Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
Paperback. Brilliant and original, 'A Thousand Years of Good Prayers' introduces a remarkable first collection of stories about China from an author set to become a major literary talent. Num Pages: 254 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 127 x 16. Weight in Grams: 178.
- Edition
- First Printing
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780007196630
- ISBN
- 9780007196630
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.34
€ 13.99
€ 10.34
Paperback. The second collection of stories from Yiyun Li, author of the Guardian First Book Award-winning A Thousand Years of Good Prayers and The Vagrants. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 128 x 15. Weight in Grams: 174.
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780007303106
- ISBN
- 9780007303106
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.45
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€ 10.45
Paperback. Num Pages: 264 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 143 x 211 x 11. Weight in Grams: 205.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- BetterLink Press Incorporated United States
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781602202450
- ISBN
- 9781602202450
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Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 14.66
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€ 14.66
Paperback. Translator(s): Flint, Richard; Zaraf, David. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 203 x 142 x 13. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Dalkey Archive Press United States
- Edition
- Rep Tra
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781564788672
- ISBN
- 9781564788672
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 14.95
€ 14.99
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Paperback. Translator(s): Hodges, Horace Jeffery; Hwang, Sun-ae. Num Pages: 420 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 215 x 140 x 37. Weight in Grams: 690.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Dalkey Archive Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781564789112
- ISBN
- 9781564789112
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 6.23
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Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Peter Owen Publishers United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- First
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780720613599
- ISBN
- 9780720613599
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 14.25
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Paperback. Hortensia and Marion are next door neighbours in a charming, bougainvillea-laden Cape Town suburb. One is black, one white. Both are successful women with impressive careers behind them. Both have recently been widowed. Both are in their eighties. And both are sworn enemies. But one day an unforeseen event forces the women together. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 164 x 240 x 2. Weight in Grams: 204.
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781784701376
- ISBN
- 9781784701376
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.67
€ 13.99
€ 10.67
Paperback. In a glass-enclosed city of absolute straight lines, ruled over by the all-powerful 'Benefactor', the citizens of the totalitarian society of OneState live out lives devoid of passion and creativity - until D-503, a mathematician who dreams in numbers, makes a discovery: he has an individual soul. Set in the twenty-sixth century AD. Translator(s): Brown, Clarence. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 12. Weight in Grams: 194.
- Publisher
- Penguin Classics
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780140185850
- ISBN
- 9780140185850
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.82
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Paperback. Series: Modern Library. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 131 x 11. Weight in Grams: 182.
- Publisher
- Modern Library
- Number of pages
- 224
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Edition
- 2006 Modern Library Pbk. Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812974621
- ISBN
- 9780812974621
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 15.74
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€ 15.74
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1989
- Publisher
- Marion Boyars Publishers Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- New Ed
- Number of pages
- 146
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780714528748
- ISBN
- 9780714528748
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 13.12
€ 13.99
€ 13.12
Paperback. Venya is more interested in how much he and his colleagues can drink during the working day than in his job. Once he is fired, he spends the last of his money on booze and sets off on a train journey to visit beautiful, picturesque, utopian Petushki, where his beloved and child are waiting for him. But Venya's drinking gets out of control.. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 198 x 13. Weight in Grams: 156.
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Main - Faber Modern Classics
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780571322787
- ISBN
- 9780571322787
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.42
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Paperback. Series: Dover Dual Language Russian. Num Pages: 288 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: FA; FYB; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 212 x 137 x 14. Weight in Grams: 338.
