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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

Hardcover. With its intricate rhyme scheme and dance-like pattern of repeated lines, its marriage of recurrence and surprise, the villanelle has fascinated poets ever since it was introduced almost two centuries ago. This title collects the poems that range from the classic villanelles of the nineteenth century. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 117 x 164 x 19. Weight in Grams: 236.
Publisher
Everyman United Kingdom
Number of pages
256
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9781841597928
ISBN
9781841597928
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.08

Paperback. When Lucy Snowe leaves England to look for a new life on the Continent she has no idea what lies in store for her. This quiet, lonely girl must learn quickly when she finds herself teaching in a foreign school, with no friends or family to rely on. Num Pages: 672 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 42. Weight in Grams: 474.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing United Kingdom
Number of pages
672
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099529927
ISBN
9780099529927
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.29

Paperback / so. "Kate Lawson's edition of Villette is expansive and precise, like the novel it contextualizes and introduces so well." -- Gail Turley Houston, University of New Mexico Editor(s): Lawson, Kate. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 26. Weight in Grams: 624.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Broadview Press Ltd Canada
Condition
New
SKU
V9781551114613
ISBN
9781551114613
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 23.67

Paperback. From teenage love in an eighties holiday park to flatshares, relationships, career crises and children, Vince and Joy is the unforgettable story of two lives lived separately but forever entwined. Num Pages: 512 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 33. Weight in Grams: 344.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
BCA
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141012186
ISBN
9780141012186
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.88

Paperback. How did she end up running house and home for her eccentric scientist father and infuriating younger sister Bunny? Dr Battista has other problems. His brilliant young lab assistant, Pyotr, is about to be deported. And without Pyotr, his new scientific breakthrough will fall through.. Series: Hogarth Shakespeare. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 197 x 18. Weight in Grams: 196.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099589877
ISBN
9780099589877
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.08

paperback. Vineland, a zone of blessed anarchy in northern California, is the last refuge of hippiedom, a culture devastated by the sobriety epidemic, Reaganomics, and the Tube. Here, in an Orwellian 1984, Zoyd Wheeler and his daughter Prairie search for Prairie's long-lost mother, a Sixties radical who ran off with a narc. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 132 x 26. Weight in Grams: 286.
Publisher
Vintage Classics
Number of pages
400
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1992
Condition
New
SKU
V9780749391416
ISBN
9780749391416
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.82

Hardcover. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 162 x 28. Weight in Grams: 460.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Pegasus Books United States
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
SKU
V9781605984827
ISBN
9781605984827
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 22.72

Paperback. It's Burgundy, 1808. One night Sobran Jodeau, a young vintner, meets an angel in his vineyard: a physically gorgeous creature with huge wings that smell of snow, a sense of humour and an inquiring mind. They meet again every year on the midsummer anniversary of the date. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 17. Weight in Grams: 188.
Publisher
Vintage
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099273899
ISBN
9780099273899
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.08

Paperback. .
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099581666
ISBN
9780099581666
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 17.61

Paperback. A dazzling collection about how the familiar can suddenly turn strange, for readers of Lydia Davis, George Saunders, and Karen Russell. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 211 x 142 x 15. Weight in Grams: 170.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
WW Norton & Co
Condition
New
SKU
V9780393350531
ISBN
9780393350531
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 15.42

Paperback. Fourteen-year-old Tory Brennan is as fascinated by bones and dead bodies as her famous aunt, acclaimed forensic anthropologist, Tempe Brennan. She and her ragbag group of technophile friends stumble across a shallow grave containing the remains of a girl who has been missing for over thirty years. Series: Tory Brennan. Num Pages: 464 pages. BIC Classification: FF; FL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 142 x 197 x 32. Weight in Grams: 324.
Publisher
Arrow (Young)
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099544579
ISBN
9780099544579
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.08

Paperback. .
Publisher
Telegram Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781846591990
ISBN
9781846591990
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 10.69

Paperback. Offers an examination of the author's own New York life. Transcribing taped conversations between members of their group as they took drugs and drank, this book reveals a portrait of people caught up in destructive relationships with substances, and one another. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 480 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 22. Weight in Grams: 332.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
480
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141198224
ISBN
9780141198224
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.02

Paperback. An unforgettable novel about the fate of those who dare to dream. Translator(s): Almani, Saleh. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 132 x 25. Weight in Grams: 350.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Bloomsbury Qatar Foundation Publishing
Number of pages
368
Condition
New
SKU
V9789992194737
ISBN
9789992194737
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.46

Paperback. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 116 x 178 x 24. Weight in Grams: 244.
Publisher
Empire Publications Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9781901746983
ISBN
9781901746983
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.26

Paperback. Dorothea May's tranquility is shattered by Kitty Levinson's announcement of her granddaughter's forthcoming marriage. As the wedding approaches, the scene is set for a highly charged conflict of generations, in which the claims of the young are in stark and selfish contrast to the disabling propriety of the old. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 89 x 16. Weight in Grams: 174.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Edition
First
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140264258
ISBN
9780140264258
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 16.85

Paperback. A playful and inventive work from the bestselling author of SOPHIE'S WORLD. Num Pages: 176 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 126 x 16. Weight in Grams: 190.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Orion Publishing Co
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780753804612
ISBN
9780753804612
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.23

Paperback. Anna Maria, abandoned at the Ospedale della Pieta as an infant, is determined to find out who she is and where she came from. In this world, where for fully half the year the entire city is masked and cloaked in the anonymity of Carnival, nothing is as it appears to be. Num Pages: 304 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 202 x 135 x 18. Weight in Grams: 234.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers Inc United States
Edition
Reprint
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9780060890537
ISBN
9780060890537
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 17.10

Hardcover. Translator(s): Coverdale, Linda. Num Pages: 154 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 190 x 144 x 16. Weight in Grams: 254.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
New Press, The
Condition
New
SKU
V9781595589644
ISBN
9781595589644
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 18.94

Paperback. A sun-drenched summer read about sisterhood, romance and friendship, for foodies and escapists alike! Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 136 x 24. Weight in Grams: 248.
Publisher
Quercus Publishing Plc United Kingdom
Number of pages
400
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9781782064282
ISBN
9781782064282
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.09

Paperback. A brilliantly original, deft and darkly funny debut short-story collection from the winner of the 2009 Caine Prize, sometimes referred to as the 'African Booker'. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 134 x 15. Weight in Grams: 164.
Publisher
Granta Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9781847082718
ISBN
9781847082718
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.20

Paperback. The story of two brilliant women and the men to whom they ransomed their hearts. Num Pages: 928 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 180 x 118 x 49. Weight in Grams: 542. Some shelf wear, but remains good
Publisher
HarperCollins
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Edition
First Paperback Edition
Condition
Used, Good
SKU
KTJ0007304
ISBN
9780586058480
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 4.99

Hardcover.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Enitharmon Press United Kingdom
Edition
New ed
Number of pages
229
Condition
New
SKU
V9781904634065
ISBN
9781904634065
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 18.52

Hardcover. Translator(s): Ela, Hosam Aboul-. Num Pages: 112 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 129 x 15. Weight in Grams: 234.
Publisher
Marion Boyars Publishers Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
112
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1993
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780714529455
ISBN
9780714529455
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 13.31

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