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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

Paperback. Set in the vast Kazakh steppes of the crumbling Soviet Empire, Oleg Pavlov's kaleidoscope tale is peopled with soldiers and prisoners, hoboes and refugees and mice that steal medicines. Poetic, tragic and darkly comic, the novel is at once a grotesque portrayal of late Soviet reality and an apocalyptic allegory in the vein of Faulkner and Kafka. Translator(s): Gunin, Anna. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 130 x 27. Weight in Grams: 220.
Publisher
And Other Stories
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781908276582
ISBN
9781908276582
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 15.83

Paperback. This edition of a novel inspired by the Spanish Civil War, offers notes and an introduction, which have been compiled in the light of recent socio-political, topic-based syllabuses and communications studies courses. Editor(s): McDermott, Patricia. Series: Hispanic Texts. Num Pages: 111 pages, endnotes, selected vocabulary. BIC Classification: 2ADS; DSBH; FA. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 197 x 139 x 11. Weight in Grams: 146.
Publisher
Manchester University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1991
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780719032226
ISBN
9780719032226
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.93

Paperback. In the bitter winter of 1946, Rachael Morgan arrives with her only remaining son Edmund in the ruins of Hamburg. Here she is reunited with her husband Lewis, a British colonel charged with rebuilding the shattered city. But as they set off for their new home, Rachael is stunned to discover that Lewis has made an extraordinary decision. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 147 x 197 x 21. Weight in Grams: 240.
Publisher
Penguin
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780241957479
ISBN
9780241957479
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.05

Paperback. * The latest compelling and brilliant novel from Anita Shreve, author of Testimony -- out now in paperback Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 174 x 201 x 20. Weight in Grams: 214. Good clean copy with minor shelf wear
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Abacus
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
SKU
KOC0016092
ISBN
9780349120607
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. * The latest compelling and brilliant novel from Anita Shreve, author of Testimony -- out now in paperback Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 174 x 201 x 20. Weight in Grams: 214. Good clean copy showing some age and shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Abacus
Condition
Used, Good
SKU
KMK0003813
ISBN
9780349120607
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 4.99

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Bella Books United States
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
SKU
V9781602825826
ISBN
9781602825826
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 16.55

Hardcover. Num Pages: 332 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 224 x 151 x 29. Weight in Grams: 448.
Publisher
Rupa Publications
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9788129124852
ISBN
9788129124852
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 15.30

Paperback. Resistance opens in 1944, as the women of a small Welsh farming community wake one morning to find that their husbands have gone. Soon after that a German patrol arrives in their valley. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 198 x 27. Weight in Grams: 290.
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571326129
ISBN
9780571326129
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.78

Paperback. Num Pages: 280 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 136 x 23. Weight in Grams: 246.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Poetry Wales Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
280
Condition
New
SKU
V9781854113337
ISBN
9781854113337
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.16

Paperback. A financially comfortable but troubled young London author, Alex Hargreaves stumbles across the work of an unknown writer from the early 1990s, Vernon Crane, and presuming the missing Crane is dead, decides to pass the work off as his own. Num Pages: 228 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 127 x 198 x 40. Weight in Grams: 364.
Publisher
Repeater
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781910924129
ISBN
9781910924129
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 9.95

paperback. The major and stunning new novel about wartime espionage from bestselling author William Boyd Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 127 x 21. Weight in Grams: 232. Good clean copy showing light age and wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC London
Condition
Used, Good
SKU
KMK0025462
ISBN
9780747586203
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 5.12

Paperback. When a twist of fate delivers an ambitious young medical student to the court of King Charles II, he is suddenly thrust into a world of luxury and opulence. Blessed with a quick wit and sparkling charm, Robert Merivel rises, soon finding favour with the King, and privileged with a position as 'paper groom' to the youngest of the King's mistresses. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 129 x 199 x 31. Weight in Grams: 300.
Publisher
Vintage
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099598428
ISBN
9780099598428
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.05

Paperback. Grace Soudley's life is also coming apart at the seams - her only security is the beautiful yet crumbling old house she was left by her godmother. But unless she can find a fortune, Luckenham House will disintegrate around her. When Ellie and Grace meet, the two very different women find they can help each other out. Num Pages: 480 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 131 x 31. Weight in Grams: 348.
Publisher
Cornerstone
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099446637
ISBN
9780099446637
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.02

Paperback. Seductive, provocative and compulsive, this novel won't let you go until the final page Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FF; FP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 18. Weight in Grams: 188.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9781444763737
ISBN
9781444763737
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.46

Paperback. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 133 x 203 x 21. Weight in Grams: 262.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Ballantine Books Inc.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804179447
ISBN
9780804179447
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 15.18

Paperback. Num Pages: 530 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 204 x 136 x 30. Weight in Grams: 460.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
New American Library United States
Edition
Reprint
Number of pages
530
Condition
New
SKU
V9780451229939
ISBN
9780451229939
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 16.46

Paperback. .
Publisher
Methuen Publishing Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Edition
New edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780413772329
ISBN
9780413772329
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 14.48

hardcover. Centered around the prostitution industry in a rural Chinese community, Retribution presents a compelling exploration of the intersections of sexual desire, sadism, folk belief, and the inexorable cycles of karmic retribution. Translator(s): Goldblatt, Howard; Lin, Sylvia Li-Chun. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 163 x 21. Weight in Grams: 430.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231128742
ISBN
9780231128742
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 49.00

Paperback. Num Pages: 235 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 2AB; FA; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 215 x 139 x 20. Weight in Grams: 308.
Publisher
New European Publications United Kingdom
Number of pages
235
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781872410050
ISBN
9781872410050
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 14.43

Hardback. Magnolias, water, mescal, stars, and fire return again and again in these seven sparse-yet tightly written-vignettes. Series: Johns Hopkins: Poetry and Fiction. Num Pages: 112 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 225 x 149 x 14. Weight in Grams: 276.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
112
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801894312
ISBN
9780801894312
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 27.92

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