Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
Paperback. Now a major motion picture from Academy Award-winning director Ang Lee Winner of the Booker Prize Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 22. Weight in Grams: 250.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Canongate Books
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Tie-In - Film Tie-In
- SKU
- 9780857865533
- ISBN
- 9780857865533
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 7.50
€ 10.99
€ 7.50
Hardback. When a letter from an elderly taxidermist drops onto Henry's doormat it poses a puzzle that he cannot resist. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 224 x 140 x 22. Weight in Grams: 358. Very good copy in pristine dustwrapper . First edition signed by the Author with neat newsclippings
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Edition
- Main
- Publisher
- Canongate Books London
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- SKU
- KEX0303187
- ISBN
- 9781847677655
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 50.00
€ 50.00
Paperback. The dazzling follow-up to the million-copy bestselling LIFE OF PI Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 15. Weight in Grams: 166. 224 pages. The dazzling follow-up to the million-copy bestselling LIFE OF PI. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: FA. Dimension: 197 x 130 x 15. Weight: 162.
- Publisher
- Canongate Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781847677679
- ISBN
- 9781847677679
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.51
€ 13.99
€ 10.51
Paperback. Offers a collection, hailed for its power, compassion and elegance, takes in the wide sweep of human experience. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 16. Weight in Grams: 211. 258 pages. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: FA. Dimension: 196 x 129 x 16. Weight: 210.
- Publisher
- CANONGATE BOOKS
- Number of pages
- 258
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781841956121
- ISBN
- 9781841956121
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.53
€ 13.99
€ 10.53
Paperback. The new, internationally bestselling novel from Yann Martel, the Booker-winning author of Life of Pi Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 248 x 25. Weight in Grams: 244.
- Publisher
- Canongate Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781782114741
- ISBN
- 9781782114741
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.42
€ 13.99
€ 10.42
Paperback. Translator(s): Layland, Alison. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 209 x 136 x 12. Weight in Grams: 206.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Poetry Wales Press United Kingdom
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 160
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781781720578
- ISBN
- 9781781720578
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.60
€ 25.60
Paperback. The Flame Tree offers a vivid snapshot of a fast-developing Malaysia on the cusp of the new millennium, of moral choices and a womans search for her cultural identity. Num Pages: 480 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Dimension: 197 x 168 x 39. Weight in Grams: 458.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- MONSOON BOOKS
- Number of pages
- 480
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789814423908
- ISBN
- 9789814423908
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.98
€ 16.98
Paperback. Divided into four narratives, echoing the four texts of Confucianism and the four Gospels of the New Testament, this book tells the story of one of China's most controversial periods. It also shows us the power of camaraderie, love and faith against oppression and the darkest possible odds. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099569497
- ISBN
- 9780099569497
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.81
€ 13.99
€ 10.81
Paperback. A dark novella of village life in southern Egypt Translator(s): Selim, Samah. Num Pages: 156 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 119 x 196 x 10. Weight in Grams: 190.
- Publisher
- The American University in Cairo Press Egypt
- Number of pages
- 156
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789774166280
- ISBN
- 9789774166280
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 17.38
€ 18.99
€ 17.38
Paperback. Describes individuals who somehow manage to scrape through life's hardships. Translator(s): Johnson-Davies, Denys. Num Pages: 88 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 201 x 128 x 7. Weight in Grams: 152.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- The American University in Cairo Press Egypt
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 88
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789774249709
- ISBN
- 9789774249709
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.80
€ 21.80
Paperback. Offers a irreverent overview of Indonesian history in the Sukarno and Suharto eras and insights into the postcolonial condition. This title tells a story that begins in the 1930s, before Indonesia's independence from Dutch rule, and follows the fortunes of a poor Javanese village woman who becomes a servant in the household of President Sukarno. Translator(s): Keeler, Ward. Num Pages: 224 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 142 x 216 x 13. Weight in Grams: 266.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- University of Washington Press United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780295983929
- ISBN
- 9780295983929
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 31.10
€ 33.99
€ 31.10
Paperback. The Li sisters don't have much education, but one thing has been drummed into them: their mother is a failure because she hasn't managed to produce a son, and they themselves only merit a number as a name. Yet when circumstances lead the sisters to seek work in distant Nanjing, the shocking new urban environment opens their eyes. Translator(s): Tyldesley, Esther. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 130 x 18. Weight in Grams: 198.
