Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
Paperback. Lin Kong, a devoted and ambitious doctor, is in love with an educated, modern woman, Mannu Wu. But, his family chose a wife for him when he was young. Tracing these lives through their summer of decision, this work conjures the texture of daily life in a place where the demands of human longing must contend with the weight of centuries of wisdom. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 131 x 21. Weight in Grams: 230. Clean copy with minor shelf wear
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Publisher
- Vintage
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- SKU
- KOC0026655
- ISBN
- 9780099287599
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Set near San Francisco, this warm and funny novel follows the fortunes and failures of Jack and Milly for sixty years. They marry in 1952, and typical of post-war couples, shift up a class. Optimistic and full of plans, they see themselves living the American Dream. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 133 x 199 x 38. Weight in Grams: 332.
- Publisher
- Sandstone Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2018
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781910985380
- ISBN
- 9781910985380
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.53
€ 11.99
€ 10.53
Hardcover. Num Pages: 242 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 135 x 20. Weight in Grams: 431.
- Publisher
- Marion Boyars Publishers Ltd
- Number of pages
- 242
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780714530352
- ISBN
- 9780714530352
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 19.49
€ 20.99
€ 19.49
Paperback. Editor(s): Mendelson, Edward. Num Pages: 344 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 204 x 132 x 21. Weight in Grams: 281.
- Publisher
- Random House USA Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 344
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Edition
- Expanded ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780307278081
- ISBN
- 9780307278081
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 16.82
€ 18.99
€ 16.82
Paperback. The second novel from Lee Rourke, author of the cult hit 'The Canal'. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 197 x 18. Weight in Grams: 172.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- KSG0014796
- ISBN
- 9780007542536
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. The second novel from Lee Rourke, author of the cult hit 'The Canal'. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 197 x 18. Weight in Grams: 172.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- KEX0302543
- ISBN
- 9780007542536
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. The second novel from Lee Rourke, author of the cult hit 'The Canal'. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 197 x 18. Weight in Grams: 172.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- KEX0302541
- ISBN
- 9780007542536
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
paperback. Jamie Fraser is lying on the battlefield of Culloden, where he rises wounded, to face execution or imprisonment. Either prospect pales beside the pain of loss - his wife is gone. Forever. But sometimes forever is shorter than one thinks. Series: Outlander. Num Pages: 1072 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 132 x 50. Weight in Grams: 634.
- Publisher
- Arrow
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781784751357
- ISBN
- 9781784751357
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.02
€ 13.99
€ 11.02
Paperback. Num Pages: 116 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 179 x 127 x 9. Weight in Grams: 136.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Turtle Point Press United States
- Number of pages
- 116
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781933527628
- ISBN
- 9781933527628
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 12.57
€ 13.99
€ 12.57
Paperback. Num Pages: 360 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 138 x 20. Weight in Grams: 428.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- New Europe Books United States
- Number of pages
- 360
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780982578124
- ISBN
- 9780982578124
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 17.84
€ 17.99
€ 17.84
Paperback. Series: Modern Library. Num Pages: 560 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 208 x 135 x 24. Weight in Grams: 470. Very good copy with light shelf wear. Light nicks, remains very good
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Random House USA Inc
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KCW0018216
- ISBN
- 9780375757273
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Series: Modern Library. Num Pages: 560 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 208 x 135 x 24. Weight in Grams: 470.
- Publisher
- Random House USA Inc
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Edition
- 1st Thus.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780375757273
- ISBN
- 9780375757273
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Num Pages: 200 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 328.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Four Winds Press United States
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781940423029
- ISBN
- 9781940423029
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 15.84
€ 16.99
€ 15.84
Paperback. 'It was as if a curtain had fallen, hiding everything I had ever known,' says Anna Morgan, eighteen years old and catapulted to England from the West Indies after the death of her beloved father. Working as a chorus girl, Anna drifts into the demi-monde of Edwardian London. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 11. Weight in Grams: 138.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Number of pages
- 176
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141183954
- ISBN
- 9780141183954
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.08
€ 13.99
€ 11.08
Paperback. Translator(s): Sartarelli, Stephen. Num Pages: 244 pages. BIC Classification: BGL; FA; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 152 x 101. .
