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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

Paperback. Packed with ideas and inspiration, The Mystery Feast offers numerous pathways into the magical world of storytelling. Based on decades of honing his art, this stimulating booklet gives a glimpse into the mind of Ben Okri, a master of contemporary storytelling. Num Pages: 48 pages. BIC Classification: DNF; FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 133 x 131 x 9. Weight in Grams: 50.
Publisher
Clairview Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781905570768
ISBN
9781905570768
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 8.43

Paperback. Jerome Palissier spends many summers at his uncle's house in the Normandy countryside. There he falls in love with his cousin Alissa and she with him. But gradually she becomes convinced that Jerome's love for her is endangering his soul. In the interests of his salvation, she decides to suppress everything that is beautiful in herself. Translator(s): Bussy, Dorothy. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 9. Weight in Grams: 102.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
128
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141185248
ISBN
9780141185248
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.02

Hardcover. .
Edition
1st Everyman
Publisher
Everyman Paperback Classics
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9781841591735
ISBN
9781841591735
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 15.04

Paperback. THE SUNDAY TIMES DOUBLE BESTSELLER 'Part whodunnit, part coming of age, this is a gripping debut about the secrets behind every door' RACHEL JOYCE Num Pages: 464 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKEM; FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 198 x 34. Weight in Grams: 324.
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
01st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780008132170
ISBN
9780008132170
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.63

Hardcover. When someone breaks into the cricket pavilion and steals two silver cups, the whole school is agog. Could it possibly be an inside job? Nothing less than the honour of St Austin's is at stake, not to mention the reputation of Jim Thomson, an excellent athlete with a talent for being in the wrong place at the wrong time. Series: Everyman's Library P G Wodehouse. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 192 x 133 x 18. Weight in Grams: 256.
Publisher
Everyman United Kingdom
Number of pages
160
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9781841591674
ISBN
9781841591674
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.41

Paperback. The day Joe Remington brought his new bride to Fell Rise, he had already sensed she might not settle easily into his home just outside the Tyneside town of Fellburn. Then when Elaine became pregnant, she saw it as a disaster and only the willingness of her unmarried sister Betty to come an see her through her confinement made it bearable. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 179 x 108 x 25. Weight in Grams: 206. Clean copy with some very light shelfwear. Good to very good
Edition
Reprint
Publisher
Corgi
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KST0017000
ISBN
9780552136228
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. A mother shouldn't have favourites. A brilliantly observed family drama from celebrated comedian and writer Jenny Eclair. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 127 x 23. Weight in Grams: 280.
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9780751547559
ISBN
9780751547559
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.05

Paperback. No one knows what goes on behind closed doors.. Num Pages: 528 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 134 x 37. Weight in Grams: 380.
Publisher
Headline Publishing Group United Kingdom
Number of pages
528
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9780755349050
ISBN
9780755349050
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.05

Paperback. Veering between the comic and tragic, the self-contemptuous and the inspired, Leaving the Atocha Station is a dazzling introduction to one of the smartest, funniest and most audacious writers of a generation Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 131 x 12. Weight in Grams: 140.
Publisher
Granta Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9781847086914
ISBN
9781847086914
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.69

Paperback. Introducing a world literary figure: Sayed Kashua's Let It Be Morning is written with the moral clarity of Damon Galgut and the existential power of Albert Camus. Translator(s): Shlesinger, Miriam. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 132 x 22. Weight in Grams: 272. A Novel. 288 pages. A young journalist, recently married, is seeking a quieter life away from the city. Suddenly, the village becomes a pawn in the power struggles of the Middle East. As the situation grows increasingly dire, paranoia begins to threaten the community's equilibrium, forcing the hero to decide what it means to be human in an inhuman situation. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: FA. Dimension: 197 x 132 x 22. Weight: 272. Translator(s): Shlesinger, Miriam.
Publisher
Atlantic Books
Number of pages
288
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Condition
New
SKU
V9781843545439
ISBN
9781843545439
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 18.46

