Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
Paperback. *A touching and funny novel about a once-beautiful woman who, approaching her fiftieth birthday, realises she is no longer the belle of the ball. Series: VMC. Num Pages: 240 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 204 x 127 x 13. Weight in Grams: 272.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Little, Brown Book Group United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781844082797
- ISBN
- 9781844082797
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.64
€ 15.64
Paperback. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: FA; WH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 01st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781408884881
- ISBN
- 9781408884881
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.03
€ 11.99
€ 10.03
Paperback. When the author of The Hayseed Chronicles, Arthur Hayman, is mown down by a concrete truck in Soho, his legacy passes to his widow, Martha, and her children - the fragile Rachel, and Luke, reluctantly immortalised as Luke Hayseed, the central character of his father's books. But others want their share, particularly Laurie. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 25. Weight in Grams: 252. Clean copy with some reader wear.
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 352
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- SKU
- KTM0000585
- ISBN
- 9780141038001
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 11.99€ 4.99
€ 11.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Under the tutelage of the mesmerising Master Yehudi, Walt is taken back to the mysterious house on the plains to prepare not only for the ability to fly, but also for the stardom that will accompany it. A virtuoso piece of storytelling by a master of the modern American fable. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 128 x 19. Weight in Grams: 234.
- Publisher
- FABER & FABER
- Number of pages
- 288
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780571229086
- ISBN
- 9780571229086
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.65
€ 13.99
€ 10.65
Paperback. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 135 x 13. Weight in Grams: 294.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Harper Perennial
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780062421760
- ISBN
- 9780062421760
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 13.87
€ 15.99
€ 13.87
Paperback. No 1 bestselling author of MY LEGENDARY GIRLFRIEND returns with this wickedly observed second novel about modern relationships: does Mr Irresponsible have what it takes to become Mr Commitment? Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 131 x 24. Weight in Grams: 278. Clean copy
- Condition
- Used, Good
- Edition
- First Thus
- Publisher
- Hodder Paperbacks
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- SKU
- KEX0201268
- ISBN
- 9780340718261
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. No 1 bestselling author of MY LEGENDARY GIRLFRIEND returns with this wickedly observed second novel about modern relationships: does Mr Irresponsible have what it takes to become Mr Commitment? Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 131 x 24. Weight in Grams: 280. Good clean copy with minor shelf wear.
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Edition
- First Thus
- Publisher
- Hodder Paperbacks
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- SKU
- KTG0007866
- ISBN
- 9780340718261
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Lynne Rienner Pub
- Number of pages
- 198
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780956930712
- ISBN
- 9780956930712
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 14.16
€ 14.99
€ 14.16
Paperback. A. B. Yehoshua was shortlisted for the Man Booker International Prize 2005 Translator(s): Halkin, Hillel. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 200 x 29. Weight in Grams: 356.
- Publisher
- Peter Halban Publishers Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 384
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Edition
- 1st
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781870015776
- ISBN
- 9781870015776
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.86
€ 13.99
€ 10.86
Paperback. A Washington Post Top 50 Fiction Book for 2014 Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 142 x 209 x 22. Weight in Grams: 250.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Back Bay Books
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780316246149
- ISBN
- 9780316246149
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 13.20
€ 15.99
€ 13.20
Hardback. With subversive energy and masterful brevity, Mr Zed undermines arrogance, megalomania, and false authority. A determined speaker who doesn't care for ambitions, he forces topics that others would rather keep to themselves. This work collects the considerations and provocations of this squat park-bench philosopher. Translator(s): Chalmers, Martin. Series: The German List. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 127 x 20. Weight in Grams: 318.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Seagull Books London Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 144
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780857422248
- ISBN
- 9780857422248
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 18.01
€ 20.99
€ 18.01
Paperback. Mr Palomar is a delightful eccentric whose chief activity is looking at things. He is seeking knowledge. Whether contemplating a fine cheese, a hungry gecko, a woman sunbathing topless or a flight of migrant starlings, Mr Palomar's observations render the world afresh. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 9. Weight in Grams: 102.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- Vintage Classics
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780099430872
- ISBN
- 9780099430872
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.33
€ 10.33
Paperback. Mrs Bridge, an unremarkable and conservative housewife in Kansas City, has three children and a kindly lawyer husband. She spends her time with shopping, going to bridge parties and bringing up her children to be pleasant, clean and have nice manners. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 132 x 13. Weight in Grams: 158.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Number of pages
- 208
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- 01st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141198651
- ISBN
- 9780141198651
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.95
€ 13.99
€ 10.95
Paperback. This novel explores the hidden springs of thought and action in one day of a woman's life. Virginia Woolf is direct and vivid in her account of the details of Clarissa Dalloway's preparation for a party. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 256 pages, 1 map. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 130 x 12. Weight in Grams: 182.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199536009
- ISBN
- 9780199536009
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 9.91
€ 10.99
€ 9.91
Paperback. WITH INTRODUCTIONS BY VALENTINE CUNNINGHAM AND CAROL ANN DUFFY In this vivid portrait of one day in a woman's life, Clarissa Dalloway is preoccupied with the last-minute details of party she is to give that evening. As she readies her house she is flooded with memories and re-examines the choices she has made over the course of her life. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 13. Weight in Grams: 154.