- Publisher
- New Directions Publishing Corporation
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Reissue
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780811222105
- ISBN
- 9780811222105
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 16.02
€ 17.99
€ 16.02
Paperback. 612 pages. Captain Don Slade has resigned from active duty with the Slammers and headed home for what he hopes will be peaceful retirement with his son and the woman he loves. Slade's road to his homeworld lies through a jungle of planets in the toughest quadrant of galaxy, but he's got the loyalty of a contingent of Slammers who have sworn to see him home. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: FA. Dimension: 198 x 131 x 39. Weight: 494.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Baen
- Edition
- Original
- Number of pages
- 612
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781451637717
- ISBN
- 9781451637717
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.24
€ 14.24
Paperback. Baker's x-rated literary masterpiece, part of a stunning redesign of Baker's Granta backlist. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 12. Weight in Grams: 134.
- Publisher
- Granta Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 176
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- 2nd edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781847083524
- ISBN
- 9781847083524
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 9.97
€ 11.99
€ 9.97
Paperback. Although they have met only a few times, Voss and Laura are joined by overwhelming, obsessive feelings for each other. Voss sets out to cross the continent, and as hardships, mutiny and betrayal whittle away his power to endure and to lead, his attachment to Laura gradually increases. Num Pages: 464 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 28. Weight in Grams: 332.
- Publisher
- Vintage Classics
- Number of pages
- 464
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099324713
- ISBN
- 9780099324713
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 11.80
€ 15.99
€ 11.80
Hardcover. The eponymous hero, Johann Voss, is based on Ludwig Leichhardt, the nineteenth-century German explorer and naturalist who had already conducted several major expeditions into the Australian outback before making an ambitious attempt to cross the entire continent from east to west in 1848. He never returned. Num Pages: 440 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 154 x 211 x 30. Weight in Grams: 584.
- Publisher
- Everyman United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 440
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781841593470
- ISBN
- 9781841593470
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.39
€ 17.99
€ 13.39
Paperback. Num Pages: 212 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 207 x 139 x 16. Weight in Grams: 296.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Graywolf Press,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 212
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781555975777
- ISBN
- 9781555975777
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 14.82
€ 16.99
€ 14.82
Paperback. In the tradition of great Australian literature Volcano Street is a wonderfully vivid portrayal of small-town life and the uncertainties of childhood. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 199 x 24. Weight in Grams: 234.
- Publisher
- Atlantic Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780857892089
- ISBN
- 9780857892089
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.01
€ 11.99
€ 10.01
Paperback. Known principally for Bruges-la-Morte, Georges Rodenbach is also the author of other works worthy of present-day study. This volume contains the texts of two of his plays: Le Voile enacts a whole network of themes with a connection to Bruges, while Le Mirage adapts Bruges-la-Morte for the stage. Series: Exeter French Texts. Num Pages: 87 pages, 1ill. BIC Classification: DD; FA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 210 x 148 x 8. Weight in Grams: 170.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- University of Exeter Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 87
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780859896412
- ISBN
- 9780859896412
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 39.62
€ 39.62
Hardcover. Not far in the future the seas have risen and the central latitudes are emptying but it's still a good time to be rich in San Francisco where weapons drones patrol the skies to keep out the multitudinous poor. This novel is a follow-up to the bestselling debut The Lost Books of the Odyssey. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FJM; FL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 240 x 156. .
- Publisher
- Jonathan Cape
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780224098243
- ISBN
- 9780224098243
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 17.43
€ 24.99
€ 17.43
Paperback. Set in a rural mining village in South Wales in the years leading up to the Second World War, this book recreates a magical but alive world that will resonate with our memories, real and imagined, of childhood. Series: Library of Wales. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 133 x 13. Weight in Grams: 190.
- Publisher
- Parthian Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 176
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781905762514
- ISBN
- 9781905762514
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.34
€ 11.34