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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

Paperback. Each September, thousands of students walk through the doors of University College and Trinity College, Dublin. This year, Olive and Tom will be among them. Eighteen-year-old Olive is fresh from the country, and her eyes are opened wide by the big-city goings on of her new friends. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 22. Weight in Grams: 250.
Publisher
Transworld Publishers Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
9781848271432
ISBN
9781848271432
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 4.99

Hardcover. Whether set in Maxim Shrayer's native Russia or in North America and Western Europe, this title features eight stories that explore emotionally intricate relationships that cross traditional boundaries of ethnicity, religion, and culture. Series: Library of Modern Jewish Literature. Num Pages: 152 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 327.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Syracuse University Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780815609186
ISBN
9780815609186
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 23.87

Paperback. Num Pages: 96 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 172 x 124 x 8. Weight in Grams: 88.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Sterling Publishers Pvt.Ltd India
Number of pages
96
Condition
New
SKU
V9788120726369
ISBN
9788120726369
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 5.52

Paperback / so. Now back in print, the debut novel that made Zoe Valdes an international literary sensation, the bold, bawdy story of a failed revolution and its.. Translator(s): Cienfuegos, Sabina. BIC Classification: FA; FV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 206 x 137 x 15. Weight in Grams: 227.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Skyhorse Publishing United States
Condition
New
SKU
V9781611459333
ISBN
9781611459333
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 14.51

Paperback. A heart wrenching story for fans of Jodi Picoult, Susan Lewis and Katherine Webb. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 132 x 27. Weight in Grams: 276. Clean copy in good to very good condition.
Condition
Used, Like New
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Number of pages
400
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
UK ed.
SKU
KLJ0001942
ISBN
9780007445899
Paperback
Condition: Used, Like New

€ 4.99

Paperback. Presents a series of stories about women stirred, bothered, or fascinated by men they cannot understand, or understand too well. This book features characters that are haunted by the ghosts of the lives they might have led - lit by new flames, old flames, and flames that are guttering out. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 131 x 21. Weight in Grams: 228.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Condition
New
SKU
9780099520993
ISBN
9780099520993
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 12.99
€ 9.99

Paperback. These eight stories deal with ordinary people in extraordinary circumstances, war and its aftershocks prominent among them. Num Pages: 128 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 146 x 13. Weight in Grams: 242.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Biblioasis Canada
Number of pages
128
Condition
New
SKU
V9780973597172
ISBN
9780973597172
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 20.99

Paperback. The further adventures of Marie Sharp, groovy granny and diarist extraordinaire Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 198 x 25. Weight in Grams: 254.
Publisher
Quercus Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781782069317
ISBN
9781782069317
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.81

Paperback. Wesley Erks, itinerant machinist and adventurer, takes a hefty fee for smuggling a group of illegal Chinese immigrants ('yellowfish') from Vancouver, BC, to San Francisco in the 1970s. This title tells the story of the perilous and suspenseful journey of these five men, filled with colourful fictional and historical characters. Num Pages: 336 pages, maps, frontispiece. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 204 x 140 x 22. Weight in Grams: 392.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
University of Washington Press United States
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
SKU
V9780295988450
ISBN
9780295988450
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 24.01

Paperback. First published in 1892, this perfect novel portrays with chilling power the powerlessness of women within Victorian marriage. Series: Virago Modern Classics. Num Pages: 64 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 128 x 5. Weight in Grams: 82.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1981
Publisher
Virago
Condition
New
SKU
V9780860682011
ISBN
9780860682011
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.30

Paperback. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 21. Weight in Grams: 306. 272 pages. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: FA. Dimension: 196 x 130 x 21. Weight: 306.
Publisher
Langton & Wood
Number of pages
272
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9780955506710
ISBN
9780955506710
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 11.68

Paperback. Novelists have noticed that contemporary reality keeps outdoing their imaginations. Yet there is still the obligation to attempt a reading of the present and the very near future. This work serves as an example of how the novel, or more particularly the comic novel, can respond to this transformation. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 132 x 21. Weight in Grams: 252.
Publisher
Vintage Books USA
Number of pages
352
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099267591
ISBN
9780099267591
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.08

