Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
Results 1945 - 1968 of 15635
Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
Paperback. It is 1974 - the year Lucas Lessar turns thirteen. The year his mother Mirjana disappears. The year Zoli from the plate-glass factory goes mad for love. There used to be mines all along the Pittsburg coal seam, but now there's only one left: King Mine, where Lucas' father Jimmy was blown up a few years back. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 137 x 19. Weight in Grams: 280. 272 pages. It is 1974 - the year Lucas Lessar turns thirteen. The year his mother Mirjana disappears. The year Zoli from the plate-glass factory goes mad for love. There used to be mines all along the Pittsburg coal seam, but now there's only one left: King Mine, where Lucas' father Jimmy was blown up a few years back. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: FA. Dimension: 210 x 137 x 19. Weight: 280.
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Number of pages
- 272
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780747591962
- ISBN
- 9780747591962
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 11.70
€ 15.99
€ 11.70
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Schocken Books United States
- Number of pages
- 192
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780805210538
- ISBN
- 9780805210538
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 14.60
€ 16.99
€ 14.60
Hardcover. Num Pages: 244 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 221 x 133 x 23. Weight in Grams: 402.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1982
- Publisher
- Marion Boyars Publishers Ltd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780714527475
- ISBN
- 9780714527475
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 13.40
€ 13.99
€ 13.40
Paperback. * A captivating, rich, historical novel that moves from cholera-infested early nineteenth-century London to the new colony of New Zealand - 'a cracking good story told with verve and assurance' Publishing News Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 127 x 197 x 29. Weight in Grams: 294. Used paperback in good condition. Some shelf wear.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Little, Brown Book Group
- Condition
- Used, Good
- Edition
- paperback / softback
- SKU
- KRF0025797
- ISBN
- 9780751533903
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. * A captivating, rich, historical novel that moves from cholera-infested early nineteenth-century London to the new colony of New Zealand - 'a cracking good story told with verve and assurance' Publishing News Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 127 x 197 x 29. Weight in Grams: 294.
- Condition
- Used, Like New
- Edition
- paperback / softback
- Publisher
- Little, Brown Book Group
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- SKU
- KRS0004012
- ISBN
- 9780751533903
Paperback
Condition: Used, Like New
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. * A captivating, rich, historical novel that moves from cholera-infested early nineteenth-century London to the new colony of New Zealand - 'a cracking good story told with verve and assurance' Publishing News Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 127 x 197 x 29. Weight in Grams: 294. Used paperback in good condition. Some shelf wear.
- Condition
- Used, Good
- Edition
- paperback / softback
- Publisher
- Little, Brown Book Group
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- SKU
- KRF0025706
- ISBN
- 9780751533903
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. A gripping novel that explores the shifting sands of moral values - is murder still murder when committed in a lawless place? Series: VMC. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 128 x 197 x 24. Weight in Grams: 208.
- Publisher
- Virago Press Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780349006277
- ISBN
- 9780349006277
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.04
€ 13.99
€ 11.04
Paperback. Num Pages: 496 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 199 x 37. Weight in Grams: 342.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781408862308
- ISBN
- 9781408862308
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 16.25
€ 23.99
€ 16.25
Paperback. Although readers often think of fables as intended for the entertainment of children, here is one that adults will want to read. Fahy has written an tale aimed at people who find themselves in a period of transition or who are experiencing loss or new birth in their lives. 2-color illustrations. Editor(s): Fahy, Mary. Num Pages: 68 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ABM; FA; HRCV9. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 179 x 7. Weight in Grams: 146.
- Publisher
- Paulist Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780809140671
- ISBN
- 9780809140671
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 13.76
€ 14.99
€ 13.76
Paperback. At the turn of the century Stan Parker takes a wife and makes a home as a small farmer in the wilderness of Australia. Amy bears his children and time brings him a procession of ordinary events - achievements, disappointments, sorrows and dreams. The author won the 1973 Nobel Prize for Literature. Num Pages: 480 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 30. Weight in Grams: 344.