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Edition
- 01st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099470458
- ISBN
- 9780099470458
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.14
€ 11.99
€ 10.14
Paperback. A nostalgic collection on rural schools, childhood and English country life from the much-loved author of VILLAGE SCHOOL. Num Pages: 336 pages, line drawings throughout. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 140 x 22. Weight in Grams: 232.
- Publisher
- Orion Publishing Co
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781409148142
- ISBN
- 9781409148142
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.97
€ 13.99
€ 10.97
Paperback. Introducing the indomitable, endearing charlady, Mrs Harris.. Series: The Bloomsbury Group. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 131 x 21. Weight in Grams: 240. The Adventures of Mrs Harris. AND Mrs Harris Goes to New York. Series: The Bloomsbury Group. 320 pages. Introducing the indomitable, endearing charlady, Mrs Harris. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: FA. Dimension: 196 x 131 x 21. Weight: 220.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Edition
- 1st Thus
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781408808566
- ISBN
- 9781408808566
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.03
€ 11.99
€ 10.03
Paperback. *A humorous and compassionate look at the blossoming friendship between an old woman and a young man. Series: VMC. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 15. Weight in Grams: 180.
- Publisher
- Little, Brown Book Group
- Number of pages
- 224
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781844083213
- ISBN
- 9781844083213
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.98
€ 13.99
€ 10.98
Paperback. Bertha Ley comes of age, inherits her father's money and promptly marries a handsome, calm and unimaginative man. Bertha is wildly in love with Edward and believes she can be happy playing the role of a dutiful wife in their country home. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 19. Weight in Grams: 222.
- Publisher
- Vintage United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 304
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099288800
- ISBN
- 9780099288800
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.95
€ 13.99
€ 10.95
Hardcover. First published in 1925, this traces a day in the life of society hostess, Clarissa Dalloway. It is Woolf's first complete rendering of her "stream of consciousness" mode, which displays the inner workings of the mind as it considers the surface and darker depths of reality. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 209 x 136 x 27. Weight in Grams: 398.
- Publisher
- Everyman United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 224
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781857151572
- ISBN
- 9781857151572
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 14.86
€ 19.99
€ 14.86
Paperback. Society hostess, Clarissa Dalloway is giving a party. Her thoughts and sensations on that one day, and the interior monologues of others whose lives are interwoven with hers gradually reveal the characters of the central protagonists. Clarissa's life is touched by tragedy as the events in her day run parallel to those of Septimus Warren Smith. Series Editor(s): Carabine, Dr. Keith. Series: Wordsworth Classics. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 10. Weight in Grams: 120.
- Publisher
- Wordsworth Editions
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Edition
- New
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781853261916
- ISBN
- 9781853261916
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 6.28
€ 6.28
Paperback. The vengeful ghost of Rebecca, Maxim's first wife, continues to cast its long shadow over Maxim and the second Mrs de Winter. Back in England after an absence of over 10 years, it seems as if happiness will at last be theirs. But the de Winters still have to reckon with 2 hate-consumed figures they once knew - both of whom have very long memories. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 130 x 19. Weight in Grams: 222.
- Publisher
- Vintage United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 304
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099284789
- ISBN
- 9780099284789
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.87
€ 13.99
€ 10.87
Paperback. The story of the most famous writer of his generation and the four extraordinary women who married him. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 131 x 21. Weight in Grams: 242. Fine copy with light shelf wear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Pan Macmillan
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KCW0014523
- ISBN
- 9781447226888
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Num Pages: 159 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 208 x 11. Weight in Grams: 206.
- Publisher
- Moyer Bell Ltd ,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 159
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1988
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780918825605
- ISBN
- 9780918825605
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 9.38
€ 10.99
€ 9.38