Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
Paperback. A luminous love story and an internationally acclaimed masterpiece, published in the UK for the first time Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 134 x 197 x 18. Weight in Grams: 208. 288 pages. Bernardo Greene is attempting to rebuild his life. Imprisoned and tortured by Pinochet's regime for introducing his students to political poetry, he has arrived at Copenhagen's centre for rehabilitating torture victims at the age of forty-nine, to begin, to begin again. Across from the King's Garden, Michela Ibsen also seeks a new beginning. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: FA. Dimension: 134 x 197 x 18. Weight: 208.
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Number of pages
- 288
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781408809846
- ISBN
- 9781408809846
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 9.30
€ 10.99
€ 9.30
Paperback. * Highly original 'detective' stories with unique setting and characters featuring Mma Ramotswe and her No.1 Ladies' Detective Agency. Series: The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 128 x 18. Weight in Grams: 174.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Abacus
- Edition
- New
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780349117423
- ISBN
- 9780349117423
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.09
€ 13.99
€ 11.09
paperback. Tells the story of Anna Blume and her journey to find her lost brother, William, in the unnamed City. The author takes us to an unspecified and devastated world in which the self disappears amidst the horrors that surround us. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 16. Weight in Grams: 168.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Faber And Faber Ltd.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780571227303
- ISBN
- 9780571227303
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.64
€ 11.99
€ 10.64
Paperback. Nine-year-old Suleiman is just awakening to the wider world beyond the games on the hot pavement outside his home and beyond the loving embrace of his parents. He becomes the man of the house when his father goes away on business, but then he sees his father, standing in the market square in a pair of dark glasses. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 137 x 17. Weight in Grams: 188.
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780241957073
- ISBN
- 9780241957073
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.02
€ 13.99
€ 11.02
Paperback. Nine-year-old Suleiman is just awakening to the wider world beyond the games on the hot pavement outside his home and beyond the loving embrace of his parents. He becomes the man of the house when his father goes away on business, but then he sees his father, standing in the market square in a pair of dark glasses. Series: Penguin Essentials. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 113 x 180 x 18. Weight in Grams: 142.
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780241973622
- ISBN
- 9780241973622
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.27
€ 11.99
€ 10.27
Paperback. Jeff and Tonino, two Parisian football fans with serious drinking habits, are on their way to the European Cup final. So too are newlyweds Tana and Francesco; troubled young couple Gabriel and Virginie; and Geoff Andrewson, travelling with his brothers. As these four groups of characters cross paths, it gives way to a horrific tragedy. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 128 x 23. Weight in Grams: 250.
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780571236374
- ISBN
- 9780571236374
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.73
€ 13.99
€ 10.73
Paperback. Features a portrait of people attempting to come to terms with a devastating historical event and their role within it. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 139 x 25. Weight in Grams: 368. .Clean copy in dustwrapper.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber London
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- Used, Good
- SKU
- KEX0200126
- ISBN
- 9780571236367
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Hidden deep in the mountains, the recruits at 'Unit 701', China's secret services, operate in a dark, shadowy world. There is the 'wind-listener', a blind surveillance officer who can hear sounds from miles away, the beautiful, unstable maths genius who meets a violent end, and, the old man who deciphers codes in his dreams. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 197 x 25. Weight in Grams: 296.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- Translation
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141391458
- ISBN
- 9780141391458
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 17.63
€ 18.99
€ 17.63
Paperback. Set with a War in background, this is a story containing several characters who are all in the dark, with their dreams, secrets and fantasies. Electric light, new to their world, may be a boon but it reveals both grime and secrets. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 21. Weight in Grams: 230.
- Publisher
- Vintage Books
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099507123
- ISBN
- 9780099507123
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.08
€ 13.99
€ 11.08
Num Pages: 485 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 160 x 39. Weight in Grams: 792.
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- M P Publishing Limited United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 485
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781849821957
- ISBN
- 9781849821957
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.04
€ 13.99
€ 11.04
Paperback. Series: Phoenix Books. Num Pages: 466 pages, vi, 464 p. BIC Classification: 2ABM; DSBH; DSK; FA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 202 x 133 x 26. Weight in Grams: 509.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1987
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226112541
- ISBN
- 9780226112541
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 21.05
€ 25.99
€ 21.05
Paperback. An elegantly constructed story within a story, laced with the wit that characterises the work of this outstanding European writer. Translator(s): Dixon, Adrienne. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 133 x 11. Weight in Grams: 144.
