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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

Paperback. Finland, 1809. Henrik and Erik are brothers who fought on opposite sides in the war between Sweden and Russia. With peace declared, they both return to their snowed-in farm. But who is the master? Sexual tensions, old grudges, family secrets: all come to a head in this dark and gripping saga. Editor(s): Jeremiah, Emily. Translator(s): Jeremiah, Fleur. Num Pages: 112 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 164 x 196 x 12. Weight in Grams: 174.
Publisher
Peirene Press
Number of pages
112
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9780956284068
ISBN
9780956284068
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 13.28

Paperback. Henry Molise, a fifty-year-old successful writer, returns to the family home to help with the latest drama; his elderly parents want to divorce. Henry's tyrannical, bricklaying father, Nick, despite being weakened by age and alcoholism, can still strike fear into the hearts of his sons. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 15. Weight in Grams: 144. 208 pages. Henry Molise, a fifty-year-old successful writer, returns to the family home to help with the latest drama; his elderly parents want to divorce. Henry's tyrannical, bricklaying father, Nick, despite being weakened by age and alcoholism, can still strike fear into the hearts of his sons. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: FA. Dimension: 196 x 129 x 15. Weight: 176.
Edition
Main
Publisher
Canongate Books Ltd
Number of pages
208
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Condition
New
SKU
V9781841956190
ISBN
9781841956190
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.74

paperback. A novel about the comradeship and loyalty of a crew of motor bike fanatics from South Wales who go on a long run to Cricieth in memory of a dead friend, and how old personal grudges can erupt in violent revenge with tragic results. Num Pages: 210 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 19. Weight in Grams: 272.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Parthian Books United Kingdom
Edition
New
Number of pages
210
Condition
New
SKU
V9781902638331
ISBN
9781902638331
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.29

Paperback. Translator(s): Born, Anne. Num Pages: 303 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 127 x 22. Weight in Grams: 295.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Marion Boyars Publishers Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
New
Number of pages
303
Condition
New
SKU
V9780714530185
ISBN
9780714530185
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 14.33

Paperback. Nathalie and David have been good and dutiful children to their parents. They were both adopted and now Nathalie discovers a need to trace her birth parents and insists that David makes the same journey. And through this, both learn one of the hardest lessons of all. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 25. Weight in Grams: 278.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Black Swan
Condition
New
SKU
9780552771733
ISBN
9780552771733
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 12.99
€ 10.38

Paperback. Nathalie and David have been good and dutiful children to their parents. They were both adopted and now Nathalie discovers a need to trace her birth parents and insists that David makes the same journey. And through this, both learn one of the hardest lessons of all. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 25. Weight in Grams: 278. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Black Swan
Edition
Reprint
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KTG0017285
ISBN
9780552771733
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 12.99
€ 10.38

Paperback. Revolves around the character of Hend, an Arabic teacher and would-be writer in her late thirties, who emigrates to the United States from Cairo with her eight year old son after the painful break-up of her marriage. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 135 x 17. Weight in Grams: 174.
Publisher
Faber & Faber United Kingdom
Number of pages
224
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571280056
ISBN
9780571280056
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.75

Paperback. It is Ireland in the early 1950s and for Eilis Lacey, as for so many young Irish girls, opportunities are scarce. So when her sister arranges for her to emigrate to New York, Eilis knows she must go. Arriving in a crowded lodging house in Brooklyn, Eilis can only be reminded of what she has sacrificed. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 198 x 19. Weight in Grams: 198.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Penguin
Condition
New
SKU
9780241972700
ISBN
9780241972700
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.45

Paperback. It is Ireland in the early 1950s and for Eilis Lacey, as for so many young Irish girls, opportunities are scarce. So when her sister arranges for her to emigrate to New York, Eilis knows she must go, leaving behind her family and her home for the first time. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 17. Weight in Grams: 198.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Edition
01st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
9780141041742
ISBN
9780141041742
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 12.99
€ 10.10

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Persephone Books Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
New ed
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9781903155165
ISBN
9781903155165
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 19.21

Hardcover. A mother's reflection inspired by hand-raising a litter of Pembroke Welsh corgis whose own mother died after a Caesarian delivery. Devastated by the loss of her companion and awed by the task of saving the puppies, the narrator is surprised to discover she enjoys this exclusive commitment. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: FA; JHBK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 354.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Purdue University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9781557532367
ISBN
9781557532367
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 13.55

Paperback. Series: Second Chances. Num Pages: 288 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 213 x 139 x 17. Weight in Grams: 265.
Publisher
Zondervan United States
Number of pages
288
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Condition
New
SKU
V9780310207085
ISBN
9780310207085
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 17.55

Paperback. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 499.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Exile Editions Canada
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
SKU
V9781550961218
ISBN
9781550961218
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.18

Paperback. Broken Ground is remarkable for its prophetic vision of the hollow securities promised by incarceration and of the effects of "privatization" as an armature of American imperialism-in both the domestic and international realms. Num Pages: 456 pages, 2 illus. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 202 x 141 x 27. Weight in Grams: 522.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
University of Washington Press United States
Number of pages
456
Condition
New
SKU
V9780295990484
ISBN
9780295990484
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 23.66

Paperback. Broken Glass is a Congolese riff on European classics from the most notable Francophone African writer of his generation. Translator(s): Stevenson, Helen. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 139 x 13. Weight in Grams: 152.
Publisher
Profile Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
176
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9781846688157
ISBN
9781846688157
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.93

Paperback. After shooting his brother's killer, young Gjorg is entitled to thirty days' grace - not enough to see out the month of April. Then a visiting honeymoon couple cross the path of the fugitive. The bride's heart goes out to Gjorg, and even these 'civilised' strangers from the city risk becoming embroiled in the fatal mechanism of vendetta. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 14. Weight in Grams: 164.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing United Kingdom
Number of pages
224
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099449874
ISBN
9780099449874
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.02

Paperback. When the body of a young woman is discovered deep beneath the icy waters of Lake Grant, a note left under a rock by the shore points to suicide. But within minutes, it becomes clear that this is no suicide. It's a brutal, cold-blooded murder. Series: The Will Trent Series. Num Pages: 528 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 201 x 81 x 35. Weight in Grams: 370.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Arrow
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099509769
ISBN
9780099509769
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.06

Paperback. * A penetrating new novel about the burden of celebrity and the making of American myths and heroes by one of America's bestselling writers * 'Updike is one of the very few people who are among Oates's peers' - TLS Num Pages: 512 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 127 x 33. Weight in Grams: 334. Good clean copy with minor shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Virago
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KSS0003024
ISBN
9781860497704
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. The art of writing is mysterious; the opinions we hold are ephemeral. This title presents eleven short stories. Translator(s): Hurley, Andrew. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FC; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 129 x 10. Weight in Grams: 114.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Edition
New Ed
Number of pages
144
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141183862
ISBN
9780141183862
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 12.61

Paperback. A murder investigation in post-war France becomes an exploration of the legacy of German occupation. Translator(s): Cullen, John. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 130 x 20. Weight in Grams: 194.
Publisher
Quercus
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9781906694685
ISBN
9781906694685
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.05

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