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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
Paperback. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 142 x 13. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Publisher
- Dalkey Archive Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781564780683
- ISBN
- 9781564780683
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 12.99€ 6.23
€ 12.99
€ 6.23
Paperback. Young Jawad, born to a Shi'ite family of corpse washers and shrouders in Baghdad, decides to abandon the family tradition, choosing instead to become a sculptor, to celebrate life rather than tend to death. He enters Baghdad's Academy of Fine Arts in the 1980s, determined to forge his own path. But the circumstances of history dictate otherwise. Translator(s): Antoon, Sinan. Series: The Margellos World Republic of Letters. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 191 x 146 x 14. Weight in Grams: 208.
- Publisher
- Yale University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300205640
- ISBN
- 9780300205640
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.00€ 12.72
€ 13.00
€ 12.72
Paperback. Featuring the fictional character Clive Staples (aka 'Jack') Lewis as an amateur detective, presented with a mysterious crime. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 204 x 130 x 20. Weight in Grams: 262.
- Publisher
- Marylebone House
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781910674178
- ISBN
- 9781910674178
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 13.41
€ 13.99
€ 13.41
Paperback. A sweeping, romantic debut set in Cornwall, reminiscent of Rosamunde Pilcher. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 160 x 23. Weight in Grams: 264.
- Publisher
- Orion Publishing Co United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 368
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781409137481
- ISBN
- 9781409137481
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.02
€ 13.99
€ 11.02
Paperback. An old copper beech overlooks a school, and witnesses all the hopes and loves, dreams and ambitions of the children who grew up there.. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 30. Weight in Grams: 296.
- Edition
- Re-issue
- Publisher
- Orion Publishing Co
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- Used, Good
- SKU
- KIN0005368
- ISBN
- 9780752876818
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. 'Goodman is everything it says on her tin - a wonderful, lyrical writer - but she also has an astute eye for comedy and some bits of the book are truly hilarious.' Wendy Holden, Daily Mail Num Pages: 394 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 127 x 30. Weight in Grams: 394. 'Goodman is everything it says on her tin - a wonderful, lyrical writer - but she also has an astute eye for comedy and some bits of the book are truly hilarious.' Wendy Holden, Daily Mail. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: FA. Dimension: 197 x 127 x 30. Weight: 392.
- Publisher
- Atlantic Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781848875401
- ISBN
- 9781848875401
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 9.97
€ 11.99
€ 9.97
Paperback. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 141 x 15. Weight in Grams: 258.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Dalkey Archive Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781564781666
- ISBN
- 9781564781666
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 6.23
€ 19.99
€ 6.23
Paperback. The convent of Our Lady of Mercy stands alone in an uninhabited part of the Spanish sierra. Its inhabitants are devoted to God, to solitude and silence; six women cut off from the world they've chosen to leave behind. Everything changes on the day that Mother Superior Maria Ines discovers a suitcase at the entrance to the retreat. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 130 x 13. Weight in Grams: 164.
- Publisher
- Vintage United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 224
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099502791
- ISBN
- 9780099502791
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 9.50
€ 10.99
€ 9.50
Paperback. A stunning novel about a brilliant young forger who continually reinvents himself to escape the authorities, described by Chuck Palahniuk, bestselling author of FIGHT CLUB, as 'the best book I have read in easily five years. Easily. Maybe ten years.' Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 132 x 15. Weight in Grams: 174.
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 208
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780007194155
- ISBN
- 9780007194155
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 13.37
€ 16.99
€ 13.37
Paperback. This paperback edition brings together novellas and short stories of the celebrated Jewish writer A.B. Yehoshua, including two stories previously unpublished in English. "Mr Mani", which appeared in the previous hardback edition, is now a novel in its own right. Num Pages: 376 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 218 x 146 x 33. Weight in Grams: 766.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Peter Halban Publishers Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 376
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781870015721
- ISBN
- 9781870015721
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 12.64
€ 16.99
€ 12.64
Paperback. It's 1974 in DeKalb County, Illinois, and the planets have failed to align for Roy Conlon. Widowed and broke, he finds that his eight-year-old son Eric is suddenly a mystery to him. And as powerful forces pull Eric away, Roy's efforts to hold onto his son are threatened by weakness, guilt, and his participation in a foolish crime. Series: Switchgrass. Num Pages: 220 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 249.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Northern Illinois University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 220
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780875806839
- ISBN
- 9780875806839
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 17.54
€ 17.99
€ 17.54
Paperback. Nadine Gordimer's Booker Prize-winning story of the forces and relationships seething in the South Africa of the day Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 128 x 22. Weight in Grams: 234. 336 pages. Nadine Gordimer's Booker Prize-winning story of the forces and relationships seething in the South Africa of the day. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: FA. Dimension: 198 x 128 x 22. Weight: 230.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Number of pages
- 336
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780747578246
- ISBN
- 9780747578246
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.15
€ 17.99
€ 13.15
Paperback. In this irresistible and unputdownable novel, Isla Dewar offers searing insight into human nature and relationships while also bringing out the humour of the darkest situations Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 25. Weight in Grams: 278.
