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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
Paperback. A collection short stories, each of which brimming with astute observations and sharp wit that can captivate readers the world over. It explores the blighted territory of a failing marriage; the tangled jungle of a mad poet's secret anti-Semitism; and the belated sexual guilt of a Hindu. Num Pages: 672 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 44. Weight in Grams: 466.
- Publisher
- Hamish Hamilton
- Number of pages
- 672
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780241950524
- ISBN
- 9780241950524
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 14.25
€ 17.99
€ 14.25
Paperback. A collection of stories that offer revelatory glimpses into everyday lives - from an unwelcome act of kindness at a bus stop, an evening walk across a London bridge, a welcome but uncomfortable summer break to a brutal lesson in trust. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 23. Weight in Grams: 262.
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 368
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Edition
- Combined volume
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099540397
- ISBN
- 9780099540397
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 16.82
€ 20.99
€ 16.82
Hardcover. Ernest Hemingway (1899-1961) is celebrated as a novelist and man of action. He is perhaps most famous for Whom The Bell Tolls and A Farewell To Arms. He was equally prolific as a writer of short stories. This collection includes all Hemingway's shorter fiction arranged chronologically from 'Up in Michigan' (1923) to 'Old Man at the Bridge (1938). Num Pages: 788 pages, facsimiles. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 206 x 133 x 45. Weight in Grams: 854.
- Publisher
- Everyman
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Edition
- First Thus
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781857151879
- ISBN
- 9781857151879
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 19.02
€ 26.99
€ 19.02
Hardcover. Translator(s): Lowe-Porter, H.T. Num Pages: 890 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYB; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 209 x 132 x 46. Weight in Grams: 928.
- Publisher
- Everyman
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781857151961
- ISBN
- 9781857151961
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 18.93
€ 26.99
€ 18.93
Paperback. Peter Carey is justly renowned for his novels, which have included the Booker Prize-winning titles Oscar and Lucinda and True History of the Kelly Gang. He is also a dazzling writer of short stories. This volume collects together all the stories from The Fat Man in History and War Crimes as well as three other stories. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 126 x 26. Weight in Grams: 258. ******THIS IS A PREORDER TO BE DELIVERED ON OR AROUND THE PUBLICATION DAY IN FEBRUARY 2022****
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780571175864
- ISBN
- 9780571175864
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 12.98
€ 17.99
€ 12.98
Paperback. Includes sixty-five stories of magic and melancholy that display a range of inventiveness, with fairy tales, intellectual games and glimpses into lives of ambiguity and loss. Editor(s): Nabokov, Dmitri. Translator(s): Nabokov, Dmitri. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 816 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FC; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 45. Weight in Grams: 566.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780141183459
- ISBN
- 9780141183459
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 15.73
€ 20.99
€ 15.73
Paperback. Acclaimed as one of America's most successful playwrights, the author also published four volumes of short stories. In this title, these volumes are combined with a wealth of unpublished and uncollected work, ranging from his first his story published in "Weird Tales" when he was seventeen, to his later frank homosexual fantasies. Num Pages: 672 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 131 x 39. Weight in Grams: 470.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Vintage Classics
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780749395810
- ISBN
- 9780749395810
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 12.53
€ 17.99
€ 12.53
paperback. Introducing you to a host of extraordinary characters and communities, this book includes a collection of short stories written by Gabriel Garcia Marquez. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 20. Weight in Grams: 222.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780241968758
- ISBN
- 9780241968758
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.45
€ 13.99
€ 10.45
Hardcover. Lawrence is known mainly as a novelist and poet but he was also the author of many short stories and novellas. Bringing together all his shorter fiction, this volume makes it possible to survey his entire writing career. Stories include "The Prussian Officer" and "The Virgin and the Gypsy". Num Pages: 1397 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 207 x 132 x 66. Weight in Grams: 1274.
- Publisher
- Everyman's Library
- Number of pages
- 1397
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781857151800
- ISBN
- 9781857151800
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 22.90
€ 33.99
€ 22.90
Paperback. Melding his native Irish sensibilities to those of his adopted west-coast Scotland, this book includes tales that attend to life's big events: love and loss, separation and violence, death and betrayal. Num Pages: 640 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 198 x 35. Weight in Grams: 474.
