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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

paperback. Containing eight stories by 20th century French writers, this work offers insights into French life and literature and are accompanied by a parallel English text, making them suiatble for both French and English language students. It includes "Green Tobacco" by Clair Sainte-Soline, and the tale of "The Ants" by, Boris Vian. Editor(s): Lee, Simon. Num Pages: 240 pages, notes. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 16. Weight in Grams: 174.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1972
Publisher
Penguin
Condition
New
SKU
9780140034141
ISBN
9780140034141
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.03

Paperback. A young mother learns to survive among the snakes, sleaze, and slums of Buenos Aires. Translator(s): Fowler, Beth. Num Pages: 300 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 137 x 200 x 21. Weight in Grams: 314.
Publisher
And Other Stories
Number of pages
300
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9781908276247
ISBN
9781908276247
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 16.47

Paperback. Paradise is Abdulrazak Gurnah's fourth novel, a beautiful story of African life. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 16. Weight in Grams: 214.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Edition
New edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780747573999
ISBN
9780747573999
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.85

Paperback. When Simeon Simcox, a socialist clergyman, leaves his entire fortune not to his family but to the ruthless, social-climbing Tory MP Leslie Titmuss, the Rector's two sons react in very different ways. Henry, novelist and former 'angry young man' turned grumpy old reactionary, decides to fight the will and prove their father was insane. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 26. Weight in Grams: 324.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
432
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141193397
ISBN
9780141193397
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.81

Paperback. A gripping saga of love and betrayal from bestselling author Anne Baker Num Pages: 608 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 179 x 116 x 38. Weight in Grams: 338.
Publisher
Headline Book Publishing
Number of pages
608
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Condition
New
SKU
V9780747239604
ISBN
9780747239604
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.04

Paperback. Num Pages: 230 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 106 x 172 x 15. Weight in Grams: 184.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
BetterLink Press Incorporated United States
Number of pages
230
Condition
New
SKU
V9781602202344
ISBN
9781602202344
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 13.39

paperback. Num Pages: 166 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 139. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Shoestring Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
166
Condition
New
SKU
V9781899549344
ISBN
9781899549344
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.31

Paperback. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 134 x 19. Weight in Grams: 202.
Publisher
Viking
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9780241974926
ISBN
9780241974926
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.08

Paperback. It's not as if Nel hadn't enough on her plate already: organising a farmers' market in the picturesque Paradise Fields and keeping track of her unnervingly beautiful teenage daughter - plus sorting out a houseful of animals - are quite enough to keep her busy. The last thing she needs is another complication in her life.. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 128 x 26. Weight in Grams: 296.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Cornerstone
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099446620
ISBN
9780099446620
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.29

Paperback. Num Pages: 315 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 166 x 17. Weight in Grams: 406.
Publisher
NeWest Press Canada
Number of pages
315
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
1St Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781927063255
ISBN
9781927063255
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.00
€ 15.75

Paperback. Four young women are brutally attacked in a convent near an all-black town in America in the mid-1970s. The inevitability of this attack, and the attempts to avert it, lie at the heart of Paradise. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 130 x 21. Weight in Grams: 244.
Edition
01st Edition
Publisher
Vintage
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099768210
ISBN
9780099768210
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.00

Paperback. Ford's First World War masterpiece Parade's End is a panoramic exploration of time, history and love to rival the visions of Joyce and Proust. It follows English aristocrat Christopher Tietjens and his beautiful wife Sylvia from the decline of the Edwardian era to the end of the First World War. Now a BBC TV series adapted by Tom Stoppard. Num Pages: 846 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 135 x 39. Weight in Grams: 886.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Carcanet Press Ltd.
Condition
New
SKU
V9781857548921
ISBN
9781857548921
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 22.59

Hardcover. A story which traces the history of a house and a family at the time of World War I. This is a picture of Edwardian England at its most opulent. Exploring the themes of love, honour and betrayal, this contemporary of Henry James and Joseph Conrad shows himself their equal in literary skill. Num Pages: 906 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 211 x 139 x 46. Weight in Grams: 860.
Publisher
Everyman United Kingdom
Number of pages
906
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1992
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9781857151145
ISBN
9781857151145
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 18.94

Paperback. Career, baby and a gloriously liberated love life; suddenly single, uninhibited Isadora is besieged by more suitors than she can keep track of: an Orthodox rabbi, a poetic DJ, the son of a famous sex therapist and, finally, Bean, the demonic-Byronic lover she's searched for all her life. Num Pages: 402 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 131 x 25. Weight in Grams: 334. 402 pages. Career, baby and a gloriously liberated love life; suddenly single, uninhibited Isadora is besieged by more suitors than she can keep track of: an Orthodox rabbi, a poetic DJ, the son of a famous sex therapist and, finally, Bean, the demonic-Byronic lover she's searched for all her life. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: FA. Dimension: 196 x 131 x 25. Weight: 336.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Edition
New edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780747531586
ISBN
9780747531586
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 9.99
€ 8.52

Paperback. Num Pages: 210 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 133 x 15. Weight in Grams: 212.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Spinifex Press Australia
Number of pages
210
Condition
New
SKU
V9781876756116
ISBN
9781876756116
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 14.94

Paperback. Papi tells a story in the voice of an eight year old girl waiting in Santo Domingo for her father to return from New York to lavish her with gifts and the glory of his fame. Things don't go according to plan. Translator(s): Obejas, Achy. Num Pages: 176 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 204.
Publisher
University of Chicago Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226244891
ISBN
9780226244891
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 17.34

Paperback. Num Pages: 166 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 132 x 12. Weight in Grams: 238.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
NeWest Press Canada
Number of pages
166
Condition
New
SKU
V9781897126134
ISBN
9781897126134
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.00
€ 15.75

Paperback. Num Pages: 250 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 141 x 217 x 23. Weight in Grams: 320.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
NeWest Press Canada
Number of pages
250
Condition
New
SKU
V9781926455631
ISBN
9781926455631
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.00
€ 15.75

Paperback. Learning to love again. Num Pages: 448 pages, No. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 138 x 197 x 28. Weight in Grams: 322.
Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781444776522
ISBN
9781444776522
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.02

Paperback. Grade school teacher and aspiring author Peregrine Long sees a Chinese family on board a ship--in his morning tea. The image inspires him to write the story of this family, but then a woman turns up at his door, claiming that he's writing her family history exactly as it happened. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 214 x 140. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Adams Media Corporation United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9781440591624
ISBN
9781440591624
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.11

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