- Publisher
- Headline Publishing Group United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 384
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780755325924
- ISBN
- 9780755325924
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.09
€ 13.99
€ 11.09
Paperback. Under the hot sun, the Jeddah streets make a scene from an old black-and-white movie: the women dressed like long, dark shadows and the men in their light cotton tunics. Naser's friends have all left town for cooler climes but he can't get away: he's an outsider in Saudi and he needs to hold down his job at the local carwash. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 22. Weight in Grams: 252.
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 352
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099521143
- ISBN
- 9780099521143
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 16.85
€ 20.99
€ 16.85
Paperback. A bestselling Richard and Judy Book Club title, THE CONJUROR'S BIRD is a dazzling debut novel, spanning three centuries of secrets and surprises. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 22. Weight in Grams: 232. Clean copy with some reader wear.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Hodder & Stoughton
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KTM0000617
- ISBN
- 9780340896181
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Reassembles the Charles W Chesnutt's work in the conjure tale genre. This work allows the reader to see how the original volume was created, how an African American author negotiated with the tastes of the dominant literary culture of the late nineteenth century, and how that culture both promoted and delimited his work. Num Pages: 216 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 143 x 15. Weight in Grams: 340.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822313878
- ISBN
- 9780822313878
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 25.29
€ 26.99
€ 25.29
Paperback. William Cody grows up surrounded by his father's tales of Buffalo Bill, to whom he is distantly related, and his fantasies of the Wild West. Though he escapes his heritage by fleeing abroad and starting a new life for himself, he finds that he is always drawn back to England and to his ancestry. Num Pages: 464 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 125 x 37. Weight in Grams: 316.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Black Swan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780552776141
- ISBN
- 9780552776141
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 11.27
€ 11.99
€ 11.27
Paperback. 'Having the same name as a 70s pop star was just the start of her troubles ..' Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 168 x 197 x 31. Weight in Grams: 290. Good clean copy with minor shelf wear
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Publisher
- Pan
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- Main Market Ed.
- SKU
- KOC0016355
- ISBN
- 9780330544399
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. This is the first installment of a three-volume translation, and it includes The Young Maronite, The Marriage of Omar and The Nocturnal Visitor, which are set between 1912 and 1927. Translator(s): Naffis-Sahely, Andre. Num Pages: 378 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 131 x 26. Weight in Grams: 362.
- Publisher
- Darf Publishers Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781850772781
- ISBN
- 9781850772781
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.37
€ 13.99
€ 11.37
Paperback. Once a lecturer in medieval French, now a confidential agent, D is a scarred stranger in a seemingly casual England, sent on a mission to buy coal at any price. Initially, this seems to be a matter of straightforward negotiation, but soon, implicated in murder, accused of possessing false documents and theft, D becomes a hunted man. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 197 x 24. Weight in Grams: 198.
- Publisher
- VINTAGE CLASSICS
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099286196
- ISBN
- 9780099286196
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.00€ 11.85
€ 13.00
€ 11.85
Paperback. Editor(s): Tanner, Tony; Dugdale, John. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 416 pages, maps. BIC Classification: FA; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 193 x 130 x 22. Weight in Grams: 286.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 416
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199554850
- ISBN
- 9780199554850
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 14.25
€ 17.99
€ 14.25
Paperback. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FH; FJ; FM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 128 x 20. Weight in Grams: 205.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Edition
- Main - Re-issue
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KNW0006433
- ISBN
- 9780571220229
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FH; FJ; FM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 128 x 20. Weight in Grams: 205.
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Number of pages
- 288
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Edition
- Main - Re-issue
- SKU
- KNW0006781
- ISBN
- 9780571220229
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Hardcover. Editor(s): McMillin, Calvin. Series: Intersections: Asian & Pacific American Transcultural Studies. Num Pages: 280 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Univ Hawaii Pr
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780824847555
- ISBN
- 9780824847555
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 72.85
€ 72.85