- Publisher
- Quercus Publishing Plc United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 160
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781782067191
- ISBN
- 9781782067191
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.02
€ 13.99
€ 11.02
Paperback. The great English novel about Egypt, which is also the great Egyptian novel about England. Num Pages: 800 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 50. Weight in Grams: 650. 800 pages. The great English novel about Egypt, which is also the great Egyptian novel about England. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: FA. Dimension: 196 x 129 x 50. Weight: 554.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC london
- Number of pages
- 800
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780747545897
- ISBN
- 9780747545897
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 14.72
€ 19.99
€ 14.72
Paperback. Paperback, black spine. 206pp
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Publisher
- Brandon / Mount Eagle Publications Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- SKU
- KON0821133
- ISBN
- 9780863222047
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Clean copy
- Condition
- Used, Like New
- Publisher
- Brandon / Mount Eagle Publications Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- SKU
- KEX0220135
- ISBN
- 9780863222047
Paperback
Condition: Used, Like New
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Clean copy
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- Brandon / Mount Eagle Publications Ltd
- Condition
- Used, Like New
- SKU
- KEX0220376
- ISBN
- 9780863222047
Paperback
Condition: Used, Like New
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Social worker Keith, separated from his wife and their teenage son, is floundering in a world of fraught sexual politics, parental responsibilities and class expectations. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 21. Weight in Grams: 242. Good clean copy with minor shelf wear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KAC0000809
- ISBN
- 9780099539742
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. An inspiring first novel, In the Field tackles the social obstacles that overshadow interracial family life in a rural town. Num Pages: 300 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 133 x 23. Weight in Grams: 385.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Biblioasis Canada
- Number of pages
- 300
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781926845265
- ISBN
- 9781926845265
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 18.32
€ 18.99
€ 18.32
Paperback. His third novel, Jacques Stephen Alexis brings his powerful characterization and political consciousness to the age-old question of whether a prostitute can leave "the life" to find her own identity and true love. La Nina Estrelita is plying her trade during Holy Week, 1949 in Port-au-Prince. Translator(s): Danticat, Edwidge; Coates, Carrol F. Series: CARAF Books: Caribbean and African Literature Translated from French. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: DNF; FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 336.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813921396
- ISBN
- 9780813921396
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.82
€ 32.82
Paperback. Michael first met the Hanbury's of Egypt Hill when he was a student. He was intrigued by their bohemian lifestyle. Twelve years later, Michael is invited back to the house and jumps at the chance of escaping his turbulent domestic situation. But his illusions about the family are shattered as the rotten core of the Hanbury myth is revealed. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 129 x 15. Weight in Grams: 198. Good clean copy with minor shelf wear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KAC0002008
- ISBN
- 9780571228140
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. A world-weary young father is seduced by dark secrets from the lost world of the Hopi Indians of Arizona. Translator(s): Anderson, Alison. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 156 x 233 x 30. Weight in Grams: 404.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Quercus Publishing
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780857051264
- ISBN
- 9780857051264
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.39
€ 17.99
€ 13.39
Paperback. Through his letters home and six short stories, Alun Lewis paints a vibrant picture of life in India as a British serviceman during World War II. Intimate, vivid, observational, and always filled with emotion, this is a rare literary example of one Welshman's experience of empire and war. Series: Library of Wales. Num Pages: 201 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 136 x 14. Weight in Grams: 214. Fine in cloth covers. Lacking dust wrapper. Covers showing minor shelfwear, sunned to spine, otherwise a nice copy
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Publisher
- Parthian Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 186
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Edition
- Library of Wales Ed
- SKU
- KSG0010277
- ISBN
- 9781902638874
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 10.00
€ 10.00
Paperback. Num Pages: 218 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 141 x 14. Weight in Grams: 292.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Brindle & Glass
- Number of pages
- 218
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781897142356
- ISBN
- 9781897142356
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 19.69
€ 27.99
€ 19.69
Paperback. Stifled by the torpor of colonial South Africa and trapped in a web of reciprocal oppression, a lonely sheep farmer seeks comfort in the arms of a black concubine. But when his embittered spinster daughter Magda feels shamed, this lurch across the racial divide marks the end of a tenuous feudal peace. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 11. Weight in Grams: 132. Fine copy with minor shelf wear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KJE0003354
- ISBN
- 9780099465942
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 5.70
€ 5.70