Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
Paperback. Set against a background of winter-wet streets, Pernod in smoky cafes and cheap hotel rooms, Marya tries to make something substantial of her life in order to withstand the unreality of her surroundings. Alone, her Polish husband in prison, she is taken up by an English couple who slowly overwhelm her with their passions. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 10. Weight in Grams: 128.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 160
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141183923
- ISBN
- 9780141183923
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.95
€ 13.99
€ 10.95
Paperback. The most important things are hardest to find words for, her father once said. That's why people make music. Against a tangle of childhood memories, scarred histories and hope, Ana finally starts to confront the death of Sam, her Irish luthier father, and with it, questions of guilt and belonging. This is a story about music, love, and loss. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 131 x 14. Weight in Grams: 152. Good clean copy with minor shelf wear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Vintage
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KAC0001578
- ISBN
- 9780099502678
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Jim Crace's Booker-shortlisted masterpiece. Series: Picador Classic. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 132 x 197 x 24. Weight in Grams: 232.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Pan Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781447275145
- ISBN
- 9781447275145
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.32
€ 10.32
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Racom Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781933199535
- ISBN
- 9781933199535
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 7.08
€ 33.99
€ 7.08
Paperback. A beautiful love story, full of humanity and tenderness, in the dark days of a civil war and the following dictatorship. Translator(s): Almani, Saleh. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 14. Weight in Grams: 164.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Qatar Foundation Publishing Qatar
- Number of pages
- 160
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789992194898
- ISBN
- 9789992194898
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 9.34
€ 10.99
€ 9.34
Paperback. The seventeenth novel in the Kinsey Millhone mystery series, now with a stunning new look Series: Kinsey Millhone Alphabet Series. Num Pages: 576 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 135 x 36. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Publisher
- Pan Macmillan
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781447212386
- ISBN
- 9781447212386
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.87
€ 13.99
€ 10.87
Paperback. A young East Indian man was arrested only because he had answered correctly all the questions in a quiz show This novel has been made into the very popular moVietnamese "Slumdog Millionaire." Vietnamese translation by Nguyen Bich Lan. In Vietnamese. Distributed by Tsai Fong Books, Inc. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 198 x 25. Weight in Grams: 270. Good clean copy with minor shelf wear.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Black Swan
- Edition
- New edition
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KTG0002482
- ISBN
- 9780552772501
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. A young East Indian man was arrested only because he had answered correctly all the questions in a quiz show This novel has been made into the very popular moVietnamese "Slumdog Millionaire." Vietnamese translation by Nguyen Bich Lan. In Vietnamese. Distributed by Tsai Fong Books, Inc. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 198 x 25. Weight in Grams: 270. Clean copy with some shelf wear, slight foxing on endpapers and minor nicks and bumps on cover but remains a clean copy
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Black Swan
- Condition
- Used, Good
- Edition
- New edition
- SKU
- KSS0007975
- ISBN
- 9780552772501
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Agent Number 67, nicknamed Pygmy for his diminutive size, arrives in the United States from his totalitarian homeland. An 'exchange student' he is welcomed with open arms by his Midwestern host family. Simpsons-spinoffs, they introduce him into the rituals of postmodern American life, which he views with utter contempt. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 133 x 17. Weight in Grams: 184.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780099526971
- ISBN
- 9780099526971
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 4.99
€ 10.99
€ 4.99
Hardback. This, the world's first 'pigaresque' novel, is the beguiling and charming memoir of Toby, an exceptionally gifted pig who escapes the butcher's knife, gains an education and becomes the most famous animal of his time Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 204 x 139 x 23. Weight in Grams: 318. 288 pages. This, the world's first 'pigaresque' novel, is the beguiling and charming memoir of Toby, an exceptionally gifted pig who escapes the butcher's knife, gains an education and becomes the most famous animal of his time. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: FA. Dimension: 204 x 139 x 23. Weight: 316.
- Publisher
- Canongate Books
- Number of pages
- 288
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780857862402
- ISBN
- 9780857862402
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 12.80
€ 17.99
€ 12.80
Paperback. Keynote/Publisher's Comments The gloriously funny sequel to Blue Heaven. Num Pages: 352 pages, colour illustrations. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 129 x 20. Weight in Grams: 255. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear. Minor tear to the bottom of the spine
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Publisher
- Arrow
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- SKU
- KAK0011358
- ISBN
- 9780099435051
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. The second novel in bestseller Maureen Lee's outstanding Liverpool sequence about family life during the Second World War Num Pages: 496 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 177 x 113 x 31. Weight in Grams: 336.
