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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

Paperback. A book of dreams that cover themes from the mundane and ordinary - conversations with the author's friends Allen Ginsberg or Ian Sommerville, feeding his cats, procuring drugs or sex - to the erotic, bizarre and visionary. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 190 x 111 x 14. Weight in Grams: 160.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
208
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141189895
ISBN
9780141189895
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.77

Paperback. Vanessa, a writer, flies to Uganda for a conference. She means to visit her ex-cleaner Mary, now the Housekeeper of the Sheraton Hotel. Mary has her own agenda: her son is missing. Vanessa sets off alone to Bwindi Impenetrable Forest to see the gorillas. But she quarrels with her driver and a war closes in from the Congo. Can anyone save0 her? Num Pages: 344 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 29. Weight in Grams: 338.
Publisher
Telegram Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
344
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9781846590795
ISBN
9781846590795
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 15.22

Paperback. My Documents is the latest work from Alejandro Zambra, the award-winning Chilean writer whose first novel was heralded as the dawn of a new era in Chilean literature. My Documents is unflinchingly human and essential evidence of a sublimely talented writer working at the height of his powers. Translator(s): McDowell, Megan. Num Pages: 228 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 128 x 23. Weight in Grams: 302.
Publisher
Fitzcarraldo Editions
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9780992974787
ISBN
9780992974787
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 12.99

Paperback. A letter, two lovers, a terrible lie. In war, truth is only the first casualty. 'Inspires the kind of devotion among its readers not seen since David Nicholls' One Day' The Times Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 201 x 143 x 26. Weight in Grams: 284. 8vo. Standard paperback edition.
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
SKU
KEX0300117
ISBN
9780007361441
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. A letter, two lovers, a terrible lie. In war, truth is only the first casualty. 'Inspires the kind of devotion among its readers not seen since David Nicholls' One Day' The Times Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 201 x 143 x 26. Weight in Grams: 284.
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
KTG0014571
ISBN
9780007361441
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 4.99

paperback. Recording his reactions to initiation into college life at the University of Chicago and the imminent death of his grandmother, one of his primary caretakers, Danny realizes the value of time and gains confidence in his writing abilities. This is a saga of Danny O'Neill's struggles with harsh urban realities in early twentieth-century Chicago. Num Pages: 376 pages, maps, frontispiece. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 13. Weight in Grams: 522.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
University of Illinois Press United States
Edition
Illustrated
Number of pages
376
Condition
New
SKU
V9780252074875
ISBN
9780252074875
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 25.25

Paperback. Two daughters. Two mothers. The secrets of two lifetimes. Num Pages: 340 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 35. Weight in Grams: 434.
Publisher
Pan
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9780330535205
ISBN
9780330535205
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 9.99
€ 9.11

Hardcover. * a penetrating psychological study with all the haunting power of Rebecca Series: VMC Designer Collection. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 205 x 128 x 32. Weight in Grams: 450.
Edition
01st Edition
Publisher
Virago Press (UK)
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9781844087631
ISBN
9781844087631
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 16.54

Paperback. A brilliant, suspenseful novel with the power and intrigue of Rebecca. Series: VMC. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 127 x 25. Weight in Grams: 268.
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Condition
New
SKU
V9781844080403
ISBN
9781844080403
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.04

Paperback. Ugandan Mary Tendo worked for many years in the white middle-class Henman household in London, cleaning for Vanessa and looking after her only child, Justin. More than ten years after Mary has left, Justin is too depressed to get out of bed. To his mother's surprise, he asks for Mary. This work confronts racism and class conflict with humour. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 201 x 131 x 25. Weight in Grams: 302.
Publisher
Saqi Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
352
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Condition
New
SKU
V9781846590085
ISBN
9781846590085
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.34

Paperback. *The story of a young girl's dreams, aspirations and melodramas told with zest and verve by the 16-year-old author Series: VMC. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 125 x 17. Weight in Grams: 178.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1980
Publisher
Angus & Robertson
Condition
New
Edition
UK ed.
SKU
V9780860681939
ISBN
9780860681939
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.00

