Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
Paperback. Terrible, unspeakable things happened to Sethe at Sweet Home, the farm where she lived as a slave for so many years until she escaped to Ohio. Her new life is full of hope but eighteen years later she is still not free. Sethe's new home is not only haunted by the memories of her past but also by the ghost of her baby. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 22. Weight in Grams: 258.
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing
- Number of pages
- 352
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099540977
- ISBN
- 9780099540977
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 11.88
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Hardcover. It is the mid-1800s. At Sweet Home in Kentucky, an era is ending as slavery comes under attack from the abolitionists. The world of Sethe, however, is to turn from one of love to one of violence and death - the death of Sethe's baby daughter, Beloved, who died at her mother's hands, and who will return to claim retribution. Num Pages: 360 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 212 x 137 x 26. Weight in Grams: 504.
- Publisher
- Everyman
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781857152685
- ISBN
- 9781857152685
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 14.96
€ 19.99
€ 14.96
Paperback. It is the mid-1800s and as slavery looks to be coming to an end, Sethe is haunted by the violent trauma it wrought on her former enslaved life at Sweet Home, Kentucky. Her dead baby daughter, whose tombstone bears the single word, Beloved, returns as a spectre to punish her mother, but also to elicit her love. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 131 x 22. Weight in Grams: 250.
- Format
- Paperback
- Edition
- 01st Edition
- Publisher
- Vintage
- Publication date
- 1997
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780099760115
- ISBN
- 9780099760115
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.45
€ 13.99
€ 10.45
Paperback. Terrible, unspeakable things happened to Sethe at Sweet Home, the farm where she lived as a slave for many years until she escaped to Ohio. Her new life is full of hope but eighteen years later she is still not free. Sethe's new home is haunted by the ghost of her baby, who died nameless and whose tombstone is engraved with a single word: Beloved. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 22. Weight in Grams: 254
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Vintage Classics
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 01st Edition
- SKU
- 9780099511656
- ISBN
- 9780099511656
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 12.99€ 11.99
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Paperback. A story set in the mid-19th century, when moves to abolish slavery are at their height, and one man's world of love turns to violence when his daughter dies at the hands of her mother. From the author of EN-GENDERING and NOBEL SPEECH. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 129 x 22. Weight in Grams: 248.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Vintage
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780099273936
- ISBN
- 9780099273936
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 12.99€ 10.38
€ 12.99
€ 10.38
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Bella Books United States
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781594932946
- ISBN
- 9781594932946
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 16.55
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€ 16.55
Paperback. This fantastic debut novel by Barbara Nadel is compellingly atmospheric and has been highly praised: 'Exciting, accomplished and original' Literary Review Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 180 x 113 x 30. Weight in Grams: 234.
- Publisher
- Headline Publishing Group
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780747262176
- ISBN
- 9780747262176
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.09
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Paperback. Translator(s): Heikkinen, Kay. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 204 x 132 x 21. Weight in Grams: 344.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Interlink Pub Group
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781566569262
- ISBN
- 9781566569262
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 15.32
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Paperback. The state has been recently taken over and is being run by the tyrannical and philistine 'Average Man' party. Under the slogans of equality and happiness for all, it has done away with individualism and freedom of thought. Only John Krug, a brilliant philosopher, stands up to the regime. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 15. Weight in Grams: 186.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 192
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141185767
- ISBN
- 9780141185767
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.01
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Paperback. Second in a sexy werewolf urban fantasy couplet from bestselling author, Keri Arthur Series: Ripple Creek Werewolf Series. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 177 x 109 x 21. Weight in Grams: 168.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Piatkus
- Edition
- paperback / softback
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780749908768
- ISBN
- 9780749908768
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 9.99€ 8.67
€ 9.99
€ 8.67
Paperback. When Majok Tulba was 9, rebel soldiers attacked his village, taking all children taller than an AK47 to become soldiers. Majok was an inch too short. This novel is the story of what might have happened had he been an inch taller. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 217 x 136 x 18. Weight in Grams: 284.
