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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

Hardback. From the Pulitzer and Story Prize winner: sixteen new stories - provocative, funny, disturbing, magical - that delve into the secret lives and desires of ordinary people, alongside retellings of myths and legends that highlight the aspirations of the human spirit. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 166 x 243 x 29. Weight in Grams: 534.
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781472114303
ISBN
9781472114303
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 18.92

Paperback. On a crisp winter morning just before the start of deer season, Ethan and his three-year-old son Nate set off together to discover the beauties of the forest. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 21. Weight in Grams: 225. Clean copy
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Vintage Publishing London
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
SKU
KEX0245749
ISBN
9780099474739
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. It's Manchester, July 1996, the month after the IRA bomb, and the Evening News is carrying reports of two murders. On the front page is a glamorous Egyptian woman, a socialite and heiress to an oil fortune, whose partially clothed body has been found in a basement. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 135 x 199 x 27. Weight in Grams: 223.
Publisher
Vintage
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
KTG0007685
ISBN
9780099554066
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 4.99

Paperback. A spellbinding debut: heartwarming and heartbreaking in equal measure, this is a story of love, loss and the lengths that people go to when driven by grief and by hope. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 122 x 19. Weight in Grams: 206. Good clean copy with shelf wear and yellowing
Condition
Used, Good
Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Edition
Reprint
SKU
KOC0015840
ISBN
9780340827932
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. A spellbinding debut: heartwarming and heartbreaking in equal measure, this is a story of love, loss and the lengths that people go to when driven by grief and by hope. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 122 x 19. Weight in Grams: 206. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Edition
Reprint
SKU
KAK0002718
ISBN
9780340827932
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. By the time Grace is eighteen, she has been orphaned, moved countries and lost touch with her only brother. Talented, awkward and a little fierce, she can't help thinking that she's managed to lose anything she's ever loved. So she decides to revisit her past in America, and she's brought her camera - she's going to catch these memories. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 20. Weight in Grams: 258. Clean copy.
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Edition
New
SKU
KEX0216169
ISBN
9780747568100
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Nine stories make up Haslett's first collection. They are set in Los Angeles, the Midwest, New England and England, but each summons its own distinctive world. The characters include a widower, a young couple, middle-aged siblings and an orphaned boy who finds solace in a classmate's violence. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 214 x 129 x 19. Weight in Grams: 194.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing United Kingdom
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099443643
ISBN
9780099443643
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 16.79

Paperback. Jen has discovered a secret. It's not hers to share, but is it hers to keep? If she tells her husband Jason, he might get over the shock but will he forgive her for telling the truth? She might drive a wedge through their marriage. If she tells someone else in Jason's family - the family she's come to love more than her own. Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 29. Weight in Grams: 318.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141047263
ISBN
9780141047263
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.05

Paperback. Translator(s): Goldstein, Ann. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 137 x 209 x 16. Weight in Grams: 228.
Publisher
Europa Editions
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781609453091
ISBN
9781609453091
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.74

Paperback. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 192 x 106 x 28. Weight in Grams: 208.
Publisher
Ballantine Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Reissue
Condition
New
SKU
V9780345540768
ISBN
9780345540768
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.81

Paperback. An astonishing interweaving of myth, fantasy, history and autobiography, Kenzaburo Oe's Death by Water is the shimmering masterpiece of a Nobel Prize-winning author. Translator(s): Boehm, Deborah Boliver. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 198 x 31. Weight in Grams: 314.
Publisher
Atlantic Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9780857895486
ISBN
9780857895486
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.77

Paperback. For better or worse.. Ella was nineteen and madly in love when she married dashing young artist Sebastian Montclair. But that was a long time ago. Now Ella and the kids live in a ramshackle farmhouse while Sebastian and his paintings inhabit the outhouse next door - a family separated in every way but distance. Num Pages: 496 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 128 x 36. Weight in Grams: 360. Good, clean copy. Showing some shelfwear to covers and page edges
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Penguin
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
SKU
KSG0007566
ISBN
9781405913928
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. On a remote farm in northern Norway, eighty-year-old Anna Neshov is rushed to hospital after suffering a stroke. Her three sons have not spoken in some time. Margido, a devout Christian, works in Trondheim as a funeral director. Translator(s): Anderson, James. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 19. Weight in Grams: 222.
Publisher
Vintage United Kingdom
Number of pages
304
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099502579
ISBN
9780099502579
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 17.65

Paperback. Everybody who is anybody is seen at the glittering parties held in millionaire Jay Gatsby's mansion in West Egg, east of New York. The riotous throng congregates in his garden, coolly debating Gatsby's origins and mysterious past. None of the frivolous socialites understands him and among various rumours is the conviction that 'he killed a man'. Series: Penguin Essentials. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 179 x 111 x 13. Weight in Grams: 122.
Format
Paperback
Publisher
Viking
Number of pages
208
Publication date
2011
Edition
01st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780241951477
ISBN
9780241951477
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.29

Paperback. New collection of stories by an inimitable award-winning author. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 138 x 23. Weight in Grams: 388.
Publisher
Halban Publishers
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781905559633
ISBN
9781905559633
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.09

Paperback. Illustrator(s): Linney, Bob. Num Pages: 144 pages, 11 black and white drawings. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 135 x 246 x 12. Weight in Grams: 170.
Publisher
Charlcombe Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9780956851055
ISBN
9780956851055
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.36

Paperback. Tells the story of Charlie Bucket, a mysterious, eccentric chocolate factory owner and the golden ticket that transforms his existence. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (J) Children / Juvenile. Dimension: 196 x 131 x 9. Weight in Grams: 114.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141394589
ISBN
9780141394589
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.29

Hardcover. Clean copy in dustwrapper
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Chatto & Windus London
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Edition
First Edition
SKU
KEX0246219
ISBN
9780701184360
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. The prize-winning, bestselling debut novel from Anne Michaels, reissued with a striking new cover Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 21. Weight in Grams: 232.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC London
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9780747599258
ISBN
9780747599258
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.90

Paperback. Num Pages: 232 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 198 x 27. Weight in Grams: 226.
Publisher
Melville House UK
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780992876555
ISBN
9780992876555
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.83

Paperback.
Condition
Used, Good
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group
Number of pages
288
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
SKU
KLN0013659
ISBN
9780316729635
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. The latest novel from highly acclaimed writer Alexei Sayle - bleak, hilarious and completely unique Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 129 x 18. Weight in Grams: 194.
Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780340831229
ISBN
9780340831229
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.09

Paperback. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 198 x 24. Weight in Grams: 252.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781408846360
ISBN
9781408846360
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.14

Paperback. Editor(s): Noll, Mark A. Num Pages: 232 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210. .
Publisher
Apollos
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1991
Condition
New
SKU
V9780851114217
ISBN
9780851114217
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 19.48

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