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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Bella Books United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9781594933196
ISBN
9781594933196
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 16.47

Paperback. Born in Taiwan, raised in the scholarly traditions of ancient China but forced into the Japanese educational system, Hu Taiming, the protagonist of Orphan of Asia, ultimately finds himself estranged from all three cultures. This autobiographical novel is regarded as an expression of the postwar Taiwanese national consciousness. Translator(s): Mentzas, Ioannis. Series: Modern Chinese Literature from Taiwan. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 281.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231137263
ISBN
9780231137263
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 20.43

Hardcover. .
Publisher
Ebury Press (Fiction)
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781785036323
ISBN
9781785036323
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 23.63

Paperback. The author of "Bird in Hand" and "The Way Life Should Be" delivers a captivating story of two very different women who build an unexpected friendship: a 91-year-old woman with a hidden past as an orphan-train rider and the teenage girl whose own troubled adolescence leads her to seek answers. Num Pages: 304 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 153 x 22. Weight in Grams: 238.
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers Inc
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
F First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780061950728
ISBN
9780061950728
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.58

Paperback. A magical retelling of the myth of Eldorado, the Enchanted City of the Amazon, by one of Brazil's most acclaimed writers Translator(s): Gledson, John. Series: Myths. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 218 x 142 x 14. Weight in Grams: 196.
Publisher
Canongate Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
176
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9781847673008
ISBN
9781847673008
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.73

Paperback. The dazzling new novel, evoking the thrilling world of the Victorian carnival, from the Man Booker-shortlisted author of Jamrach's Menagerie Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
Publisher
Canongate Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9781782116561
ISBN
9781782116561
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 9.95

hardcover. The dazzling new novel, evoking the strange and thrilling world of the Victorian carnival, from the Man Booker-shortlisted author of Jamrach's Menagerie Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 155 x 222 x 36. Weight in Grams: 518. Lacking dust jacket. Good clean copy showing light age and shelfwear
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Canongate Books
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KMO0001500
ISBN
9781782116547
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 5.70

Paperback. Presents a translation of Turkish author Nazli Eray's "Orphee". This work is a rewriting of the myth from the perspective of Eurydice, the wife of Orpheus. Set in junta-ruled Turkey of the 1980s, it resonates with references to the film "Last Tango in Paris", and evolves as a mystery story. Series: CMES Modern Middle East Literatures in Translation Series. Num Pages: 114 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 9. Weight in Grams: 202.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
University of Texas Press United States
Number of pages
114
Condition
New
SKU
V9780292714090
ISBN
9780292714090
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 17.59

Paperback. The outrageous imagination of Margaret Atwood has never been better. Dark, witty, scary and very credible, this is a mystery, an adventure story, a page-turner and a brilliant novel. Shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize and the Orange Prize. Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 125 x 199 x 28. Weight in Grams: 352.
Publisher
Virago Press Ltd
Number of pages
448
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9780349004068
ISBN
9780349004068
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.86

Paperback. A love story and a historical tour de force set in Victorian times, which deals with the undeclared love between clergyman Oscar Hopkins and the heiress Lucinda Leplastrier. Made for each other, the two are gamblers - one obsessive, the other compulsive - incapable of winning at the game of love. Num Pages: 544 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 127 x 36. Weight in Grams: 428.
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Number of pages
544
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
Main - Re-issue
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571270163
ISBN
9780571270163
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.48

Paperback. Oscar is ill and no one, especially not his parents, will tell him what he already knows: that he is dying. Granny Rose, the oldest of the 'ladies in pink' who visit Oscar and his fellow patients, makes friends with him. She suggests that he play a game: to pretend that each of the following twelve days is a decade of his imagined future. Num Pages: 96 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 180 x 132 x 10. Weight in Grams: 80.
Edition
Main
Publisher
Atlantic Books London
Number of pages
96
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
SKU
V9781843548867
ISBN
9781843548867
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 9.95

