Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
Paperback. Charts the unlikely meeting between East and West that follows Ludmila Derev's appearance on a Russian Brides website. Determined to save her family from starvation in the face of marauding troops, this title presents Ludmila's journey. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 129 x 22. Weight in Grams: 274.
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Number of pages
- 336
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780571230952
- ISBN
- 9780571230952
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 9.08
€ 10.99
€ 9.08
Presenting a collection of four stories and a novella, this title depicts the images of rural life and human emotion. The title story chronicles the life of Lucy Delano as she bears witness to the dramatic changes that her small town confronts. In "The Telephone Girl", a young man struggles to act on his emotions for Mimi, the telephone girl. Num Pages: 168 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 349.
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Syracuse University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 168
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780815608509
- ISBN
- 9780815608509
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 12.58
€ 12.58
Paperback. Once again, Fiona Walker brings us a fantastic female character guaranteed to strike a chord with women everywhere. Num Pages: 432 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 34. Weight in Grams: 304. Fine copy showing minor shelf wear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Hodder & Stoughton
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KSS0014133
- ISBN
- 9780340768099
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 151 x 197 x 49. Weight in Grams: 532.
- Publisher
- Poolbeg Press Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781842234761
- ISBN
- 9781842234761
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.37
€ 11.37
Paperback. Stunningly re-packaged to coincide with the release of The Longest Holiday Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 132 x 27. Weight in Grams: 290.
- Publisher
- Simon & Schuster Ltd
- Number of pages
- 416
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781471129612
- ISBN
- 9781471129612
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 9.91
€ 11.99
€ 9.91
Paperback. A thrilling and resonant novel from the author of Away, about loyalty, ambition, and the pleasures and perils of family, set in 1940s America Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 198 x 18. Weight in Grams: 184.
- Publisher
- Granta Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781847089397
- ISBN
- 9781847089397
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 9.10
€ 10.99
€ 9.10
Paperback. Jix Dixon has a terrible job at a second-rate university. His life is full of things he could happily do without. If he can just deliver a lecture on Merrie England, a moderately successful career surely awaits him. But without luck, life is never simple.. Series: Penguin Essentials. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 180 x 113 x 17. Weight in Grams: 152.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Number of pages
- 272
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780241956847
- ISBN
- 9780241956847
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.10
€ 11.99
€ 10.10
Paperback. Jim Dixon has accidentally fallen into a job at one of Britain's new red brick universities. A moderately successful future in the History Department beckons - as long as Jim can stave off the unwelcome advances of fellow lecturer Margaret, survive a madrigal-singing weekend at Professor Welch's, deliver a lecture on 'Merrie England'. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 16. Weight in Grams: 208.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Number of pages
- 272
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141182599
- ISBN
- 9780141182599
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.95
€ 13.99
€ 10.95
Paperback. Clean copy in very good condition.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Hodder & Stoughton London
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- Used, Like New
- SKU
- KNH0012070
- ISBN
- 9781444737264
Paperback
Condition: Used, Like New
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Clean copy in very good condition.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Hodder & Stoughton London
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- Used, Like New
- SKU
- KNH0011992
- ISBN
- 9781444737264
Paperback
Condition: Used, Like New
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Hodder & Stoughton
- Edition
- Unabridged
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780340935682
- ISBN
- 9780340935682
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.97
€ 13.99
€ 10.97
Paperback. A father's nervous breakdown during a visit to a theme park; a political prisoner confined to a hole in a busy New York street; a haunted 'blog'.. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 132 x 198 x 15. Weight in Grams: 148.
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 01st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781784701635
- ISBN
- 9781784701635
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.17
€ 11.99
€ 10.17
Hardcover. Beautiful widow Joan D'Silva is at Howrah Station, fleeing Calcutta with her 11-year-old son Errol. Also on the same train is Laxhimi, a notorious hijira prostitute: charismatic, sensual and powerful. They are both running away to Lucknow to escape danger, but soon their lives will become entangled in a web of corruption and blackmail. Num Pages: 250 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 130 x 25. Weight in Grams: 376.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Parthian Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 250
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781908946904
- ISBN
- 9781908946904
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 13.24
€ 13.99
€ 13.24
Paperback. Num Pages: 264 pages, black & white illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 193 x 148 x 19. Weight in Grams: 326.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- TouchWood Editions Canada
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781926741109
- ISBN
- 9781926741109
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.70
€ 14.99
€ 11.70
Paperback. Translator(s): Jull Costa, Margaret. Series: Decadence from Dedalus. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 127 x 10. Weight in Grams: 142.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Dedalus Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 2nd
- Number of pages
- 160
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781873982808
- ISBN
- 9781873982808
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 12.20
€ 12.20
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Norvik Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781909408081
- ISBN
- 9781909408081
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 17.19
€ 18.99
€ 17.19
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 768
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1991
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780140119633
- ISBN
- 9780140119633
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 19.20
€ 25.99
€ 19.20
Paperback. Lucca, an actress, is rushed into hospital in a provincial Danish town after a motor accident. She is severely injured and Robert, the doctor treating her, is obliged to tell her she may never see again. Both of them are recovering from love affairs, and they relate their stories to each other. Translator(s): Born, Anne. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FH; FJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 138 x 23. Weight in Grams: 316. 384 pages. Lucca, an actress, is rushed into hospital in a provincial Danish town after a motor accident. She is severely injured and Robert, the doctor treating her, is obliged to tell her she may never see again. Both of them are recovering from love affairs, and they relate their stories to each other. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: FA; FH; FJ. Dimension: 199 x 138 x 23. Weight: 266. Translator(s): Born, Anne.
- Publisher
- Canongate Books
- Number of pages
- 384
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781841953977
- ISBN
- 9781841953977
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.32
€ 14.99
€ 11.32
Paperback. Decades ago Massachusetts salesman Ellis Hock spent four years in Africa - and the continent has never left him. So when his wife walks out and his business goes belly up, Ellis turns back to the one place in which he briefly found happiness. Yet returning to the village of Malabo shocks him. The school he built is a ruin. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 21. Weight in Grams: 238.
- Publisher
- Hamish Hamilton
- Number of pages
- 336
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780241957745
- ISBN
- 9780241957745
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 16.69
€ 20.99
€ 16.69
Paperback. In the tunnels beneath New York a young man is missing. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 128 x 18. Weight in Grams: 194.
- Publisher
- Canongate Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 272
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781847671523
- ISBN
- 9781847671523
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.44
€ 14.99
€ 11.44
Paperback. Num Pages: 312 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 209 x 135 x 21. Weight in Grams: 266.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Atria Books United States
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781451660876
- ISBN
- 9781451660876
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 15.68
€ 17.99
€ 15.68
Paperback. Brings together three of the author's original novels. He explores class distinctions through the medium of love. This book presents a comedy of manners, presenting a party of wealthy travellers stranded by fog in a London railway hotel while throngs of workers await trains in the station below. Num Pages: 544 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 34. Weight in Grams: 394.
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 544
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099481478
- ISBN
- 9780099481478
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.17
€ 17.99
€ 13.17
Paperback. A novel about a young girl already stripped of illusions. The daughter of diplomats posted to Peking in the mid-seventies, the unnamed narrator of this novel charges about her tightly enclosed world on her 'horse' (bicycle). But she also learns life's hardest rule: that if she wants to be loved, she must be cruel in return. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 126 x 17. Weight in Grams: 110.
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 144
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780571226634
- ISBN
- 9780571226634
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.66
€ 13.99
€ 10.66
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Bella Books United States
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781602822108
- ISBN
- 9781602822108
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 16.38
€ 17.99
€ 16.38