- Publisher
- Vintage Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099501534
- ISBN
- 9780099501534
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 13.91
€ 16.99
€ 13.91
Paperback. Num Pages: 300 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 151 x 216 x 28. Weight in Grams: 518.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- BetterLink Press Incorporated United States
- Number of pages
- 300
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781602202474
- ISBN
- 9781602202474
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.28
€ 20.28
Paperback. Twenty-three-year-old Zhuang arrives in London to spend a year learning English. Struggling to find her way in the city, and through the puzzles of tense, verb and adverb; she falls for an older Englishman and begins to realise that the landscape of love is an even trickier terrain. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 22. Weight in Grams: 288.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Vintage
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- First Thus
- SKU
- V9780099501473
- ISBN
- 9780099501473
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.67
€ 13.99
€ 10.67
Paperback. Selected from the book A Concise Chinese-English Dictionary for Lovers by Xiaolu Guo VINTAGE MINIS: GREAT MINDS. BIG IDEAS. LITTLE BOOKS. Also in the Vintage Minis series: Desire by Haruki Murakami Eating by Nigella Lawson Race by Toni Morrison Babies by Anne Enright Series: Vintage Minis. Num Pages: 96 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 178 x 110. .
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 01st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781784872700
- ISBN
- 9781784872700
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 7.99€ 7.68
€ 7.99
€ 7.68
Paperback. Life as a film extra in Beijing might seem hard, but Fenfang won't be defeated. She has travelled 1800 miles to seek her fortune in the city, and has no desire to return to the never-ending sweet potato fields back home. Num Pages: 208 pages, ill. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 16. Weight in Grams: 156.
- Publisher
- Vintage Books USA
- Number of pages
- 208
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099512936
- ISBN
- 9780099512936
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.85
€ 13.99
€ 10.85
Paperback. In a flat above a noisy north London market, translator Iona Kirkpatrick starts work on a Chinese letter. Two lovers, Mu and Jian, have been driven apart by forces beyond their control. As Iona unravels the story of the lovers, Jian and Mu seem to be travelling further and further away from each other. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 199 x 26. Weight in Grams: 316.
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099583738
- ISBN
- 9780099583738
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.81
€ 13.99
€ 10.81
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 208
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099526674
- ISBN
- 9780099526674
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 13.91
€ 16.99
€ 13.91
Paperback. Coral and her frisbee-obsessed boyfriend, Red live on the ground floor of a cramped tower block in the megalopolis that is Beijing. The very epitome of disaffected, unfulfilled youth, their already fragile existence is shattered by the arrival of a mysterious fishy package. This novel is about memory, loss and the search for redemption. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 130 x 13. Weight in Grams: 142.
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 192
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099459071
- ISBN
- 9780099459071
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 13.91
€ 16.99
€ 13.91
Paperback. Series: Contemporary Writers from Shanghai. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 173 x 118 x 18. Weight in Grams: 200.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- BetterLink Press Incorporated United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781602202405
- ISBN
- 9781602202405
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 14.59
€ 14.99
€ 14.59
Paperback. Series: Contemporary Writers from Shanghai. Num Pages: 280 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 174 x 109 x 20. Weight in Grams: 212.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- BetterLink Press Incorporated United States
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781602202429
- ISBN
- 9781602202429
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 14.68
€ 14.99
€ 14.68
Paperback. Translator(s): Sartarelli, Stephen. Num Pages: 244 pages. BIC Classification: BGL; FA; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 152 x 101. .
- Publisher
- New Directions Publishing Corporation
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Reissue
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780811222105
- ISBN
- 9780811222105
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 16.10
€ 16.99
€ 16.10
Paperback. Summer 1923. The modern world. Orphaned Lucy Marsh climbs into the back of the old army truck and is whisked off to the woods, where the funny men live. If she can only avoid all the hazards on the path, she may just survive into a bright new tomorrow. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 28. .
- Publisher
- Salt Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781784630935
- ISBN
- 9781784630935
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 9.82
€ 11.99
€ 9.82