Paperback. Translator(s): Miller, George; Schwartz, Ros. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Weight in Grams: 350.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Quercus Publishing
Condition
New
SKU
V9781910050699
ISBN
9781910050699
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 13.01

Paperback. In OSCAR WILDE AND THE CANDLELIGHT MURDERS, the first in Gyles Brandreth's acclaimed Oscar Wilde Murder Mysteries series featuring Oscar Wilde and Arthur Conan Doyle, the brutal murder of a young rent-boy puts Oscar in grave danger.. 'Intelligent, amusing and entertaining' Alexander McCall Smith Series: Oscar Wilde Mystery. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 24. Weight in Grams: 252.
Condition
Used, Good
Publisher
Hodder
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
SKU
KEX0302766
ISBN
9780719569302
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 12.99
€ 10.41

Paperback. Num Pages: 253 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 19. Weight in Grams: 277. Clean copy
Condition
Used, Like New
Publisher
Brandon / Mount Eagle Publications Ltd Kerry
Number of pages
253
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Edition
First edition
SKU
KEX0219920
ISBN
9780863222689
Paperback
Condition: Used, Like New

€ 4.99

Paperback. Num Pages: 253 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 19. Weight in Grams: 277. Clean copy
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Brandon / Mount Eagle Publications Ltd Kerry
Edition
First edition
Number of pages
253
Condition
Used, Like New
SKU
KEX0220034
ISBN
9780863222689
Paperback
Condition: Used, Like New

€ 4.99

Paperback. Num Pages: 253 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 19. Weight in Grams: 277. Clean copy
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Brandon / Mount Eagle Publications Ltd Kerry
Edition
First edition
Number of pages
253
Condition
Used, Like New
SKU
KEX0220035
ISBN
9780863222689
Paperback
Condition: Used, Like New

€ 4.99

Paperback. Num Pages: 253 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 19. Weight in Grams: 277. Clean copy
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Brandon / Mount Eagle Publications Ltd Kerry
Edition
First edition
Number of pages
253
Condition
Used, Like New
SKU
KEX0220190
ISBN
9780863222689
Paperback
Condition: Used, Like New

€ 4.99

Paperback. .
Publisher
Imprint unknown
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9781909360235
ISBN
9781909360235
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.18

Paperback. Translator(s): Caine, Danielle. Num Pages: 278 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 137 x 210 x 18. Weight in Grams: 340.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Gefen Publishing House Israel
Number of pages
278
Condition
New
SKU
V9789652294586
ISBN
9789652294586
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 16.54

Paperback. .
Publisher
The American University in Cairo Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Tra
Condition
New
SKU
V9789774167843
ISBN
9789774167843
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.82

Paperback. Illustrator(s): Fisher, Jeff. Editor(s): Quintana, Angel Gurria. Translator(s): Quintana, Angel Gurria. Num Pages: 128 pages, black and white drawings. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 141 x 12. Weight in Grams: 272.
Publisher
Full Circle Editions Ltd
Number of pages
128
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9780957152847
ISBN
9780957152847
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 13.37

Paperback. A rising literary star.. her sophisticated knowledge of music and the intriguing interplay of characters and plot captured me instantly --Amazon Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 132 x 32. Weight in Grams: 424. Clean copy with minor shelf wear
Condition
Used, Very Good
Edition
1st UK Paperback Edition
Publisher
Snowbooks Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
SKU
KOC0017455
ISBN
9781905005116
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. 8vo. Good clean copy of the large format paperback edition
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Doubleday
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Edition
Reprint
SKU
KEX0260033
ISBN
9780385616157
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Two exquisite collections of stories and a Whitbread Award-winning novel brought together with an introduction from Alan Hollinghurst Num Pages: 402 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 27. Weight in Grams: 280.
Publisher
Picador USA
Number of pages
402
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
Reprints
Condition
New
SKU
V9780330457200
ISBN
9780330457200
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.70

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