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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

Paperback. After a hiatus of seven years, V.S. Naipaul returned to fiction with A Way in the World: an exquisite meditation on rootlessness and belonging. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 135 x 26. Weight in Grams: 314.
Publisher
Picador USA
Number of pages
384
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9780330522885
ISBN
9780330522885
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.22

paperback. A disillusioned artist looks for meaning in the wreckage of his life, and finds it in unexpected places. Num Pages: 152 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 127 x 15. Weight in Grams: 171.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Coffee House Press United States
Number of pages
152
Condition
New
SKU
V9781566893121
ISBN
9781566893121
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 14.87

Paperback. In 1844, Flora embarked on a tour of France to campaign for workers' and women's rights. In 1891, her grandson set sail for Tahiti, determined to escape civilisation and seek out inspiration to paint his primitive masterpieces. Flora died before her grandson was born, but their travels and obsessions unravel side by side in this absorbing novel. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 194 x 129 x 25. Weight in Grams: 282.
Publisher
Faber and Faber United Kingdom
Number of pages
432
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Edition
New ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571220380
ISBN
9780571220380
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 12.50

Paperback. A rising star of Latin American literature, and one of Granta's Best of Young Spanish Language Novelists Translator(s): McDowell, Megan. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 131 x 11. Weight in Grams: 116.
Publisher
Granta Books
Number of pages
160
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9781847086273
ISBN
9781847086273
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.73

Paperback. The Longman Caribbean Writers Series comprises of many classic novels, short stories and plays by the best known Caribbean authors, together with works of the highest quality from new writers. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB; YFU; YQEF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 191 x 127 x 11. Weight in Grams: 216.
Publisher
Pearson Education Limited United Kingdom
Number of pages
208
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1987
Edition
4 Rev ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780582642614
ISBN
9780582642614
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.05

Paperback. Num Pages: 288 pages. Dimension: 142 x 209 x 26. Weight in Grams: 308.
Publisher
Amazon Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781477830109
ISBN
9781477830109
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 15.66

Paperback. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 132 x 199 x 20. Weight in Grams: 266.
Publisher
Daunt Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781907970825
ISBN
9781907970825
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 9.97

Paperback. Translator(s): Roughton, Philip. Num Pages: 500 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 180 x 155 x 36. Weight in Grams: 608.
Publisher
Archipelago
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780914671091
ISBN
9780914671091
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 19.46

Paperback. In a glass-enclosed city of absolute straight lines, ruled over by the all-powerful 'Benefactor', the citizens of the totalitarian society of OneState live out lives devoid of passion and creativity - until D-503, a mathematician who dreams in numbers, makes a discovery: he has an individual soul. Set in the twenty-sixth century AD. Translator(s): Brown, Clarence. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 12. Weight in Grams: 194.
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140185850
ISBN
9780140185850
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.01

Paperback. Series: Modern Library. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 131 x 11. Weight in Grams: 182.
Publisher
Modern Library
Number of pages
224
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Edition
2006 Modern Library Pbk. Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780812974621
ISBN
9780812974621
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 15.72

Paperback. Num Pages: 148 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 141 x 12. Weight in Grams: 202.
Publisher
Clockroot Books
Number of pages
148
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9781566568630
ISBN
9781566568630
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 14.29

Paperback. An accessible, beautifully crafted and topical novel about PTSI and the unseen effects of global conflict on ordinary lives Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 132 x 29. Weight in Grams: 280.
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
0th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781471132599
ISBN
9781471132599
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.20

Paperback. At the dawn of the twenty-first century Adam Kellas finds himself hurled on a journey between continents and cultures. In his quest from the war-torn mountains of Afghanistan to the elegant dinner tables of north London and then the marshlands of the American South, only the memory of the beautiful, elusive Astrid offers the possibility of hope. Num Pages: 302 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 20. Weight in Grams: 206. 302 pages. At the dawn of the twenty-first century Adam Kellas finds himself hurled on a journey between continents and cultures. In his quest from the war-torn mountains of Afghanistan to the elegant dinner tables of north London and then the marshlands of the American South, only the memory of the beautiful, elusive Astrid offers the possibility of hope. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: FA. Dimension: 197 x 128 x 20. Weight: 206.
Publisher
Canongate Books
Number of pages
302
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9781847671158
ISBN
9781847671158
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.69

hardcover. Tells a story that centers on two young women: Voltairine, a dancer who no longer dances but whose body is still haunted by the movement of dance, and her soulmate Emile, a young woman recovering from unexpected cardiac arrest. The girls are inseparable, and both their lives have been shattered by the horror of rape. Translator(s): Ball, David; Ball, Nicole. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 161 x 230 x 32. Weight in Grams: 678.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Seagull Books London Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
Edition
Translation
SKU
V9780857421890
ISBN
9780857421890
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 22.63

