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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

Paperback. Tells of a long-ago Christmas in western Nebraska, when Mari Sandoz's father's house was filled with good music. But, the entire family soon entered into the holiday spirit, as neighbors arrived to feast and dance and enjoy musical selections ranging from Lucia di Lammermoor to Casey at the Telephone. Even old enmities dissolved under the spell. Num Pages: 36 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 3887 x 2744 x 6. Weight in Grams: 57.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Number of pages
36
Condition
New
SKU
V9780803292420
ISBN
9780803292420
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 10.65

Paperback. Offers three tales that feature a commanding female protagonist trapped in her place of origin, neither able nor wanting to escape from the home that gave her life but which now threatens to destroy her. This title presents personal images of utopia, the importance of heritage, and the necessity of burying the dead to approach the future. Translator(s): Stump, Jordan. Series: European Women Writers. Num Pages: 123 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 197 x 121 x 10. Weight in Grams: 140.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Number of pages
123
Condition
New
SKU
V9780803289529
ISBN
9780803289529
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.17

Paperback. "Set in the Midwest, One-Hundred-Knuckled Fist tells the stories of everyday, blue-collar workers with dark humor and a gritty, experimental style, revealing the absurdity of the daily grind and its crushing reality" -- Series: Prairie Schooner Book Prize in Fiction. Num Pages: 186 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5487 x 3556 x 11. Weight in Grams: 240.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Number of pages
186
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780803288546
ISBN
9780803288546
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.79

Paperback. Continues the Moody saga that started in Colorado with Little Britches Illustrator(s): Mawicke, Tran. Num Pages: 235 pages, Illus. BIC Classification: DSBH; DSK; FA; JFS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 135 x 203 x 12. Weight in Grams: 264.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Number of pages
235
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780803282117
ISBN
9780803282117
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 15.82

Paperback. A classic frontier novel Num Pages: 332 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 136 x 202 x 18. Weight in Grams: 366.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1984
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Number of pages
332
Condition
New
Edition
Reprint
SKU
V9780803279148
ISBN
9780803279148
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 23.14

Paperback. Telling the story of Shirley Mounter, a Tuscarora woman and the chief storyteller among the acerbic, eloquent, and often hilarious speakers, this title presents a tapestry of the intricate twists and turns of coincidence, memories, and stories that bind Native families together. Series: Native Storiers: A Series of American Narratives. Num Pages: 166 pages, Illus. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 204 x 137 x 9. Weight in Grams: 182.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Edition
Illustrated
Number of pages
166
Condition
New
SKU
V9780803271180
ISBN
9780803271180
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 17.53

Paperback. After answering a classified ad placed by an import-export company looking for energetic young men willing to take on responsibilities for its African branches - no diploma required - Victor finds himself on The Will of God, a dilapidated boat heading into the heart of darkness as even Conrad couldn't have imagined. Translator(s): Wing, Betsy. Series: European Women Writers. Num Pages: 182 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 10. Weight in Grams: 227.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Number of pages
182
Condition
New
SKU
V9780803264410
ISBN
9780803264410
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.79

Paperback. A novel that describes life on the Nebraska frontier. It presents a range of biographical, historical, and textual information. Editor(s): Rosowski, Susan J.; Mignon, Charles W.; Danker, Kathleen. Series: Willa Cather Scholarly Edition. Num Pages: 392 pages, Map, 16 photographs. BIC Classification: 2ABM; DSBH; DSK; FA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 23. Weight in Grams: 554.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Number of pages
392
Condition
New
Edition
Scholarly
SKU
V9780803264373
ISBN
9780803264373
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 25.20

Paperback. Editor(s): Mignon, Charles W.; Link, Frederick M.; Ronning, Kari A. Series: Willa Cather Scholarly Edition. Num Pages: 371 pages, Illus. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 522.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Number of pages
371
Condition
New
Edition
Scholarly
SKU
V9780803264304
ISBN
9780803264304
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 19.75

Paperback. Comprise fifty-two chapters that provide insights into the existence of this nebulous man named Crab, his absence from the pages of history, his birth in prison, and his never having been born at all. This book parodies literary conventions, deconstructs narrative and meaning, and combines absurdity and hopelessness with irony and humor. Translator(s): Stump, Jordan; Hardin, Eleanor. Num Pages: 128 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5487 x 3226 x 7. Weight in Grams: 171.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Number of pages
128
Condition
New
SKU
V9780803263703
ISBN
9780803263703
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 16.37

Paperback. Contains the author's essays that are personal on the surface, and stresses upon what impresses her in really good literature. Num Pages: 149 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ABM; BG; DSBF; DSBH; DSK; FA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5182 x 3404 x 10. Weight in Grams: 171.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1988
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Number of pages
149
Condition
New
Edition
Reprint
SKU
V9780803263314
ISBN
9780803263314
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 18.58

