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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

Paperback. It is 1883, and all Ireland's in turmoil with agrarian, political and sectarian revolt. From the opening of this pastoral of love and betrayal, events roll towards an inevitable, tragic end. Below the surface, complex tensions between religions, between men and women, good and evil are explored. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 129 x 14. Weight in Grams: 174 231pp
Publisher
Vintage
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
9780749398682
ISBN
9780749398682
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 9.64

Paperback. Series: Writings from an Unbound Europe S. Num Pages: 480 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 201 x 117 x 30. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Northwestern University Press
Edition
Translated
Condition
New
SKU
V9780810112971
ISBN
9780810112971
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 28.06

Paperback. Vienna, 1903. An operatic diva, Ida Rosenkrantz, is found dead in her luxurious villa. It appears that she has taken an overdose of morphine, but a broken rib, discovered during autopsy, suggests other and more sinister possibilities. Series: Liebermann Papers. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 132 x 26. Weight in Grams: 276.
Publisher
Cornerstone
Number of pages
384
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099519683
ISBN
9780099519683
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.04

Paperback. Viktor, with only his pet penguin for company, composes obituaries for the local newspaper, even though their subjects cling to life. When he sees his work in print for the first time, his pride turns to terror. He and Misha are drawn into a trap from which there appears to be no escape. Translator(s): Bird, George. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 15. Weight in Grams: 172.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Vintage
Condition
New
SKU
9781860469459
ISBN
9781860469459
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 5.47

Paperback. The new novel from the author of the Man Booker-shortlisted The Lighthouse is a tense and moreish confection of semiotics, suggestibility and creative writing with real psychological depth and, in Bonnie Falls and Sylvia Slythe, two unforgettable characters. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 129 x 16. Weight in Grams: 186.
Publisher
Salt Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9781784630690
ISBN
9781784630690
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.15

paperback. A novel about a dystopic, future Argentina where violence rules and the government is powerless to protect its aging citizens Translator(s): Labinger, Andrea G. Series: Latin American Women Writers. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 141 x 10. Weight in Grams: 218.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Number of pages
176
Condition
New
SKU
V9780803229891
ISBN
9780803229891
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 19.26

Paperback. Num Pages: 150 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 154 x 234 x 16. Weight in Grams: 262.
Publisher
Bookstorm
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780620674355
ISBN
9780620674355
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 16.19

Paperback. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 171 x 105. Weight in Grams: 168.
Format
Paperback
Publisher
Kensington Publishing
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781496708854
ISBN
9781496708854
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 9.37

Paperback. An astonishing interweaving of myth, fantasy, history and autobiography, Kenzaburo Oe's Death by Water is the shimmering masterpiece of a Nobel Prize-winning author. Translator(s): Boehm, Deborah Boliver. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 198 x 31. Weight in Grams: 314.
Publisher
Atlantic Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9780857895486
ISBN
9780857895486
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.77

Paperback. Willa Cather's best known novel; a narrative that recounts a life lived simply in the silence of the southwestern desert. Series: VMC. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 18. Weight in Grams: 176.
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group United Kingdom
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9781844083725
ISBN
9781844083725
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.02

Paperback. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
Publisher
Caffeine Nights Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781910720189
ISBN
9781910720189
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 11.72

Paperback. Discover the original novels behind ITV's Midsomer Murders, featuring favourite characters Detective Chief Inspector Barnaby and Sergeant Troy. Now includes a brand-new foreword by John Nettles, star of the ITV drama. Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 197 x 30. Weight in Grams: 306.
Publisher
Headline Publishing Group
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781472243676
ISBN
9781472243676
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.02

Paperback. Num Pages: 181 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 203 x 134 x 15. Weight in Grams: 210.
Publisher
New Directions Publishing Corporation United States
Number of pages
181
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1966
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780811201179
ISBN
9780811201179
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 15.66

Paperback. Translator(s): Tennent, Martha. Num Pages: 150 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 218 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 249.
Publisher
Open Letter United States
Number of pages
150
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781940953281
ISBN
9781940953281
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 14.52

Paperback. Shares the sights, the sounds, the excitement, and the knowledge which fuelled the authors passion for Spain and the bullfight. This book contains some of his finest writing, inspired by the intense life, as well as the inevitable death, of those hot, violent afternoons. Num Pages: 352 pages, 60 illustrations. BIC Classification: ASZX; FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 128 x 25. Weight in Grams: 326.
Publisher
Vintage/Ebury (a Division of Random House Gro
Number of pages
352
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Edition
01st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099285021
ISBN
9780099285021
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.01

Paperback. In this book Hemingway shares his passion for bullfighting. The technical skills are described and explained, with chapters on individual bullfighters and the bulls. This work also contains a number of short stories inspired by the intense life and inevitable death of those violent afternoons. Num Pages: 336 pages, 48pp b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DSE; ASZX; FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 180 x 110 x 24. Weight in Grams: 236.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
Arrow
Condition
New
Edition
New Ed
SKU
9780099909101
ISBN
9780099909101
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.45

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Simon & Schuster United States
Edition
Illustrated
Number of pages
517
Condition
New
SKU
V9780684801452
ISBN
9780684801452
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 18.82

Paperback. In an isolated community in the Peruvian Andes, a series of mysterious disappearances has occurred. Army corporal Lituma and his deputy Tomas believe the Shining Path guerrillas are responsible, but the towns people have their own ideas about the forces that claimed the bodies of the missing men. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 127 x 17. Weight in Grams: 208.
Edition
Main
Publisher
Faber Paperbacks
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571175499
ISBN
9780571175499
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.69

Paperback. First of the six books in the My Struggle cycle, this title is about the author's childhood and teenage years, his infatuation with rock music, his relationship with his loving yet almost invisible mother and his distant and unpredictable father, and his bewilderment and grief on his father's death. Translator(s): Bartlett, Don. Series: Knausgaard. Num Pages: 496 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 201 x 132 x 26. Weight in Grams: 366.
Publisher
Vintage
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099555162
ISBN
9780099555162
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 11.80

Paperback. Twelfth-century anatomist, Adelia Aguilar must once again examine the dead as gruesome events are beginning to unfold..Henry II's favourite mistress, Rosamund Clifford, has been poisoned - and, rumour says, by his jealous wife, Eleanor of Aquitaine. If Henry believes the stories, England will be torn apart as King battles Queen. Series: Adelia Aguilar. Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 128 x 28. Weight in Grams: 314.
Publisher
Bantam Books
Number of pages
448
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Edition
1st.Dell Prtg.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780553818017
ISBN
9780553818017
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 12.64

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