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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
Paperback. Kate O'Brien is thirty and has very little to think about except trying to keep her balance as she totters up London's media-land ladder. Fiona O'Brien is Kate's responsible older sister - with a husband, twin boys, a dog and now ..a life-changing problem. It's a problem that means Kate going back to Dublin. Pronto. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 128 x 21. Weight in Grams: 208. Good clean copy with some reader wear.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Penguin Ireland
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KTM0005784
- ISBN
- 9781844880690
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. A story of unfulfilled love - tormented, funny, and affecting - and an impassioned embrace of our sexual differences. It is an intimate and unforgettable portrait of the solitariness of a bisexual man who is dedicated to making himself 'worthwhile'. Num Pages: 624 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 201 x 131 x 39. Weight in Grams: 436.
- Publisher
- Black Swan
- Number of pages
- 624
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780552778442
- ISBN
- 9780552778442
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 15.02
€ 19.99
€ 15.02
Paperback. Illuminates a place and people and describes the overlapping worlds of an extended Pakistani landowning family. This title includes stories that reveal the complexities of Pakistani class and culture, as they describe the loves, triumphs, misunderstandings and tragedies of everyday life. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 128 x 17. Weight in Grams: 214. 256 pages. Illuminates a place and people and describes the overlapping worlds of an extended Pakistani landowning family. This title includes stories that reveal the complexities of Pakistani class and culture, as they describe the loves, triumphs, misunderstandings and tragedies of everyday life. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Dimension: 198 x 128 x 17. Weight: 182.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781408801048
- ISBN
- 9781408801048
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.25
€ 17.99
€ 13.25
Hardback. Num Pages: 192 pages, 100+ b/w photos. BIC Classification: FA; JW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 161 x 22. Weight in Grams: 560.
- Publisher
- Schiffer Publishing Ltd
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Edition
- 1st
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780764307539
- ISBN
- 9780764307539
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 25.30
€ 37.99
€ 25.30
Paperback. 1980s Syria, our young narrator is living a secluded life behind the veil in the vast and perfumed house of her grandparents in Aleppo. Her three aunts, Maryam the pious one; Safaa, the liberal; and the free-spirited Marwa, bring her up with the aid of their ever-devoted blind servant. Translator(s): Price, Leri. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 127 x 20. Weight in Grams: 234.
- Publisher
- Transworld Publishers Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780552776134
- ISBN
- 9780552776134
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.41
€ 17.99
€ 13.41
Paperback. Num Pages: 56 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 214 x 138 x 5. Weight in Grams: 100.
- Publisher
- Leete's Island Books,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 56
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1977
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780918172020
- ISBN
- 9780918172020
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 12.53
€ 13.99
€ 12.53
Paperback. An essay on aesthetics. It explores architecture, jade, food, toilets, and combines an acute sense of the use of space in buildings, as well as perfect descriptions of lacquerware under candlelight and women in the darkness of the house of pleasure. Num Pages: 80 pages. BIC Classification: FA; HPN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 199 x 8. Weight in Grams: 66.
- Publisher
- Vintage Classics
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099283577
- ISBN
- 9780099283577
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 9.50
€ 10.99
€ 9.50
Paperback. Don Rigoberto, his second wife, Lucrecia, and his son, Alfonso, their family life together seems to be a happy one. Rigoberto, an insurance company manager, spends his time preening himself for his wife and collecting erotic art. Translator(s): Lane, Helen R. Num Pages: 160 pages, 6 full colour plates. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 177 x 111 x 10. Weight in Grams: 119.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Publication date
- 2004
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780571141357
- ISBN
- 9780571141357
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.77
€ 13.99
€ 10.77
Hardcover. Num Pages: 186 pages, 13ill. BIC Classification: FA; WSXH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 237 x 163 x 21. Weight in Grams: 444. 186 pages, 13ill. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: FA; WSXH. Dimension: 243 x 163 x 20. Weight: 448.
- Publisher
- Coch-Y-Bonddu Books Ltd
- Number of pages
- 186
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Edition
- New edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780953364886
- ISBN
- 9780953364886
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 28.40
€ 28.40
Paperback. For a while, Ian, Lauren and Paul shared the same friends, the same university, the same dreams and the same potential. Ten years on they are worlds apart. But when Lauren, in a moment of nostalgia, cracks open a long-forgotten Hotmail account, she comes face to face with the people these three friends used to be.. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 135 x 28. Weight in Grams: 400.
