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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

Hardcover. This narrative chronicles the decline of the American South through the experiences of Benjy Compson, who struggles to articulate his vision of life. William Faulkner is the author of "As I Lay Dying" and "Sanctuary" and he won the Nobel Prize in 1949. Num Pages: 278 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 211 x 134 x 24. Weight in Grams: 452.
Publisher
Everyman
Number of pages
278
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1992
Condition
New
SKU
V9781857150698
ISBN
9781857150698
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 15.04

Paperback. Depicting the gradual disintegration of the Compson family through four fractured narratives, this novel explores intense, passionate family relationships where there is no love, only self-centredness. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 130 x 20. Weight in Grams: 208.
Format
Paperback
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Publication date
1995
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099475019
ISBN
9780099475019
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 8.67

Hardcover. Series: Modern Library. Num Pages: 348 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 191 x 120 x 26. Weight in Grams: 508.
Publisher
Random House Inc
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1992
Condition
New
SKU
V9780679600176
ISBN
9780679600176
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 22.16

Paperback. Ogata Shingo is growing old, and his memory is failing him. At night he hears only the sound of death in the distant rumble from the mountain. The relationships which have previously defined his life - with his son, his wife, and his attractive daughter-in-law - are dissolving, and Shingo is caught between love and destruction. Translator(s): Seidensticker, Edward G. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 201 x 156 x 14. Weight in Grams: 174.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Number of pages
224
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141192628
ISBN
9780141192628
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.05

Paperback. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 131 x 20. Weight in Grams: 222.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9781408831618
ISBN
9781408831618
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.25

Paperback. Num Pages: 182 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 318 x 136 x 16. Weight in Grams: 184.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
Random House USA Inc United States
Edition
Reprint
Number of pages
182
Condition
New
SKU
V9780679752684
ISBN
9780679752684
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 14.04

Paperback. Num Pages: 275 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 156 x 22. Weight in Grams: 313.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1989
Publisher
Texas Christian University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780875650395
ISBN
9780875650395
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.00

Paperback. Num Pages: 908 pages, maps. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 202 x 132 x 34. Weight in Grams: 708.
Publisher
Random House USA Inc
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Edition
New edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780375760389
ISBN
9780375760389
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 20.16

paperback. Presents the story about coming of age in America by way of the baseball diamond. Lefthander Henry Wiggen, six feet three, a hundred ninety-five pounds, and the greatest pitcher going, grows to manhood in a right-handed world. Written in Henry's own words, this funny novel follows his eccentric course from bush league to the World Series. Num Pages: 350 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 204 x 133 x 19. Weight in Grams: 384.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Bison Books United States
Edition
2nd Edition
Number of pages
350
Condition
New
SKU
V9780803273375
ISBN
9780803273375
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 21.70

Hardcover. Love, family and religion clash in Pirzad's follow up to the internationally acclaimed Things We Left Unsaid Translator(s): Motlagh, Amy. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 220 x 141 x 20. Weight in Grams: 328.
Publisher
Oneworld Publications
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781851689972
ISBN
9781851689972
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 12.33

Paperback. In this beautifully crafted novel about the interlinked lives of two women, Thrity Umrigar explores the complex relationships between the classes in India, rarely addressed in contemporary fiction. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 128 x 22. Weight in Grams: 268.
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780007212330
ISBN
9780007212330
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 11.38

Paperback. From the author of The Stars Look Down and The Citadel, and the creator of Dr Finlay's Casebook Num Pages: 184 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 232 x 152 x 14. Weight in Grams: 290.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Pan Macmillan
Condition
New
SKU
9781447244165
ISBN
9781447244165
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 14.48

Paperback. The first in a series of wartime sagas from a talented new voice. Set in 1940s Coventry, The Spark Girl is packed full of adventure, romance, heartbreak and friendship. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
Publisher
Orion Publishing Co
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781409170112
ISBN
9781409170112
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.09

Paperback. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 204 x 136 x 35. Weight in Grams: 290.
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers Inc
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9780062386342
ISBN
9780062386342
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 14.99

Hardcover. The centurion who speared Christ also guarded the tomb. When the body is missing, Pilate orders his arrest. He flees. The spear has special powers. Num Pages: 405 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 237 x 161 x 27. Weight in Grams: 680.
Publisher
Primedia E-launch LLC
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
first
Condition
New
SKU
V9781943275038
ISBN
9781943275038
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 23.63

Paperback. During one sleepless night, the night of All Saints Day before the dawn of the Day of the Dead, the protagonist of this powerful novella wrestles with a cast of inner demons. Num Pages: 81 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 140 x 217 x 5. Weight in Grams: 92.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Perfect Edge
Number of pages
81
Condition
New
SKU
V9781782791935
ISBN
9781782791935
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 9.28

Paperback. Comedy of sexual manners that follows the interlocking affairs of four men: Robin Woodfield, Justin, Danny and Alex. As each falls under the spell of romance or drugs, country living or rough trade, a richly ironic picture emerges of the clashing imperatives of gay life, the hunger for contact, the fear of commitment, and the need for permanence. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 5SG; FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 132 x 18. Weight in Grams: 200. Clean copy with minor shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Vintage
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KKE0000269
ISBN
9780099276944
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Comedy of sexual manners that follows the interlocking affairs of four men: Robin Woodfield, Justin, Danny and Alex. As each falls under the spell of romance or drugs, country living or rough trade, a richly ironic picture emerges of the clashing imperatives of gay life, the hunger for contact, the fear of commitment, and the need for permanence. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 5SG; FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 132 x 18. Weight in Grams: 200. Clean copy with minor shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Vintage
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KJE0001567
ISBN
9780099276944
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Seventeen-year-old Abike Johnson is the favourite child of her wealthy father. A world away from Abike's mansion, in the city's slums, lives a seventeen-year-old hawker struggling to make sense of the world. When Abike buys ice cream from him one day, they strike up an unlikely and tentative romance, defying the prejudices of Nigerian society. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 127 x 19. Weight in Grams: 236.
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Number of pages
304
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571268917
ISBN
9780571268917
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.71

Paperback. In "The Spider's Web", his first novel, Roth paints a chillingly realistic picture of the conspiracies of the radical right that were to undermine the Weimar Republic and pave the way for Hitler and National Socialism. Translator(s): Hoare, John. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 128 x 7. Weight in Grams: 98.
Publisher
Granta Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
128
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Condition
New
SKU
V9781862076761
ISBN
9781862076761
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.78

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