- Publisher
- Vintage United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 480
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099324515
- ISBN
- 9780099324515
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 11.86
€ 15.99
€ 11.86
Paperback. "On the Brink of the Precipice", the first volume of the trilogy "The Tree of Life", describes the lives of the novel's ten protagonists in the Lodz Ghetto before the outbreak of World War II. Series: Library of World Fiction S. Num Pages: 314 pages, 1 map. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 157 x 235 x 17. Weight in Grams: 478.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- University of Wisconsin Press United States
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 314
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780299204549
- ISBN
- 9780299204549
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 22.67
€ 23.99
€ 22.67
Paperback. Num Pages: 208 pages, illustrations, map. BIC Classification: FA; FV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 145 x 15. Weight in Grams: 288.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Paul Dry Books, Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780966491326
- ISBN
- 9780966491326
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.37
€ 23.37
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Bella Books
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781594934063
- ISBN
- 9781594934063
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 16.81
€ 17.99
€ 16.81
paperback. Num Pages: black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 205 x 137 x 19. Weight in Grams: 240.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- HarperOne United States
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780060000806
- ISBN
- 9780060000806
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 18.50
€ 19.99
€ 18.50
Paperback. THE TRAVELLING VAMPIRE SHOW is Richard Laymon's masterpiece - an evocative, nostalgic trip back to a time when innocence comes face to face with life's darker forces. Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 182 x 114 x 28. Weight in Grams: 300.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Headline Publishing Group
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780747258292
- ISBN
- 9780747258292
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.04
€ 13.99
€ 11.04
Paperback. Lydia is killed in a car accident, but she returns to her bereft sister as a benign ghost who, nonetheless, comes to haunt the lives of those around her in unexpected ways: Jonathan Goldman, whose flat Lydia is running from when she is knocked down, and his daughter Stella, who discovers her father's affair with the gladiatorial Sonia. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 18. Weight in Grams: 224. 272 pages. Lydia is killed in a car accident, but she returns to her bereft sister as a benign ghost who, nonetheless, comes to haunt the lives of those around her in unexpected ways: Jonathan Goldman, whose flat Lydia is running from when she is knocked down, and his daughter Stella, who discovers her father's affair with the gladiatorial Sonia. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: FA. Dimension: 197 x 130 x 18. Weight: 186.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Number of pages
- 272
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780747594727
- ISBN
- 9780747594727
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 9.07
€ 9.07
Paperback. An exceptional, break-out, coming-of-age novel from the talented Betty Trask Award-winning writer, Will Davis Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 21. Weight in Grams: 224.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781408831625
- ISBN
- 9781408831625
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.13
€ 11.99
€ 10.13
paperback. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 185 x 122. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1985
- Publisher
- New Africa Books South Africa
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780864860361
- ISBN
- 9780864860361
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.32
€ 11.32
Paperback. 'The things people inscribe on tombstones, even if only with their breath - erasing those things is what the Redeemer's there for.' Translator(s): Dillman, Lisa. Num Pages: 112 pages. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; FA; FF; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 198 x 10. Weight in Grams: 132.
- Publisher
- And Other Stories
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Tra
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781908276728
- ISBN
- 9781908276728
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.81
€ 11.99
€ 10.81
Paperback. In this subtle investigation into the meaning of exile and home, doubt and faith, loss and love, a young Muslim exile falls in love with a worldly non-Muslim. Num Pages: 203 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 141 x 13. Weight in Grams: 245.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Grove Press / Atlantic Monthly Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 203
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780802170262
- ISBN
- 9780802170262
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 16.15
€ 17.99
€ 16.15
Paperback. Sammar is a young Sudanese widow, working as an Arabic translator at a British university. Estranged from her son, she drifts, grieving and isolated. Life takes a positive turn when she finds herself falling in love with Rae, a Scottish academic. To Sammar, he seems to come from another world and another culture, yet they are drawn to each other. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 15. Weight in Grams: 198.
- Publisher
- Birlinn General United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 208
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781846970801
- ISBN
- 9781846970801
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.34
€ 11.34
Paperback. Twelve-year-old Fumi Tanaka has a problem - her beautiful and beloved older sister, Sumiko, has disappeared. Determined to find her, Fumi enlists the help of her new classmate Aya, forcibly repatriated with her father from Canada after the war. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 199 x 32. Weight in Grams: 296.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Transworld Publishers Ltd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781784161149
- ISBN
- 9781784161149
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 10.08
€ 10.99
€ 10.08
Paperback. An early thirties couple are forced to move in with an older couple in this dark and very funny thought experiment Num Pages: 336 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
- 9780008200459
- ISBN
- 9780008200459
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 9.93
€ 11.99
€ 9.93
Hardcover. A RADIO 4 BOOK AT BEDTIME What's standing between you and success? Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 148 x 224 x 31. Weight in Grams: 470.
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- KSG0013641
- ISBN
- 9780008200428
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 4.99
€ 14.99
€ 4.99