Paperback. In this semiautobiographical novel, the young French Algerian author Nina Bouraoui introduces us to a girl who feels that Algeria is the country of men. Her childhood years spent in Algeria lead her to explore the borderland between genders as she tries to find her balance between nations, races, and identities. Translator(s): Gavarini, Jehanne-Marie; Salvodon, Marjorie Attignol. Series: European Women Writers. Num Pages: 129 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 142 x 215 x 5. Weight in Grams: 168.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Number of pages
129
Condition
New
SKU
V9780803262591
ISBN
9780803262591
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 25.33

Paperback. A collection of stories that focus on female subjectivity. It features stories such as: "The Nocturnal Butterflies"; "Shadows in the Shadows"; and, "The Shunammite". Translator(s): Steele, Cynthia. Series: Latin American Women Writers. Num Pages: 130 pages, Illus. BIC Classification: 2ADS; DSK; FA; FYB; JFFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 12. Weight in Grams: 227.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Number of pages
130
Condition
New
SKU
V9780803259270
ISBN
9780803259270
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 16.45

Paperback. A.B. Guthrie Jr. is best known for his historical fiction; his classic novel The Way West earned him a Pulitzer Prize. The Big It and Other Stories collects his diverse shorter tales, written between 1946 and 1960. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 203 x 142 x 12. Weight in Grams: 224.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Number of pages
200
Condition
New
SKU
V9780803240551
ISBN
9780803240551
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.84

Paperback. Prize-winning collection of short stories about finding happiness, and the pain necessary to achieve such bliss Series: Prairie Schooner Book Prize in Fiction. Num Pages: 136 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 141 x 10. Weight in Grams: 204.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Number of pages
136
Condition
New
SKU
V9780803232617
ISBN
9780803232617
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 17.47

Paperback. The story of the residents of a small western plains town and the turmoil that results from the colliding interests of its "native" inhabitants and newcomers Series: Flyover Fiction. Num Pages: 328 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 141 x 17. Weight in Grams: 386.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Number of pages
328
Condition
New
SKU
V9780803231085
ISBN
9780803231085
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.79

paperback. A novel about a dystopic, future Argentina where violence rules and the government is powerless to protect its aging citizens Translator(s): Labinger, Andrea G. Series: Latin American Women Writers. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 141 x 10. Weight in Grams: 218.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Number of pages
176
Condition
New
SKU
V9780803229891
ISBN
9780803229891
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 19.26

Paperback. Gives full play to Svoboda's prodigious talents for finding the dark and the strange in the sunny American story Series: Flyover Fiction. Num Pages: 208 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 219 x 158 x 13. Weight in Grams: 278.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9780803226821
ISBN
9780803226821
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 17.47

Paperback. What if Vincent Van Gogh resided in a twentieth-century New York hotel, surviving on food stamps and direct communications with God? And imagine the encounter between David and Goliath from the Philistine's point of view. This book presents a collection of short stories that re-imagine life beyond the margins of 'normality'. Series: Prairie Schooner Book Prize in Fiction. Num Pages: 206 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5487 x 3556 x 11. Weight in Grams: 250.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Number of pages
206
Condition
New
SKU
V9780803225336
ISBN
9780803225336
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 18.70

Paperback. "Robert Vivian's prose is lyrical and harrowing - harrowing in the Biblical sense," Sven Birkerts said of The Mover of Bones, the first book in Vivian's Tall Grass Trilogy. That same lyrical power carries this new volume to a place of hard-won hope and redemption at once both spiritual and earthly. Series: Flyover Fiction. Num Pages: 198 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5487 x 3556 x 10. Weight in Grams: 236.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Number of pages
198
Condition
New
SKU
V9780803213807
ISBN
9780803213807
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 21.36

Paperback. From the author of "Airs of Providence", "The Very Rich Hours", and "The Courage of Girls", this book brings together a dozen new stories. Series: Johns Hopkins: Poetry and Fiction. Num Pages: 136 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 11. Weight in Grams: 227.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
136
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801848537
ISBN
9780801848537
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.99
€ 30.30

Paperback. Num Pages: 443 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 213 x 149 x 31. Weight in Grams: 402.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Baker Publishing Group United States
Number of pages
443
Condition
New
SKU
V9780764225086
ISBN
9780764225086
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.10

Hardback. Translator(s): Rohlich, Thomas H. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 262 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 16. Weight in Grams: 542.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
262
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691641355
ISBN
9780691641355
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 133.37

Paperback. Translation of: Hamamatsu Chaunagon monogatari / Sugawara no Takasue no Musume. Translator(s): Rohlich, Thomas H. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 262 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 14. Weight in Grams: 371.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
262
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691613581
ISBN
9780691613581
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 52.99
€ 37.93

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