Hardcover. Telling the story of life, love, and the demands of marriage and motherhood, the author gives readers a portrait of one woman's struggle to adapt to the complexity of life in modern Iran. She demystifies contemporary Iran by taking readers beyond the stereotypes and into the lives of individuals. Translator(s): Kousha, Mahnaz; Jewell, Nasrin. Series: Middle East Literature in Translation. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 207 x 139 x 19. Weight in Grams: 266.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Syracuse University Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780815609445
ISBN
9780815609445
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 34.28

Paperback. Liam has it all. A job he enjoys, a glamorous lifestyle and a girlfriend he is madly in love with. But after one night out he loses everything and finds himself on a plane to Buenos Aires. There he hopes to write the world's longest and truest love letter to the one person who still matters to him. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 128 x 22. Weight in Grams: 202.
Publisher
Canongate UK
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9781782110408
ISBN
9781782110408
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.73

Paperback. Kamryn Matika has a great job, a hectic social life and no responsibilities - one birthday card will change all of that for ever .. Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 29. Weight in Grams: 312. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group
Edition
Reprint
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KAK0012166
ISBN
9780751537079
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Kamryn Matika has a great job, a hectic social life and no responsibilities - one birthday card will change all of that for ever .. Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 29. Weight in Grams: 296. 8vo. Good copy
Condition
Used, Good
Edition
Reprint
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
SKU
KTK0090567
ISBN
9780751537079
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. A heartwarming story of friendship and demonic possession. Num Pages: 336 pages, Black and white Illustrations throughout. BIC Classification: FA; FH; FK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. Weight in Grams: 368.
Publisher
Quirk Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781594749766
ISBN
9781594749766
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 12.49

Hardback. Set during the great migration west to settle the plains of the North American continent, the narrative follows Antonia Shimerda, a pioneer who comes to Nebraska as a child and grows with the country, inspiring a childhood friend, Jim Burden, to write her life story. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 138 x 25. Weight in Grams: 362.
Publisher
Penguin Putnam Inc United Kingdom
Number of pages
304
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780143123156
ISBN
9780143123156
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 17.59

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
Mariner Books
Edition
Reissue
Condition
New
SKU
V9780395755143
ISBN
9780395755143
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 11.57

Paperback. In this powerful and astonishing novel, Willa Cather created one of the most winning yet thoroughly convincing heroines in American fiction. Series: VMC. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 130 x 22. Weight in Grams: 214.
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group United Kingdom
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Condition
New
SKU
V9781844083749
ISBN
9781844083749
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.81

Paperback. My Antonia took Cather out of the rank of provincial novelists while at the same time celebrating the provinces. It depicts the pioneering period of European settlement in the American prairie, through the stories of Jim Burden and Antonia Shimerda, who is the embodiment of the pioneer spirit. Editor(s): Sharistanian, Janet. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 15. Weight in Grams: 196.
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Number of pages
272
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
Reissued
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199538140
ISBN
9780199538140
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.81

Paperback. Series: Dover Thrift Editions. Num Pages: 176 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 209 x 134 x 13. Weight in Grams: 148. Series: Dover Thrift S. 176 pages, illustrations. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: FA. Dimension: 209 x 134 x 13. Weight: 158.
Publisher
Dover Publications Inc.
Number of pages
176
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Edition
New edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780486282404
ISBN
9780486282404
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 9.99
€ 9.54

Hardcover. Congo the bush baby, from the jungles of Madagascar and the tropical fish, tortoises, chickens, guinea pigs, foxes, pigs, and two dogs. This book recalls the animals in the authors' life and in so doing gives us a sidelong glance at the human members of her family, her painter mother and poet father. Num Pages: 96 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 189 x 137 x 14. Weight in Grams: 186.
Publisher
Vintage United Kingdom
Number of pages
96
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Condition
New
SKU
V9780224082341
ISBN
9780224082341
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.37

Hardcover. A heartstopping, beautifully written debut, telling the story of one girl's search for freedom. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 240 x 159. Weight in Grams: 270.
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
9780008185213
ISBN
9780008185213
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 5.70

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Mariner Books
Edition
Reprint
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9780156035521
ISBN
9780156035521
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 14.39

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