Paperback. A dark, sexy thriller from the author of Sex Education Num Pages: 192 pages, plan. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
Edition
Illustrated edition
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC LONDON
Number of pages
192
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Condition
New
SKU
V9780747574187
ISBN
9780747574187
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 9.99
€ 8.58

Paperback. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 137 x 214 x 14. Weight in Grams: 288.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1970
Publisher
Dover Publications
Edition
Revised ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780486224275
ISBN
9780486224275
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.11

paperback. A lost classic that is ripe for rediscovery. This moving coming-of-age story, which won the Pulitzer Prize in 1939, has been out of print for decades. It is an incredible novel that will be cherished by all ages. Series: VMC. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 126. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2024
Condition
New
SKU
9780349008233
ISBN
9780349008233
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.00

Paperback. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 134 x 21. Weight in Grams: 316.
Publisher
Random House USA Inc United States
Number of pages
368
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780345534514
ISBN
9780345534514
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 15.90

Paperback. Zahra has just returned to her hometown after being divorced by her husband for being too traditional and unable to keep up with his modern way of life. Having devoted herself to the creation of independent Morocco, she had expected to share the fruits of independence with him, but instead she finds herself cast out into a strange world. Translator(s): Parmenter, Barbara McKean. Series: CMES Modern Middle East Literatures in Translation Series. Num Pages: frontispiece. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 142 x 11. Weight in Grams: 244.
Publisher
University of Texas Press United States
Number of pages
125
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Edition
Revised edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780292721722
ISBN
9780292721722
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 17.47

Paperback. Translator(s): Mandell, Charlotte. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 18. Weight in Grams: 200.
Publisher
Old Street Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781910400371
ISBN
9781910400371
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 14.46

Paperback. Ricardo Reis was a pseudonym created by Fernando Pessoa, the great Portugese poet. Six weeks, after Pessoa's death, Ricardo Reis returns to Lisbon to take up residence in a hotel,wander the streets, read the newspapers and muse on love, destiny, politics, life and death with his old friend. Translator(s): Pontiero, Giovanni. Num Pages: 384 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 132 x 31. Weight in Grams: 268.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Condition
New
SKU
9781860465024
ISBN
9781860465024
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 11.74

paperback. A YEAR OF MARVELLOUS WAYS is the much anticipated and utterly beguiling new novel from Sarah Winman, author of the international bestseller WHEN GOD WAS A RABBIT Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
Publisher
Tinder Press
Number of pages
336
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Reissue
Condition
New
SKU
V9780755390939
ISBN
9780755390939
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.84

Paperback. This story unfolds through the eyes of 13-year-old Yates Paul. He becomes consumed with revelations about his father's loneliness, his grandmother's stormy relationship with his alcoholic uncle,and the frustration of being the best photography assistant in town when no one else knows it. Num Pages: 288 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 19. Weight in Grams: 372.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
University Press of Kentucky
Edition
Rep Sub
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813190358
ISBN
9780813190358
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.45

Paperback. A sequel to The Dove Flyer A love story A good read Full of the flavours and colours of the Middle East Translator(s): Lotan, Yael. Num Pages: 436 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 139 x 214 x 33. Weight in Grams: 524.
Publisher
Halban Publishers United Kingdom
Number of pages
436
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9781905559237
ISBN
9781905559237
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.02

Paperback. Victorian London is in the grip of a wave of crime and murder, with its citizens no longer able to trust the police to protect them. The newly formed Murder Squad of Scotland Yard, made up of just twelve detectives, battles in vain against the tide of violence and cruelty. Series: Scotland Yard Murder Squad. Num Pages: 592 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 131 x 37. Weight in Grams: 416.
Publisher
Michael Joseph
Number of pages
592
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9780241958919
ISBN
9780241958919
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.81

Paperback. A harrowing and hypnotic novel from the author of Gate of the Sun. Translator(s): Davies, Humphrey. Num Pages: 320 pages, maps. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 133 x 24. Weight in Grams: 234.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Quercus Publishing Plc United Kingdom
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9781906694814
ISBN
9781906694814
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.47

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