- Publisher
- Vintage Classics
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099561583
- ISBN
- 9780099561583
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.00€ 11.88
€ 13.00
€ 11.88
Paperback. A collection of short fiction that is written by the winner of the Man Booker International Prize 2013. Num Pages: 768 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 35. Weight in Grams: 526.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780241969137
- ISBN
- 9780241969137
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.45
€ 17.99
€ 13.45
Paperback. Deals with the complexities of relationships as well as the joys of children. This title contains the author's controversial story "Weddings and Beheadings", as well as his prophetic "My Son the Fanatic", which exposes the religious tensions within the muslim family unit. Num Pages: 688 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 127 x 47. Weight in Grams: 540.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780571249824
- ISBN
- 9780571249824
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.16
€ 17.99
€ 13.16
Paperback. Tsukuru Tazaki had four best friends at school. By chance all of their names contained a colour. The two boys were called Akamatsu, meaning 'red pine', and Oumi, 'blue sea', while the girls' names were Shirane, 'white root', and Kurono, 'black field'. Tazaki was the only last name with no colour in it. Translator(s): Gabriel, Philip. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 129 x 25. Weight in Grams: 218.
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099590378
- ISBN
- 9780099590378
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.02
€ 13.99
€ 11.02
Paperback. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 155 x 234 x 28. Weight in Grams: 398.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Poolbeg Press Ltd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781781999189
- ISBN
- 9781781999189
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 12.98
€ 14.99
€ 12.98
Paperback. A poetic exploration of trauma and renewal from the last avant-garde visionary of the twentieth century. Translator(s): Wedell, Noura. Series: Semiotext(e) / Native Agents. Num Pages: 232 pages, 1 color illus, 10 b&w illus. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 363.
- Publisher
- Autonomedia United States
- Number of pages
- 232
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781584350897
- ISBN
- 9781584350897
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 16.38
€ 23.99
€ 16.38
Paperback. In this romantic comedy, the authors put friendship under the spotlight. Four very different characters are thrust together at the wedding of mutual friends. With the focus so firmly on happy-ever-after, each character is forced to examine his or her own emotions and ambitions. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 26. Weight in Grams: 292. Clean copy in good condition
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Publisher
- Arrow
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- SKU
- KST0025925
- ISBN
- 9780099279280
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Gabriella has many siblings and more animals. Her father is an impoverished poet, her mother a classicist. This is the story of Gabriella and her brothers, and their unorthodox childhood in this wayward family. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 202 x 138 x 16. Weight in Grams: 180. Good clean copy with minor shelf wear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KSS0008148
- ISBN
- 9781408850671
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. The classic heist story from one of the most popular authors of the 20th century: a bestseller wherever books were read. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 178 x 112 x 18. Weight in Grams: 164.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Hodder & Stoughton
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780340286418
- ISBN
- 9780340286418
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.04
€ 13.99
€ 11.04
Paperback. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 206 x 135. .
- Publisher
- Peepal Tree Press Ltd.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845233341
- ISBN
- 9781845233341
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.69
€ 13.99
€ 11.69
Paperback. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 153. .
- Publisher
- Little, Brown Book Group
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780349410913
- ISBN
- 9780349410913
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.39
€ 17.99
€ 13.39
Paperback. One wet and stormy Irish summer, the three Miller sisters gather at their grand but shabby old family home, Tobar Lodge. As family and strangers meet and collide, and a long hidden secret is exposed, they begin to discover that love and life is all about losing, yearning for and ultimately finding a place called home. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 127 x 24. Weight in Grams: 252. Previously read copy. Some shelfwear and/or soiling. Good overall
- Condition
- Used, Good
- Publisher
- Transworld Publishers Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- Reprint
- SKU
- KST0029838
- ISBN
- 9781848270565
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. She didn't mean to become a revolutionary. She thought she was going on a rural retreat.. A cross between Cold Comfort Farm, Tamara Drewe and a Danny Boyle film. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 133 x 198 x 22. Weight in Grams: 288.
- Publisher
- Quercus Publishing
- Number of pages
- 304
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781780872162
- ISBN
- 9781780872162
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.00€ 11.89
€ 13.00
€ 11.89
Paperback. Follows the fortunes of Jack - struggling painter, lad about town, charmer - and Amy - disorganized, funny and looking for love. Whilst Jack outlines his tactics for a night on the town and the seduction of the gorgeous Amy, Amy plans how to hook the first decent man she's met in ages. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 19. Weight in Grams: 216. Used paperback, in good condition. Some shelf wear.
- Condition
- Used, Good
- Edition
- 1st Paperback Edition
- Publisher
- Arrow
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- SKU
- KIN0007417
- ISBN
- 9780099279273
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good
€ 17.95
€ 17.95
Paperback. Follows the fortunes of Jack - struggling painter, lad about town, charmer - and Amy - disorganized, funny and looking for love. Whilst Jack outlines his tactics for a night on the town and the seduction of the gorgeous Amy, Amy plans how to hook the first decent man she's met in ages. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 19. Weight in Grams: 216.
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Edition
- 1st Paperback Edition
- Publisher
- Arrow
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- SKU
- KNW0005534
- ISBN
- 9780099279273
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 17.95
€ 17.95