Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
Hardcover. Translator(s): Reid, Amy Baram. Series: CARAF Books: Caribbean and African Literature Translated from French. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 318.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813935621
- ISBN
- 9780813935621
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 72.73
€ 72.73
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. Haiti's complex social and political situation is the setting for this story of two women ordained by the spirits of Vodou to be "marasa" (twins) in spite of their birth into unrelated families of different classes. Translator(s): Bodkin, Robin Orr. Num Pages: 232 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 143 x 217 x 18. Weight in Grams: 310.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press
- Edition
- Second Paperback Printing
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813917535
- ISBN
- 9780813917535
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.88
€ 33.88
Hardcover. The first volume in "The Works of Stephen Crane" contains Crane's "Bowery Tales," including "Maggie: A Girl of the Streets" and "George's Mother." Num Pages: 184 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 248 x 165 x 32. Weight in Grams: 748.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1969
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press
- Edition
- University of Virginia
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813902586
- ISBN
- 9780813902586
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 105.70
€ 105.70
Paperback. Rebuilding her life in a different town, the taciturn Elsie finds modest comfort among the white people who employ and befriend her. This book weaves the story of a ravaged woman into the traditional tales of her people to create a vivid sense of communities bound by storytelling and understanding and sundered by ignorance and silence. Series: Native Storiers: A Series of American Narratives. Num Pages: 216 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 217 x 140 x 12. Weight in Grams: 274.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803298651
- ISBN
- 9780803298651
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 19.68
€ 19.99
€ 19.68
Paperback / so. Num Pages: 462 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FH; HRCV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 155 x 229 x 31. Weight in Grams: 468.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Tyndale House Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 462
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781414319360
- ISBN
- 9781414319360
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.14
€ 17.14
paperback. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 208 x 140 x 30. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Tyndale House Publishers United States
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781414301068
- ISBN
- 9781414301068
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 16.91
€ 16.99
€ 16.91
Paperback. An autobiographical novel of race and class by one of the leading Black writers of the 20th century. Series: Ann Arbor Paperbacks. Num Pages: 344 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (P) Professional & Scholarly. Dimension: 152 x 229 x 19. Weight in Grams: 363.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1991
- Publisher
- University of Michigan Press
- Edition
- Revised ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780472064687
- ISBN
- 9780472064687
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.15
€ 30.15
Paperback. Series: Modern Library. Num Pages: 500 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 202 x 134 x 21. Weight in Grams: 288.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Modern Library
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780375757426
- ISBN
- 9780375757426
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.13
€ 11.13
paperback. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 139 x 12. Weight in Grams: 212.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Manic D Press, Inc. United States
- Number of pages
- 160
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780916397739
- ISBN
- 9780916397739
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 15.04
€ 15.99
€ 15.04
Paperback. Translator(s): Mason, Alane Salierno. Series: New Directions classic. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 201 x 131 x 15. Weight in Grams: 224.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- New Directions Publishing Corporation United States
- Number of pages
- 144
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780811214551
- ISBN
- 9780811214551
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 15.82
€ 16.99
€ 15.82
paperback. The fatherless Moody family moved from Colorado to Medford, Massachusetts, in 1912, when the author was entering his teens. 'I tried as hard as I could to be a city boy, but I didn't have very good luck', he says. So he is sent to his grandfather's farm in Maine, where he finds a new set of adventures. Illustrator(s): Shenton, Edward. Num Pages: 335 pages, Illus. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 205 x 136 x 20. Weight in Grams: 362.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- Bison Books United States
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 335
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803281943
- ISBN
- 9780803281943
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 17.88
€ 17.99
€ 17.88
paperback. Presents the story about coming of age in America by way of the baseball diamond. Lefthander Henry Wiggen, six feet three, a hundred ninety-five pounds, and the greatest pitcher going, grows to manhood in a right-handed world. Written in Henry's own words, this funny novel follows his eccentric course from bush league to the World Series. Num Pages: 350 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 204 x 133 x 19. Weight in Grams: 384.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Bison Books United States
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Number of pages
- 350
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803273375
- ISBN
- 9780803273375
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 21.70
€ 23.99
€ 21.70
Paperback. A story of the impossibility of love and the impossibility of writing of love, this work is a memoir and a novel, a confession and a reflection on the prerogatives and imperatives of writing one's story. At its center is the beautiful and ethereal Tamara, the incarnation of the narrator's enduring fantasy - a femme fatale for the lover of form. Translator(s): Rendall, Steven. Num Pages: 179 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 10. Weight in Grams: 250.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Number of pages
- 179
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803262157
- ISBN
- 9780803262157
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 19.45
€ 20.99
€ 19.45
mass_market. In its marvelously perceptive portrayal of two young women in love, "Sense and Sensibility" is Austen's insightful representation of early 19th-century middle-class provincial life. This edition features a new Afterword. Revised reissue. Series: Signet Classics. Num Pages: 328 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 175 x 107 x 23. Weight in Grams: 167.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Signet United States
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Reprint
- SKU
- V9780451531018
- ISBN
- 9780451531018
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 8.90
€ 8.90
Paperback. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 145 x 19. Weight in Grams: 350.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Dalkey Archive Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781564788559
- ISBN
- 9781564788559
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 16.04
€ 16.99
€ 16.04
paperback. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 204 x 135 x 20. Weight in Grams: 240.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- HarperOne United States
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Reissue
- SKU
- V9780061122422
- ISBN
- 9780061122422
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 18.53
€ 19.99
€ 18.53
Hardback. Num Pages: 264 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 148 x 24. Weight in Grams: 390.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780060815165
- ISBN
- 9780060815165
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 27.91
€ 32.99
€ 27.91
paperback. Num Pages: black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 142 x 19. Weight in Grams: 240.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- HarperOne United States
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Reprint
- SKU
- V9780060727673
- ISBN
- 9780060727673
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 18.62
€ 19.99
€ 18.62
Paperback. Deals with the desire of Guanya, an African princess, to escape a repulsive fate: betrothal to a wealthy man twenty years older than she. Worse, he is a polygamist, compensating for his own ugliness with the beauty of many wives. Guanya must combat his eagerness, her mother's wish, and a tribal tradition that is as entrenched as it is oppressive. Num Pages: 114 pages. BIC Classification: BGH; FA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5182 x 3429 x 10. Weight in Grams: 171.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Number of pages
- 114
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803297555
- ISBN
- 9780803297555
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 17.51
€ 17.99
€ 17.51