mad poet's secret anti-Semitism; and the belated sexual guilt of a Hindu. Num Pages: 672 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 44. Weight in Grams: 466.
Publisher
Hamish Hamilton
Number of pages
672
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9780241950524
ISBN
9780241950524
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 14.25

Paperback. A collection of short stories by Saul Bellow. Some stories recount the events of a single day, while some are contained in a wider frame. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 464 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 27. Weight in Grams: 348.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
464
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141188782
ISBN
9780141188782
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 16.61

Hardcover. Raymond Chandler turned to writing at the age of forty-five, he began by publishing in pulp magazines such as Black Mask before later writing his famous novels. In these stories Chandler honed his art and developed his uniquely vivid underworld, peopled with good cops and bad cops. This book focuses on his life and work. Num Pages: 1336 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 207 x 139 x 61. Weight in Grams: 1138.
Publisher
Everyman United Kingdom
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Condition
New
SKU
V9781857152579
ISBN
9781857152579
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 22.99

Paperback. Featuring a collection of short stories, this book includes fictions such as 'A Bear Hunt', 'A Rose for Emily', 'Two Soldiers' and 'The Brooch'. Num Pages: 864 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 175 x 198 x 49. Weight in Grams: 636.
Publisher
Vintage United Kingdom
Number of pages
912
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099546054
ISBN
9780099546054
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 16.59

Paperback. A collection by Pulitzer prize-winning novelist John Cheever that shows the power and range of one of the finest short story writers. It includes masterpieces such as "The Swimmer" and "Goodbye, My Brother" and date from the time of his honourable discharge from the Army at the end of the Second World War. Num Pages: 912 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 49. Weight in Grams: 668.
Publisher
Vintage
Number of pages
912
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1990
Edition
01st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099748304
ISBN
9780099748304
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 14.99

paperback. The extraordinary stories of 'Saki' are a mixture of humorous satire, irony and the macabre, in which the stupidities and hypocrisy of conventional society are viciously pilloried. Series Editor(s): Carabine, Dr. Keith. Series: Wordsworth Classics. Num Pages: 512 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 202 x 138 x 28. Weight in Grams: 324.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Wordsworth Editions Ltd
Condition
New
SKU
9781853260711
ISBN
9781853260711
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 7.01

Paperback. Num Pages: 560 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 175 x 106 x 29. Weight in Grams: 272.
Format
Paperback
Publisher
Random House USA Inc United States
Number of pages
560
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804179768
ISBN
9780804179768
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.38

paperback. Contains the celebrated series about Ashenden, a secret service agent in World War I. Based on the author's own experiences with the British Intelligence service in Switzerland, this title dramatises both the romance and absurdity of espionage as well as its ruthlessness and brutality. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 20. Weight in Grams: 218.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Vintage Books USA
Condition
New
SKU
9780099428855
ISBN
9780099428855
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 11.29

paperback. This final, classic collection of stories reveals Maugham's unique talent for exposing and exploring the bitter realities of human relationships. Included are: "The Lotus Eater", "The Outstation" and "The Back of Beyond". Num Pages: 576 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 129 x 37. Weight in Grams: 416.
Publisher
Vintage Classics
Number of pages
576
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099428862
ISBN
9780099428862
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.47

Paperback. The second of four volumes of short stories which reflect Somerset Maugham's wry perception of human foibles and gift for evoking drama from a sense of time and place. Set in Malaya, America and England, they include "Flotsam and Jetsam", "The Man With the Scar" and "The Vessel of Wrath". Num Pages: 544 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 38. Weight in Grams: 390.
Publisher
Vintage Classics
Number of pages
544
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099428848
ISBN
9780099428848
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.41

Hardback. The latest collectable edition of Paul Austers fiction. BIC Classification: FA. .
Publisher
FABER & FABER
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571322152
ISBN
9780571322152
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 52.99
€ 33.64

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