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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

Paperback. Janey meets Georges at a party in Bordeaux and is drawn to him because he reminds her of Jean Paul Belmondo in 'Breathless'. But dark secrets lie in his past and she throws away their grand passion in a moment's panic. What prompted her flight and what has she spent so long trying to forget? Num Pages: 195 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130. Weight in Grams: 180.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Number of pages
195
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Condition
New
SKU
V9780747524434
ISBN
9780747524434
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 8.99
€ 7.74

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Poetry Wales Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9781854115683
ISBN
9781854115683
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.98

Paperback. Num Pages: 216 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 127 x 13. Weight in Grams: 240.
Publisher
The New York Review of Books, Inc
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9781590173633
ISBN
9781590173633
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 17.17

Paperback. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 180 x 115 x 14. Weight in Grams: 118.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
Export ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099520863
ISBN
9780099520863
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.81

Paperback. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 171 x 114 x 26. Weight in Grams: 181. 8vo Clean copy
Condition
Used, Very Good
Format
Paperback
Publisher
Bantam USA
Publication date
1996
Edition
Reprint
SKU
KEX0262873
ISBN
9780553569087
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. The midnight hour approaches in an almost-empty diner. Mari sips her coffee and reads a book, but soon her solitude is disturbed: a girl has been beaten up at the Alphaville hotel, and needs Mari's help. Meanwhile Mari's beautiful sister Eri lies in a deep, heavy sleep that is 'too perfect, too pure' to be normal; it has lasted for two months. Num Pages: 208 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; FA; FM; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 13. Weight in Grams: 152.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Vintage
Condition
New
Edition
01st Edition
SKU
9780099506249
ISBN
9780099506249
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.45

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Arsenal Pulp Press Canada
Edition
Second Edition
Number of pages
176
Condition
New
SKU
V9781551525150
ISBN
9781551525150
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 15.84

Paperback. From the author of Forever, Interruptedcomes a breath taking novel about modern marriage and the depth of family ties. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 136 x 209 x 33. Weight in Grams: 310.
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781476712840
ISBN
9781476712840
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 17.14

Paperback. When Esther's childhood bestfriend Isabella dies of cancer, she is devastated. Years later, she is brought together with Isabella's sister Sally, who cared for Isabella in her last days, and who subsequently nursed their mother through years of dementia. English professor Esther sees shy, innocent Sally emerge from a life of isolation and loneliness. But as Esther herself suffers blow after blow, and sees her carefully ordered life collapse around her, she is forced to contemplate the notion of friendship and trust. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: FA. .
Publisher
Allen & Unwin
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9781760292423
ISBN
9781760292423
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.19

Paperback. For six months, Julia has lived alone in a drab Parisian hotel on an allowance from her ex-lover, Mr Mackenzie. When his cheques stop, Julia decides to leave France and return to London. Past her prime, exhausted by broken love affairs and addled by drink, Julia is tragically unable to find what she really wants - love. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 129 x 11. Weight in Grams: 126.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
160
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141183947
ISBN
9780141183947
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.08

Paperback. With truth impossible to disentangle from invention, Tobias Hecht followed the lead of Verissimo, his would-be informant, creating characters, rendering a tale that didn't happen but that might have, probing at what it means to translate a life into words. This book is a tribute to and reinterpretation of the Latin American testimonio genre. Num Pages: 192 pages, 17 b&w photos. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 155 x 12. Weight in Grams: 290.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780822337881
ISBN
9780822337881
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 25.28

Num Pages: 379 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 208 x 139 x 34. Weight in Grams: 562.
Publication date
2003
Publisher
M P Publishing Limited United Kingdom
Number of pages
379
Condition
New
SKU
V9781849821704
ISBN
9781849821704
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.06

Paperback. Here we encounter a blind piano tuner whose wonderful memories of his first wife are cruelly distorted by his second; a woman in a difficult marriage who must choose between her indignant husband and her closest friend; and two children, survivors of divorce, who mimic their parents' melodramas. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 130 x 15. Weight in Grams: 158.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Number of pages
224
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Edition
Revised ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140258349
ISBN
9780140258349
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.02

Paperback. For years Kazu has run her fashionable restaurant with a combination of charm and shrewdness. But when the she falls in love with one of her clients, an aristocratic retired politician, she renounces her business in order to become his wife. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 217 x 216 x 9. Weight in Grams: 212.
Publisher
Vintage United Kingdom
Number of pages
288
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099282785
ISBN
9780099282785
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.62

Paperback. By the author of Astonishing Splashes of Colour, an ambitious and moving exploration of the lasting impact of the Second World War. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 201 x 131 x 23. Weight in Grams: 260.
Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781444736465
ISBN
9781444736465
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.23

Paperback. The brilliant second novel from GMTV's Penny Smith. A sequel to 'Coming Up Next', Katie Fisher's back in front of the cameras, but not exactly on the sofa. Num Pages: 328 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 26. Weight in Grams: 286.
Condition
Used, Good
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
SKU
KLN0014231
ISBN
9780007315284
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. A classic novel from recent Nobel Prize winner Patrick Modiano, now available to English-language readers in a superb new translation Translator(s): Polizzotti, Mark. Series: The Margellos World Republic of Letters. Num Pages: 216 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 127 x 15. Weight in Grams: 227.
Publisher
Yale University Press United States
Number of pages
216
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300215892
ISBN
9780300215892
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 15.32

Paperback. What do you do when your family's dream becomes a nightmare? Combining the skill of Jodi Picoult with the warmth of Anita Shreve, Charity Norman explores - with heart-thumping tension - a fresh start which goes very badly wrong. Num Pages: 372 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 201 x 130 x 25. Weight in Grams: 264. 368 pages. What do you do when your family's dream becomes a nightmare? Combining the skill of Jodi Picoult with the warmth of Anita Shreve, Charity Norman explores - with heart-thumping tension - a fresh start which goes very badly wrong. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: FA. Dimension: 198 x 128 x 31. Weight: 250.
Publisher
Allen & Unwin
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9781743314890
ISBN
9781743314890
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.70

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Bella Books United States
Edition
0th Edition
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9781602822344
ISBN
9781602822344
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 16.63

Paperback. Frank and Leon are two men from different times, discovering that sometimes all you learn from your parents' mistakes is how to make different ones of your own. Frank is trying to escape his troubled past by running away to his family's beach shack. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 12. Weight in Grams: 224.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099535836
ISBN
9780099535836
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.08

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