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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
Paperback. A NEW YORK TIMES BOOK OF THE YEAR An American myth and a contemporary portrait of the scars of the past that run through a family, and of our desperate need to escape our history, to subsume it with pleasure - or to rise above it with glory. Num Pages: 560 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130. Weight in Grams: 270.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- KEX0302243
- ISBN
- 9780008173319
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. A NEW YORK TIMES BOOK OF THE YEAR An American myth and a contemporary portrait of the scars of the past that run through a family, and of our desperate need to escape our history, to subsume it with pleasure - or to rise above it with glory. Num Pages: 560 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130. Weight in Grams: 270.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- KEX0301868
- ISBN
- 9780008173319
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. A NEW YORK TIMES BOOK OF THE YEAR An American myth and a contemporary portrait of the scars of the past that run through a family, and of our desperate need to escape our history, to subsume it with pleasure - or to rise above it with glory. Num Pages: 560 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130. Weight in Grams: 270.
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780008173319
- ISBN
- 9780008173319
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Num Pages: 175 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Northern Illinois University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 175
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780875807614
- ISBN
- 9780875807614
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 17.54
€ 17.99
€ 17.54
Paperback. A novel by the masterful storyteller and psychotherapist Irvin Yalom interweaves the philosophical life of Benedict Spinoza with the story of the obsessive Nazi "philosopher" Alfred Rosenberg Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 142 x 23. Weight in Grams: 344. 336 pages. Tells the story of the seventeenth-century thinker Baruch Spinoza, his philosophy and subsequent excommunication from the Jewish community, and his apparent influence on the Nazi ideologue Alfred Rosenberg, whose einsatzgruppe was dispatched during the Second world war to investigate a mysterious "Spinoza Problem". Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: FA. Dimension: 210 x 142 x 23. Weight: 334.
- Publisher
- Basic Books
- Number of pages
- 336
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780465061853
- ISBN
- 9780465061853
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 17.74
€ 20.99
€ 17.74
Paperback. Fez, 1954, and American ex-pat Stenham reluctantly accepts a guide for his night-time walk home through the streets of the Medina. A nationalist uprising is transforming the country, much to the annoyance of Stenham, who enjoys the trappings of the old city. His path soon crosses with the young, illiterate son of a healer. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 127 x 27. Weight in Grams: 332.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Number of pages
- 432
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141191362
- ISBN
- 9780141191362
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.08
€ 13.99
€ 11.08
Paperback. In "The Spider's Web", his first novel, Roth paints a chillingly realistic picture of the conspiracies of the radical right that were to undermine the Weimar Republic and pave the way for Hitler and National Socialism. Translator(s): Hoare, John. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 128 x 7. Weight in Grams: 98.
- Publisher
- Granta Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 128
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781862076761
- ISBN
- 9781862076761
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.78
€ 13.99
€ 10.78
Paperback. Seventeen-year-old Abike Johnson is the favourite child of her wealthy father. A world away from Abike's mansion, in the city's slums, lives a seventeen-year-old hawker struggling to make sense of the world. When Abike buys ice cream from him one day, they strike up an unlikely and tentative romance, defying the prejudices of Nigerian society. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 127 x 19. Weight in Grams: 236.
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Number of pages
- 304
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780571268917
- ISBN
- 9780571268917
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.71
€ 13.99
€ 10.71
Paperback. Comedy of sexual manners that follows the interlocking affairs of four men: Robin Woodfield, Justin, Danny and Alex. As each falls under the spell of romance or drugs, country living or rough trade, a richly ironic picture emerges of the clashing imperatives of gay life, the hunger for contact, the fear of commitment, and the need for permanence. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 5SG; FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 132 x 18. Weight in Grams: 200. Clean copy with minor shelf wear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Vintage
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KJE0001567
- ISBN
- 9780099276944
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. During one sleepless night, the night of All Saints Day before the dawn of the Day of the Dead, the protagonist of this powerful novella wrestles with a cast of inner demons. Num Pages: 81 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 140 x 217 x 5. Weight in Grams: 92.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Perfect Edge
- Number of pages
- 81
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781782791935
- ISBN
- 9781782791935
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 9.34
€ 9.34
Hardcover. The centurion who speared Christ also guarded the tomb. When the body is missing, Pilate orders his arrest. He flees. The spear has special powers. Num Pages: 405 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 237 x 161 x 27. Weight in Grams: 680.
