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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

Meir, the narrator of the story, is the personal servant of Nathan, a rich tycoon consumed with his obsessions. The deep connection between Meir and Nathan takes its toll on the relationships each man has with the women in his life, revealing issues of national identity and human weakness. Editor(s): Freiden, Ken. Translator(s): Rosenberg, Betsy. Series: Judaic Traditions in Literature, Music and Art. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 139 x 19. Weight in Grams: 390.
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Syracuse University Press United States
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780815607885
ISBN
9780815607885
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 20.57

Paperback. Num Pages: 45 pages, illus. BIC Classification: FA; YFCF. Category: (E) Primary & Secondary Education. Dimension: 134 x 195 x 6. Weight in Grams: 116.
Publisher
A Yearling Book
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Edition
Illustrated
Condition
New
SKU
V9780440416623
ISBN
9780440416623
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 7.00

Paperback. Num Pages: 278 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 142 x 20. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Dalkey Archive Press United States
Number of pages
278
Condition
New
SKU
V9781564780867
ISBN
9781564780867
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 14.88

Paperback. In Old Bombay, they say you introduce only your worst enemy to opium. But in Rashid's opium room on Shuklaji Street, the air is thick with voices and ghosts. A young woman holds a long-stemmed pipe over a flame, her hair falling across her eyes. Men sprawl and mutter in the gloom. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 127 x 19. Weight in Grams: 232.
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571275786
ISBN
9780571275786
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.45

Paperback. A masterful account of Napoleon's final years in exile, by Booker Prize-winning author Thomas Keneally Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FJMC; FV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 129 x 29. Weight in Grams: 296.
Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton General Division
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781473625358
ISBN
9781473625358
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.81

Paperback. Series: Vintage International. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 205 x 133 x 15. Weight in Grams: 192.
Publisher
Random House USA Inc United States
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780375724749
ISBN
9780375724749
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 14.78

Paperback. The long-awaited sequel to the smash-hit bestseller, The Nanny Diaries Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 131 x 21. Weight in Grams: 234. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Simon & Schuster UK
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KI20003248
ISBN
9781847391254
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Random House USA Inc United States
Edition
Reprint
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780307743732
ISBN
9780307743732
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 15.88

Hardback. Set on the eve of the Rape of Nanjing-when Japanese troops invaded the historic capital city, massacred hundreds of thousands, and committed thousands of rapes-Nanjing 1937 is a tender and humorous story of an impossible love and a lively, detailed historical portrait of a culture on the verge of rupture. Translator(s): Berry, Michael. Series: Weatherhead Books on Asia. Num Pages: 234 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 163 x 25. Weight in Grams: 681.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
234
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231127547
ISBN
9780231127547
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 53.67

Paperback. Some secrets are best left buried .. Knee-deep in the mud of an ancient burial ground, a winter storm raging around him, and at least one person intent on his death: how did Murray Watson end up here? Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 128 x 27. Weight in Grams: 288. 400 pages. Some secrets are best left buried . Knee-deep in the mud of an ancient burial ground, a winter storm raging around him, and at least one person intent on his death: how did Murray Watson end up here?. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: FA. Dimension: 198 x 128 x 27. Weight: 282.
Publisher
Canongate Books
Number of pages
400
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9781847672568
ISBN
9781847672568
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.78

Paperback. 'The Namesake' is the story of a boy brought up Indian in America. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 130 x 21. Weight in Grams: 216.
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Condition
New
SKU
V9780006551805
ISBN
9780006551805
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 9.94

Hardback. Num Pages: 197 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 237 x 173 x 22. Weight in Grams: 414.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Akashic Books,U.S. United States
Number of pages
197
Condition
New
SKU
V9781888451290
ISBN
9781888451290
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 21.20

paperback. A thriller, a mystery, and still a moving examination of family, loss and the amorphous and magical potential of language itself. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 131 x 28. Weight in Grams: 346.
Edition
Main Market
Publisher
Picador
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9780330524865
ISBN
9780330524865
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.74

Paperback. Meet Viva Cohen: a teenage schoolgirl bombshell. Her best friends are a drugged-out beauty queen and an ageing rock-star, and she lives in London with her gay uncle, Manny. But then she sets out in search of real love, experience and Jack Nicholson. Wicked-tongued, star-fixated Viva is like no other girl - and this is no ordinary summer. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: FA; YFB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (Y) Teenage / Young Adult. Dimension: 197 x 128 x 16. Weight in Grams: 194.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Number of pages
240
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Condition
New
SKU
V9780747564140
ISBN
9780747564140
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.30

Hardback. Series: Penguin Clothbound Classics. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 139 x 206 x 29. Weight in Grams: 422.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
9780241284636
ISBN
9780241284636
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 15.00

Paperback. Presents a surreal novel. It is based on orgiastic wasteland of drugs, depravity, political plots, paranoia, sadistic medical experiments and endless, gnawing addiction. It also features authors notes on the text and alternate drafts. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 129 x 18. Weight in Grams: 230.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141189765
ISBN
9780141189765
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.08

Paperback. Num Pages: 300 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 133 x 23. Weight in Grams: 299.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Augustus Publishing, Div of Augustus Productions United States
Number of pages
300
Condition
New
SKU
V9781935883388
ISBN
9781935883388
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 15.67

Paperback. Troubled by an inability to find any meaning in his life, the 25- year-old narrator of this deceptively simple novel quits university and eventually arrives at his brother's New York apartment. In a bid to discover what life is all about, he writes lists. He becomes obsessed by time and whether it actually matters. Translator(s): Solberg, Tor Ketil. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 178 x 111 x 12. Weight in Grams: 112. 208 pages. Troubled by an inability to find any meaning in his life, the 25- year-old narrator of this deceptively simple novel quits university and eventually arrives at his brother's New York apartment. In a bid to discover what life is all about, he writes lists. He becomes obsessed by time and whether it actually matters. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: FA. Dimension: 178 x 111 x 12. Weight: 114. Translator(s): Solberg, Tor Ketil.
Publisher
Canongate Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9781841956725
ISBN
9781841956725
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.71

Paperback. Poke Rafferty is playing family with Rose, the dancer he wants to marry, and with Miaow, the street child he wants to adopt. Yet when everything is beginning to work out, trouble comes looking for Poke. Suddenly he finds himself pulled into a dark side of Bangkok that he doesn't know or understand, but everything he has is suddenly under threat. Num Pages: 352 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 136 x 22. Weight in Grams: 266.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers Inc United States
Edition
Reprint
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780061257223
ISBN
9780061257223
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 15.00

Paperback. Weaves a tapestry of daily life as seen through a magical perspective. This book combines Breton's autobiographical fact with memory and imagination, and spins a love story in modern literature. Translator(s): Howard, Richard; Polizzotti, Mark. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 192 pages, 44 photographs. BIC Classification: FA; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 12. Weight in Grams: 150.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
192
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141180892
ISBN
9780141180892
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.05

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