Paperback. From New York Times bestselling author Wally Lamb, a disquieting and ultimately uplifting novel about a marriage, a family, and human resilience in the face of tragedy. Num Pages: 576 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 131 x 37. Weight in Grams: 404.
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
0th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780007532865
ISBN
9780007532865
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 18.46

Paperback. Kurt Vonnegut's first and last works come together for the first time in print, in a collection aptly titled after his famous phrase, We Are What We Pretend To Be. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 206 x 143 x 13. Weight in Grams: 188.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Vanguard Press
Edition
Reprint
Number of pages
176
Condition
New
SKU
V9780306822780
ISBN
9780306822780
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 16.74

Paperback. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 136 x 211 x 22. Weight in Grams: 270.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Strebor Books
Condition
New
SKU
V9781593095666
ISBN
9781593095666
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 15.91

Paperback. A young video shop assistant exchanges the home comforts of one mother-figure for a fleeting encounter with another; a brother and sister find themselves at the bottom of a coal mine with a Japanese tourist; a Welsh stag on a debauched weekend in Dublin confesses an unimaginable truth; and more. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 129 x 21. Weight in Grams: 226.
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571317028
ISBN
9780571317028
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.77

Paperback. * Linda Grant's 'best novel yet' (Financial Times) is a thoughtful and engaging story of a London family from the late sixties to the present Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 132 x 24. Weight in Grams: 284.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Virago
Condition
New
SKU
V9781844086399
ISBN
9781844086399
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.46

Paperback. Living in the Blackwood family home with only her sister Constance and her Uncle Julian for company, Merricat just wants to preserve their delicate way of life. But ever since Constance was acquitted of murdering the rest of the family, the world isn't leaving the Blackwoods alone. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 132 x 11. Weight in Grams: 136.
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Condition
New
Edition
01st Edition
Format
Paperback
SKU
9780141191454
ISBN
9780141191454
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.14

Paperback. This pioneering post-colonial novel was the first break-through Moroccan novel to be written in native Moroccan Arabic. The story follows two generations of the al-Tihamis family whose members characterise distinctive aspects of Moroccan society, and whose lives reflect the profound social changes taking place during the period. Translator(s): Allen, Roger. Series: Modern Arabic Classics. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
Publisher
Haus Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2018
Condition
New
SKU
V9781910376409
ISBN
9781910376409
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.47

Paperback. Offers a collection of stories about the American family. This book brings to life a world of lost fathers and redemptive con men, of personal struggles and diminished dreams, a world marked by the wry wit and generosity of spirit that has made Jess Walter one of America's most talked-about writers. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 142 x 203 x 12. Weight in Grams: 144.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Viking
Condition
New
SKU
V9780241003855
ISBN
9780241003855
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 14.21

Paperback. This shattering novel is filled with storytelling sleight of hand. What appears to be a story of mothers and daughters, of sisterhood put to the test, of adolescent love and grown-up misconduct, and of history's long reach, becomes a provocative and compelling exploration of America's failure to find a language to talk about race. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 141 x 211 x 38. Weight in Grams: 360.
Publisher
Algonquin Books (division of Workman)
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781616206444
ISBN
9781616206444
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 16.19

Paperback. Darling and her friends live in a shanty called Paradise, which of course is no such thing. It isn't all bad, though. There's mischief and adventure, games of Find bin Laden, stealing guavas, singing Lady Gaga at the tops of their voices. They dream of the paradises of America, Dubai, Europe, where Madonna and Barack Obama and David Beckham live. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 20. Weight in Grams: 218.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099581888
ISBN
9780099581888
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.02

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