- Publisher
- Oneworld Publications United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781780742410
- ISBN
- 9781780742410
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 13.23
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Paperback. Explores the extremities of the human condition in all its brilliance and brutality. Drawing on a host of enthralling characters - a farmer, a cuckold and a teenager exploring his sexuality; good parents, bad parents, writers and soldiers; a student, a rent boy and a hitman, this book examines the hopeful and the damaged without judgement. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 197 x 20. Weight in Grams: 192.
- Publisher
- Transworld Publishers Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781784160999
- ISBN
- 9781784160999
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 11.81
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Paperback. Beneath the Lion's Gaze opens in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 1974, on the eve of a revolution. Yonas kneels in his mother's prayer room, pleading to his god for an end to the violence that has wracked his family and country. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 201 x 130 x 21. Weight in Grams: 236.
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099539926
- ISBN
- 9780099539926
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.02
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Paperback. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 160 x 16. Weight in Grams: 296.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781408845189
- ISBN
- 9781408845189
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 12.46
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Paperback. Following the astonishing Plainsong and Eventide, this is Haruf's third novel set in the imaginary landscape of Holt, Colorado. One long last summer for Dad Lewis in his beloved town, Holt, Colorado. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 192 x 125 x 17. Weight in Grams: 184.
- Publisher
- Pan Macmillan
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- Main Market Ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781447227533
- ISBN
- 9781447227533
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 11.73
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Paperback. Num Pages: 184 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 214 x 139 x 12. Weight in Grams: 246.
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 184
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226204192
- ISBN
- 9780226204192
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 19.34
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Paperback. A man returns from war to a past that holds a greater loss. Num Pages: 272 pages, ill. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 193 x 121 x 24. Weight in Grams: 250.
- Publisher
- Quercus Publishing
- Number of pages
- 272
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780857386557
- ISBN
- 9780857386557
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.23
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Paperback. If you think Brazilian is a nationality, that PJ's are pyjamas and that Beyond is somewhere far away, then you have never met a Bergdorf Blonde. Plum Syke's heroine is British but has moved to America, working for a glossy magazine. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 20. Weight in Grams: 228. Good clean copy with some shelf wear. Minor creasing on cover, pages are in good condition
- Condition
- Used, Good
- Publisher
- Penguin Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- SKU
- KAK0000049
- ISBN
- 9780141013947
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. If you think Brazilian is a nationality, that PJ's are pyjamas and that Beyond is somewhere far away, then you have never met a Bergdorf Blonde. Plum Syke's heroine is British but has moved to America, working for a glossy magazine. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 20. Weight in Grams: 228. Used paperback, in good condition. Some shelf wear.
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Publisher
- Penguin Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- SKU
- KIN0007745
- ISBN
- 9780141013947
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. The year is 1989 and Herr Lehmann lives entirely free of responsibility in a tiny flat in the bohemian Berlin district of Kreuzberg. But suddenly one unforseen incident after another seems to threaten his idyllic and rather peaceable existence. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 17. Weight in Grams: 188.
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099449232
- ISBN
- 9780099449232
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.00€ 16.79
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Paperback. Includes novels "Mr Norris Changes Trains" and "Goodbye to Berlin". Num Pages: 512 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 131 x 32. Weight in Grams: 360.
- Publisher
- Vintage
- Number of pages
- 512
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780749397029
- ISBN
- 9780749397029
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 15.03
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Paperback. On a remote farm in northern Norway, eighty-year-old Anna Neshov is rushed to hospital after suffering a stroke. Her three sons have not spoken in some time. Margido, a devout Christian, works in Trondheim as a funeral director. Translator(s): Anderson, James. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 19. Weight in Grams: 222.
- Publisher
- Vintage United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 304
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099502579
- ISBN
- 9780099502579
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 17.65
€ 23.99
€ 17.65
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- New Directions Publishing Corporation United States
- Edition
- Reissue
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780811218047
- ISBN
- 9780811218047
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 19.44
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Paperback. The brilliant new novel in the 44 Scotland Street series, first serialised in the Daily Telegraph Series: 44 Scotland Street. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 128 x 196 x 18. Weight in Grams: 218.
- Publisher
- Abacus
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780349000329
- ISBN
- 9780349000329
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.04
€ 13.99
€ 11.04