Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
Paperback. Young Jawad, born to a Shi'ite family of corpse washers and shrouders in Baghdad, decides to abandon the family tradition, choosing instead to become a sculptor, to celebrate life rather than tend to death. He enters Baghdad's Academy of Fine Arts in the 1980s, determined to forge his own path. But the circumstances of history dictate otherwise. Translator(s): Antoon, Sinan. Series: The Margellos World Republic of Letters. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 191 x 146 x 14. Weight in Grams: 208.
- Publisher
- Yale University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300205640
- ISBN
- 9780300205640
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 12.48
€ 14.99
€ 12.48
Paperback. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 142 x 13. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Publisher
- Dalkey Archive Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781564780683
- ISBN
- 9781564780683
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 12.99€ 6.23
€ 12.99
€ 6.23
Paperback. From the author of 'Freedom', a richly realistic and darkly hilarious masterpiece about a family breakdown in an age of easy fixes. Num Pages: 672 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 43. Weight in Grams: 468.
- Edition
- 01st Edition
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780007232444
- ISBN
- 9780007232444
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.36
€ 14.99
€ 11.36
Paperback. Tarlton writes of the adventures, discoveries and triumphs of a contemporary woman struggling to balance work and home responsibilities. Num Pages: 184 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 130 x 14. Weight in Grams: 222.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Bridge Works Publishing Co ,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 184
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781882593729
- ISBN
- 9781882593729
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 15.64
€ 16.99
€ 15.64
Paperback. On a sunny day in Hollywood, Cooper Winslow, the silver screen's ageless star, is coming to the horrible realization that with no new roles coming his way, he may have to sell his beloved estate, the Cottage. With his new tenants come a host of changes, scandals and unexpected second chances. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 183 x 109 x 31. Weight in Grams: 226.
- Condition
- Used, Good
- Edition
- 1st Corgi Edition
- Publisher
- Corgi
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- SKU
- KLN0014069
- ISBN
- 9780552148535
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. This is the Film Tie-In edition of Cormac McCarthy's much anticipated new screenplay. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 133 x 13. Weight in Grams: 146.
- Publisher
- Pan Macmillan
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- Film tie-in
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781447227649
- ISBN
- 9781447227649
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 12.99€ 9.48
€ 12.99
€ 9.48
Paperback. Series: American Literature Series. Num Pages: 480 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 155 x 34. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- DALKEY ARCHIVE PRESS
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781564784957
- ISBN
- 9781564784957
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 39.99€ 4.99
€ 39.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. An ambitious, engrossing and multi-layered debut novel Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
- Publisher
- Hodder & Stoughton General Division
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781473636514
- ISBN
- 9781473636514
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.89
€ 13.99
€ 10.89
Paperback. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Dimension: 154 x 233 x 24. Weight in Grams: 400.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- John Murray Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781473636507
- ISBN
- 9781473636507
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 14.08
€ 18.99
€ 14.08
Paperback. Shatters various images of Andre Gide as the querulous and impious Buddha to a quarter-century of intellectuals. Translator(s): Bussy, Dorothy. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 202 x 128 x 21. Weight in Grams: 260.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 352
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1990
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780140180930
- ISBN
- 9780140180930
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 14.15
€ 17.99
€ 14.15
Paperback. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 124 x 21. Weight in Grams: 244.
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099481355
- ISBN
- 9780099481355
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.73
€ 14.99
€ 11.73
Paperback. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 129 x 20. Weight in Grams: 298.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 432
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199549849
- ISBN
- 9780199549849
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 12.45
€ 14.99
€ 12.45
Paperback. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 135 x 204 x 17. Weight in Grams: 244.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Broadway Books (A Division of Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing Group Inc) United States
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780307588463
- ISBN
- 9780307588463
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 14.55
€ 15.99
€ 14.55
Paperback. Escape to the country in this hugely entertaining new summer novel from the bestselling and much-loved author Fiona Walker Num Pages: 608 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 39. Weight in Grams: 420.