- Publisher
- Orion Publishing Co
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Edition
- 2nd Revised ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780752827599
- ISBN
- 9780752827599
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.97
€ 13.99
€ 10.97
Paperback. What happened to the characters of Decline and Fall and Vile Bodies when the war broke out? This title shows them adjusting to the changing social pattern of the times. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 13. Weight in Grams: 176.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 240
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141184012
- ISBN
- 9780141184012
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.91
€ 13.99
€ 10.91
Paperback. Tells the story of Prince Fracassus, heir presumptive to the Duchy of Origen, famed for its golden-gated skyscrapers and casinos, who passes his boyhood watching reality shows on TV, imagining himself to be the Roman Emperor Nero, and fantasizing about hookers. He is idle, boastful, thin-skinned and egotistic; has no manners, and no curiosity. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: 1KB; FA; WH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 153. .
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781787330207
- ISBN
- 9781787330207
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 21.54
€ 24.99
€ 21.54
Paperback. A collection of stories, which describes life in Russia before and after the collapse of Communism, and the plight of Russian emigres in the USA in post communist times. It includes characters that are recognisable and bizarre, bewildered but also invigorated by the challenge that everyday life presents - whatever economic system they live under. Translator(s): Moore, Thomas. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 130 x 23. Weight in Grams: 286.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Peter Owen
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- KTG0007825
- ISBN
- 9780720613001
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. A collection of stories, which describes life in Russia before and after the collapse of Communism, and the plight of Russian emigres in the USA in post communist times. It includes characters that are recognisable and bizarre, bewildered but also invigorated by the challenge that everyday life presents - whatever economic system they live under. Translator(s): Moore, Thomas. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 130 x 23. Weight in Grams: 286.
- Publisher
- Peter Owen
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- KTG0007714
- ISBN
- 9780720613001
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Populated with unforgettable characters, such as Alikhanov's fellow guides Mitrofanov and Pototsky or the KGB officer Belyaev, and presented here for the first time in the English language, Pushkin Hills is arguably Dovlatov's most personal work and a poignant metaphor on the Russian attitude towards life and art. Illustrator(s): Dovlatov, Katherine. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 10. Weight in Grams: 146.
- Publisher
- Oneworld Classics Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 160
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781847492210
- ISBN
- 9781847492210
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 12.30
€ 12.30
paperback. Series: AfricaSouth New Writing S. Num Pages: 168 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 207 x 141 x 8. Weight in Grams: 148.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- David Philip Publishers South Africa
- Number of pages
- 168
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780864863041
- ISBN
- 9780864863041
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 12.20
€ 12.20
Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 160 x 17. Weight in Grams: 440.
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Bancroft Press United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781890862701
- ISBN
- 9781890862701
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 21.01
€ 31.99
€ 21.01
Paperback. Num Pages: 214 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Weight in Grams: 281.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Bancroft Press United States
- Number of pages
- 214
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781610880046
- ISBN
- 9781610880046
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 15.59
€ 20.99
€ 15.59
Paperback. The limits of fifteen-year-old Kambili's world are defined by the high walls of her family estate and the dictates of her fanatically religious father. Her life is regulated by schedules: prayer, sleep, study, prayer. Num Pages: 336 pages, port. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 131 x 22. Weight in Grams: 238.
- Edition
- 01st Edition
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780007189885
- ISBN
- 9780007189885
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 9.83
€ 11.99
€ 9.83
Hardcover. To make ends meet Sylvia takes on a boarder in her husband Georgie Karacek's absence. When Georgie's epilepsy comes to light, he is discharged from the army. He suspects that his bride and the boarder are lovers. But wartime conditions explode into rioting, and that uproar puts them at odds with the town when Georgie helps a black friend flee. Num Pages: 368 pages, 7 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 34. Weight in Grams: 844.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Texas Christian University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780875653624
- ISBN
- 9780875653624
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 28.42
€ 28.42
Paperback. The second 'Captain Alatriste' novel, from a series which has sold 4 million copies worldwide Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 132 x 19. Weight in Grams: 276. Clean copy with minor shelf wear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Orion Publishing Co
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KMK0000729
- ISBN
- 9780753821190
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Num Pages: 576 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130. .
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780007532780
- ISBN
- 9780007532780
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.26
€ 14.99
€ 11.26