- Publisher
- Primedia E-launch LLC
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- first
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781943275038
- ISBN
- 9781943275038
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 23.67
€ 34.99
€ 23.67
Paperback. The first in a series of wartime sagas from a talented new voice. Set in 1940s Coventry, The Spark Girl is packed full of adventure, romance, heartbreak and friendship. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
- Publisher
- Orion Publishing Co
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781409170112
- ISBN
- 9781409170112
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.09
€ 13.99
€ 11.09
Paperback. From the author of The Stars Look Down and The Citadel, and the creator of Dr Finlay's Casebook Num Pages: 184 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 232 x 152 x 14. Weight in Grams: 290.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Pan Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781447244165
- ISBN
- 9781447244165
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 14.48
€ 17.99
€ 14.48
Paperback. In this beautifully crafted novel about the interlinked lives of two women, Thrity Umrigar explores the complex relationships between the classes in India, rarely addressed in contemporary fiction. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 128 x 22. Weight in Grams: 268.
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780007212330
- ISBN
- 9780007212330
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.00€ 11.38
€ 13.00
€ 11.38
Hardcover. Love, family and religion clash in Pirzad's follow up to the internationally acclaimed Things We Left Unsaid Translator(s): Motlagh, Amy. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 220 x 141 x 20. Weight in Grams: 328.
- Publisher
- Oneworld Publications
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781851689972
- ISBN
- 9781851689972
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 13.00€ 12.36
€ 13.00
€ 12.36
Paperback. Num Pages: 908 pages, maps. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 202 x 132 x 34. Weight in Grams: 708.
- Publisher
- Random House USA Inc
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Edition
- New edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780375760389
- ISBN
- 9780375760389
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 20.16
€ 26.99
€ 20.16
Paperback. Num Pages: 182 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 318 x 136 x 16. Weight in Grams: 184.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- Random House USA Inc United States
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 182
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780679752684
- ISBN
- 9780679752684
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 14.04
€ 18.99
€ 14.04
Paperback. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 131 x 20. Weight in Grams: 222.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781408831618
- ISBN
- 9781408831618
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.25
€ 17.99
€ 13.25
Paperback. Ogata Shingo is growing old, and his memory is failing him. At night he hears only the sound of death in the distant rumble from the mountain. The relationships which have previously defined his life - with his son, his wife, and his attractive daughter-in-law - are dissolving, and Shingo is caught between love and destruction. Translator(s): Seidensticker, Edward G. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 201 x 156 x 14. Weight in Grams: 174.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Number of pages
- 224
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141192628
- ISBN
- 9780141192628
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.08
€ 13.99
€ 11.08
Paperback. Depicting the gradual disintegration of the Compson family through four fractured narratives, this novel explores intense, passionate family relationships where there is no love, only self-centredness. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 130 x 20. Weight in Grams: 208.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing
- Publication date
- 1995
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099475019
- ISBN
- 9780099475019
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 8.70
€ 8.70
Hardcover. This narrative chronicles the decline of the American South through the experiences of Benjy Compson, who struggles to articulate his vision of life. William Faulkner is the author of "As I Lay Dying" and "Sanctuary" and he won the Nobel Prize in 1949. Num Pages: 278 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 211 x 134 x 24. Weight in Grams: 452.
- Publisher
- Everyman
- Number of pages
- 278
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781857150698
- ISBN
- 9781857150698
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 15.04
€ 19.99
€ 15.04
Paperback. Series: Dover Thrift S. Num Pages: 176 pages, music. BIC Classification: 1KBB; FA; FC; HBJK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 203 x 11. Weight in Grams: 162. Series: Dover Thrift S. 176 pages, music. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1KBB; FA; FC; HBJK. Dimension: 209 x 132 x 11. Weight: 140.
- Publisher
- Dover Publications Inc.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Edition
- New edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780486280417
- ISBN
- 9780486280417
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 7.82
€ 7.82
Paperback. In this novel, first published in 1964, Elizabeth Taylor skilfully and subtly demonstrates the terrible danger of self-love, most deadly to those who live within its shadow. Series: VMC. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 125 x 11. Weight in Grams: 172.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Virago UK
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781844086566
- ISBN
- 9781844086566
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.09
€ 13.99
€ 11.09
paperback. Num Pages: 192 pages, 42ill. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 219 x 155 x 10. Weight in Grams: 182.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1984
- Publisher
- Marion Boyars United Kingdom
- Edition
- Reissue
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780714506708
- ISBN
- 9780714506708
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.27
€ 10.27