Paperback. Scout has returned to Maycomb from New York to visit her father Atticus. She is forced to grapple with issues both personal and political as she tries to understand both her father's attitude toward society, and her own feelings about the place where she was born and spent her childhood. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 150 x 268 x 24. Weight in Grams: 388.
Publisher
Cornerstone
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
9781785150296
ISBN
9781785150296
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 12.99
€ 6.00

Paperback. Anna Noon is a twenty-year-old student with a taste for perverse sex involving an enigmatic older man and a ventriloquist's dummy. She lives in Aberdeen and her sex life revolves around the ancient stone circles in the region. The sublime grandeur of the stones provides a backdrop against which Anna is able to act out her provocative psychodramas. Num Pages: 192 pages, map. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 213 x 139 x 13. Weight in Grams: 136.
Publisher
Canongate Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
192
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9781841953533
ISBN
9781841953533
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.74

Paperback. Series: Studies in Austrian Literature, Culture & Thought: Translation S. Num Pages: 196 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ACG; DSG; DSK; FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 215 x 141 x 14. Weight in Grams: 304.
Edition
UK ed.
Publisher
Ariadne Press United States
Number of pages
196
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Condition
New
SKU
V9781572410138
ISBN
9781572410138
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 21.35

Paperback. BIC Classification: FA. .
Publisher
Legend Press Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781785079443
ISBN
9781785079443
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.83

Paperback. Can Katherine Carter build a new life in the open-hearted community of Rotherhithe as the Great War looms ..? Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 175 x 112 x 26. Weight in Grams: 212. Some age and shelf wear.
Condition
Used, Acceptable
Format
Paperback
Publisher
Headline Publishing Group
Publication date
1999
Edition
New Ed
SKU
KNH0010553
ISBN
9780747255376
Paperback
Condition: Used, Acceptable

€ 4.99

Paperback. On the eve of Angolan independence, Ludo bricks herself into her apartment, where she will remain for the next thirty years. She lives off vegetables and pigeons, burns her furniture and books to stay alive and keeps herself busy by writing her story on the walls of her home. Translator(s): Hahn, Daniel. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 132 x 197 x 19. Weight in Grams: 212.
Publisher
Vintage
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099593126
ISBN
9780099593126
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.08

Paperback. Set in a small mid-western town in America in the 1950s where a child's senseless death, the breakup of a marriage and the arrival of a stranger lead to changes in many lives, and to the restoration of a family's dreams. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 178 x 106 x 21. Weight in Grams: 174.
Condition
Used, Good
Edition
Paperback
Publisher
Corgi London
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
SKU
KLN0016064
ISBN
9780552142458
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Set in a small mid-western town in America in the 1950s where a child's senseless death, the breakup of a marriage and the arrival of a stranger lead to changes in many lives, and to the restoration of a family's dreams. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 178 x 106 x 21. Weight in Grams: 174. Clean copy, good to very good
Condition
Used, Very Good
Edition
Paperback
Publisher
Corgi London
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
SKU
KST0015756
ISBN
9780552142458
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. It is 1940, and bombs fall nightly on London. In the thick of the chaos is young American radio reporter Frankie Bard. She huddles close to terrified strangers in underground shelters, and later broadcasts stories about survivors in rubble-strewn streets. But for her listeners, the war is far from home. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 19. Weight in Grams: 240. Some light shelf wear, else as new
Condition
Used, Like New
Edition
1st
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
SKU
KRA0010103
ISBN
9780141046617
Paperback
Condition: Used, Like New

€ 4.99

Paperback. A semi-autobiographical novel that explores the emotional conflicts through the protagonist, Paul Morel, and the suffocating relationships with a demanding mother and two very different lovers. It is a pre-Freudian exploration of love and possessiveness Series Editor(s): Carabine, Dr. Keith. Series: Wordsworth Classics. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 127 x 21. Weight in Grams: 262. Clean copy with some shelfwear. Good to very good
Condition
Used, Very Good
Edition
Reprint
Publisher
Wordsworth Editions
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1992
SKU
KST0032034
ISBN
9781853260476
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

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