- Publisher
- Canongate Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781847672629
- ISBN
- 9781847672629
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.07
€ 17.99
€ 13.07
Paperback. Recalling his initiation into the dazzling world of Parisian high society and looking back over his time in the glamorous salons of the aristocracy, the narrator satirises this shallow world and his own youthful infatuation with it. His observations also educates him in the volatile nature of desire as he walks the path towards adulthood. Translator(s): Scott-Moncrieff, C. K.; Kilmartin, Terence; Enright, D.J. Num Pages: 720 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 42. Weight in Grams: 500.
- Publisher
- Vintage Classics
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099362418
- ISBN
- 9780099362418
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 11.88
€ 15.99
€ 11.88
Hardcover. On the surface a traditional Bildungsroman describing the narrator's journey of self-discovery, this huge and complex book is also a panoramic and richly comic portrait of France in the author's lifetime, and a profound meditation on the nature of art, love, time, memory and death. Translator(s): Scott-Moncrieff, C. K.; Kilmartin, Terence. Num Pages: 3152 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 168 x 141. Weight in Grams: 3136.
- Publisher
- Everyman
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781857152500
- ISBN
- 9781857152500
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 88.93€ 71.54
€ 88.93
€ 71.54
Paperback. Years after the First World War's end, the narrator returns to Paris. He reflects on time, reality, jealousy, artistic creation, and the raw material of literature - his past life. Translator(s): Scott-Moncrieff, C. K.; Kilmartin, Terence; Enright, D. J. Num Pages: 704 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 43. Weight in Grams: 488.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Vintage Classics
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780099362715
- ISBN
- 9780099362715
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.14
€ 14.99
€ 11.14
Paperback. Series: Modern Library. Num Pages: 640 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 132 x 29. Weight in Grams: 468.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Random House USA Inc United States
- Edition
- New edition
- Number of pages
- 640
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780375751547
- ISBN
- 9780375751547
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 18.46
€ 19.99
€ 18.46
Paperback. Travelling from Paris to the sunny seaside town of Balbec, the narrator meets an intriguing set of acquaintances who provide him with both friendship and entertainment. Most significantly, he meets a dark-haired girl with sparkling eyes and a tiny beauty spot on her chin, the mysterious Albertine, who becomes the love of his life. Translator(s): Kilmartin, Terence; Scott-Moncrieff, C. K.; Enright, D. J. Num Pages: 656 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 42. Weight in Grams: 482.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Vintage Classics
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780099362319
- ISBN
- 9780099362319
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.14
€ 14.99
€ 11.14
paperback. Describes the class tensions of a changing France at the beginning of the twentieth century and exposes the decadence of aristocratic Parisian society and muses upon the subjects of homosexuality and sexual jealousy. Translator(s): Scott-Moncrieff, C. K.; Kilmartin, Terence; Enright, D. J. Num Pages: 656 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 201 x 128 x 39. Weight in Grams: 460.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Vintage Classics
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780099362517
- ISBN
- 9780099362517
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 12.99€ 11.14
€ 12.99
€ 11.14
Hardcover. .
- Publisher
- Everyman
- Number of pages
- 900
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781841598987
- ISBN
- 9781841598987
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 20.47
€ 30.99
€ 20.47
Hardcover. Translator(s): Moncrieff, Scott; Kilmartin, Terence. Num Pages: 700 pages. BIC Classification: DNF; FA; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 213 x 138 x 37. Weight in Grams: 694.
- Publisher
- Everyman
- Number of pages
- 700
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781841598994
- ISBN
- 9781841598994
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 18.98
€ 26.99
€ 18.98
paperback. "In Search of Lost Time" is one of the greatest, most entertaining reading experiences in any language. This book is an English translation of the French original. Editor(s): Prendergast, Christopher. Translator(s): Patterson, Ian. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 128 x 26. Weight in Grams: 294.
- Publisher
- Penguin Classic
- Number of pages
- 400
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Edition
- 6 Rev ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141180366
- ISBN
- 9780141180366
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.05
€ 13.99
€ 11.05
Paperback. Travelling backwards in time, the narrator tells the story of a love affair that had taken place before his own birth. Translator(s): Kilmartin, Terence; Scott-Moncrieff, C. K.; Enright, D.J. Num Pages: 544 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 130 x 35. Weight in Grams: 396.
- Publisher
- Vintage Classics
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Edition
- 1St Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099362210
- ISBN
- 9780099362210
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.05
€ 13.99
€ 11.05