- Publisher
- Little, Brown Book Group
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780751547993
- ISBN
- 9780751547993
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.65
€ 14.99
€ 11.65
paperback. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 203 x 132 x 12. Weight in Grams: 180.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- New Directions United States
- Number of pages
- 160
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780811220057
- ISBN
- 9780811220057
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 15.36
€ 16.99
€ 15.36
Paperback. The Courage Consort, possibly the seventh best-known a cappella vocal ensemble in Britain, are given two weeks in a Belgian chateau to rehearse their latest commission, the monstrously complicated Partitum Mutante. But can the piece be performed? Can five members of the Consort endure their own sexual tensions and wildly differing temperaments? Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 128 x 57. Weight in Grams: 196. 150 pages. The Courage Consort, possibly the seventh best-known a cappella vocal ensemble in Britain, are given two weeks in a Belgian chateau to rehearse their latest commission, the complicated Partitum Mutante. But can the piece be performed?. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: FA. Dimension: 198 x 128 x 57. Weight: 196.
- Publisher
- Canongate Books
- Number of pages
- 160
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781841955346
- ISBN
- 9781841955346
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.66
€ 13.99
€ 10.66
Paperback. Can a mother ever give up hope? Janine wants her child to live a normal life full of adventure, so she lets her precious daughter go on her first overnight camping trip. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 126 x 25. Weight in Grams: 268. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KKD0005199
- ISBN
- 9781848452619
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 17.95
€ 17.95
Paperback. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 130 x 17. Weight in Grams: 172.
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780241962138
- ISBN
- 9780241962138
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.22
€ 11.99
€ 10.22
Paperback. A sensitive and compassionate story of the strong bonds of friendship and family Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 178 x 114 x 30. Weight in Grams: 284.
- Publisher
- Headline Publishing Group
- Number of pages
- 448
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780747252016
- ISBN
- 9780747252016
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.98
€ 13.99
€ 10.98
Paperback. It is 1918 and the world is at war. But this feels a million miles away for Laurel Shelton. In the house where her parents toiled and died, in the wilds of the Appalachian Mountains, Laurel aches for her life to begin. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 130 x 17. Weight in Grams: 178. 256 pages. It is 1918 and the world is at war. But this feels a million miles away for Laurel Shelton. In the house where her parents toiled and died, in the wilds of the Appalachian Mountains, Laurel aches for her life to begin. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: FA. Dimension: 199 x 130 x 17. Weight: 176.
- Publisher
- Canongate Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780857862624
- ISBN
- 9780857862624
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.65
€ 13.99
€ 10.65
Paperback. Conscientious objector Bill Rowe does not want to kill Hitler's conscripts but he finds his courage deserting him in a bleak jail patrolled by indifferent guards and hungry bugs. Num Pages: 226 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 218 x 141 x 18. Weight in Grams: 236.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Roundfire Books
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781782796169
- ISBN
- 9781782796169
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 15.28
€ 15.99
€ 15.28
Paperback. In 1945, in Kostelec, Danny is playing saxophone for the best jazz band in Czechoslovakia. Their trumpeter has just got out of a concentration camp, their bass player is only allowed in the band since he owns the bass, and the love of Danny's life is in love with somebody else. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 25. Weight in Grams: 314.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 416
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Edition
- 1st Zebra/Grove Paperback Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141047676
- ISBN
- 9780141047676
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.73
€ 14.99
€ 11.73
Paperback. Comprise fifty-two chapters that provide insights into the existence of this nebulous man named Crab, his absence from the pages of history, his birth in prison, and his never having been born at all. This book parodies literary conventions, deconstructs narrative and meaning, and combines absurdity and hopelessness with irony and humor. Translator(s): Stump, Jordan; Hardin, Eleanor. Num Pages: 128 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5487 x 3226 x 7. Weight in Grams: 171.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Number of pages
- 128
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803263703
- ISBN
- 9780803263703
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.21
€ 17.21
Paperback. One night, George Duncan is woken by a noise in his garden. Impossibly, a great white crane has tumbled to earth, shot through its wing by an arrow. Unexpectedly moved, George helps the bird, and from the moment he watches it fly away, his life is transformed. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 21. Weight in Grams: 224.
- Publisher
- Canongate Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780857868749
- ISBN
- 9780857868749
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.54
€ 13.99
€ 10.54