- Publisher
- Dover Publications Inc. United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- Bilingual
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780486488738
- ISBN
- 9780486488738
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 18.92
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€ 18.92
Hardback. Set on the eve of the Rape of Nanjing-when Japanese troops invaded the historic capital city, massacred hundreds of thousands, and committed thousands of rapes-Nanjing 1937 is a tender and humorous story of an impossible love and a lively, detailed historical portrait of a culture on the verge of rupture. Translator(s): Berry, Michael. Series: Weatherhead Books on Asia. Num Pages: 234 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 163 x 25. Weight in Grams: 681.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 234
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231127547
- ISBN
- 9780231127547
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 54.85
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Paperback. The stories selected for this collection include the author's novella "A View by the Sea", which was awarded both the Mombusho and Noma literary prizes. Five other short stories represent the best of Yasuoka's writing from the 1950s and 1960s. Translator(s): Wigen, Karen. Num Pages: 196 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 209 x 137 x 15. Weight in Grams: 317.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 196
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231058735
- ISBN
- 9780231058735
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Condition: New
€ 42.92
€ 42.92
Paperback. Ogata Shingo is growing old, and his memory is failing him. At night he hears only the sound of death in the distant rumble from the mountain. The relationships which have previously defined his life - with his son, his wife, and his attractive daughter-in-law - are dissolving, and Shingo is caught between love and destruction. Translator(s): Seidensticker, Edward G. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 201 x 156 x 14. Weight in Grams: 174.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Number of pages
- 224
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141192628
- ISBN
- 9780141192628
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Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.83
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Paperback. Num Pages: 276 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 140 x 17. Weight in Grams: 249.
- Publisher
- Vintage Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Edition
- 1st Vintage International Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780679762645
- ISBN
- 9780679762645
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 13.53
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Paperback. The successful writer Oki has reached middle age and is filled with regrets. He returns to Kyoto to find Otoko, a young woman with whom he had a terrible affair many years before, and discovers that she is now a painter, living with a younger woman as her lover. Translator(s): Hibbett, Howard. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 134 x 197 x 9. Weight in Grams: 116.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Number of pages
- 144
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141192611
- ISBN
- 9780141192611
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Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.81
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Paperback. Shimamura is tired of the bustling city. He takes the train through the snow to the mountains of the west coast of Japan, to meet with a geisha he believes he loves. Translator(s): Seidensticker, Edward G. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 134 x 198 x 8. Weight in Grams: 102.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Number of pages
- 128
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141192598
- ISBN
- 9780141192598
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Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.82
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Paperback. Kikuji has been invited to a tea ceremony by a mistress of his dead father. He is shocked to find there the mistress's rival and successor, Mrs Ota, and that the ceremony has been awkwardly arranged for him to meet his potential future bride. But he is most shocked to be drawn into a relationship with Mrs Ota. Translator(s): Seidensticker, Edward G. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 112 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 151 x 7. Weight in Grams: 92.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 112
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141192604
- ISBN
- 9780141192604
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Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.83
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Paperback. Go is a game of strategy in which two players attempt to surround each other's black or white stones. The competition between the Master of Go and his opponent, Otake, is waged over several months and layered in ceremony. But beneath the game's decorum lie tensions that consume not only the players themselves but their families and friends. Num Pages: 240 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 15. Weight in Grams: 176.
- Publisher
- Yellow Jersey
- Number of pages
- 240
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780224078184
- ISBN
- 9780224078184
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Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.60
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Paperback. Khaled Mamoun works at the Palace of Confessions, a mysterious state-run security agency located in middle-class Cairo, transcribing the testimonies of criminals. Translator(s): Moger, Robin. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 133 x 282 x 2. Weight in Grams: 274.
- Publisher
- The American University in Cairo Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789774168215
- ISBN
- 9789774168215
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 16.99
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€ 16.99
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Number of pages
- 96
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803234932
- ISBN
- 9780803234932
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.20
€ 18.20
Paperback. Ammine, a surgeon in a Jerusalem hospital, struggles to cope with the bodies of victims of a suicide bombing in a Jerusalem restaurant. When the police pin responsibility of the suicide attack on Ammine's wife, he is at first baffled and angry. But his feelings turn to confusion and sorrow when he discovers his wife was indeed behind the attack. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 17. Weight in Grams: 224.
- Publisher
- Random House Uk Ltd
- Number of pages
- 272
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Edition
- 01st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099499275
- ISBN
- 9780099499275
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.81
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Paperback. Exposes the differences between religiosity and dangerous religious extremism. This work present a portrait of life under a fascist theocracy. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 14. Weight in Grams: 158.
- Edition
- New Ed
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099466024
- ISBN
- 9780099466024
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.82
€ 13.99
€ 10.82