Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
Paperback. Set in a rural mining village in South Wales in the years leading up to the Second World War, this book recreates a magical but alive world that will resonate with our memories, real and imagined, of childhood. Series: Library of Wales. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 133 x 13. Weight in Grams: 190.
- Publisher
- Parthian Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 176
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781905762514
- ISBN
- 9781905762514
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.34
€ 11.34
Paperback. Exposing and exploring the sinuous undercurrents of violence, anguish and love, this title examines the nature of the individual, both in isolation and society, as characters define and deny their chosen identities. It reveals the subversive liberation of impotence, and, the humour of discomfort as human beings chafe together. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 129 x 17. Weight in Grams: 178.
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099457114
- ISBN
- 9780099457114
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.01
€ 13.99
€ 11.01
Paperback. For a group of four New York friends, the past ten years have been defined by marriage and motherhood. Now at forty, with their kids growing up, Amy, Jill, Roberta and Karen wake up to a life and a future that is not what they intended. Illicit affairs, money problems, issues with children and husbands all rear their heads. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 132 x 23. Weight in Grams: 252.
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing
- Number of pages
- 352
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Edition
- First Riverhead Trade Paperback Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099523482
- ISBN
- 9780099523482
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 17.61
€ 23.99
€ 17.61
Paperback. Tim Blackburn's wife died in a ball of flame in the Channel, victim of a mystery bomber. His son had died years earlier in Northern Ireland, killed in a terrorist attack. And his daughter Nicole had vanished in the North Pacific after joining an outlawed organisation called Genesis dedicated to saving the planet, by violence if necessary. Num Pages: 480 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 32. Weight in Grams: 336.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 480
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780241955611
- ISBN
- 9780241955611
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 11.81
€ 15.99
€ 11.81
Paperback. Award-winning, bestselling author Michael Arditti's ninth novel, set in the UK. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
- Publisher
- Arcadia Books United Kingdom
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781910050644
- ISBN
- 9781910050644
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.23
€ 11.99
€ 10.23
Paperback. Num Pages: 230 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 204 x 136 x 14. Weight in Grams: 254.
- Publisher
- Three Rooms Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780988400894
- ISBN
- 9780988400894
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 16.00
€ 17.99
€ 16.00
Paperback. A man and a woman meet by chance while returning to their homeland, which they had abandoned 20 years earlier when they chose to become exiles. Will they manage to pick up the thread of their strange love story, interrupted as soon as it began and then lost in the tides of history? Translator(s): Asher, Linda. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 127 x 16. Weight in Grams: 172.
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780571215515
- ISBN
- 9780571215515
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.78
€ 13.99
€ 10.78
Paperback. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 217 x 141 x 17. Weight in Grams: 240.
- Publisher
- Chicago Review Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781613731260
- ISBN
- 9781613731260
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 14.19
€ 14.99
€ 14.19
Hardcover. Num Pages: 528 pages. BIC Classification: 3JF; FA; FT; FV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 150 x 93. .
- Publisher
- Macmillan Collector's Library
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- Main Market Ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781909621503
- ISBN
- 9781909621503
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.37
€ 17.99
€ 13.37
Paperback. A breathtakingly brilliant debut novel in the tradition of Cormac McCarthy, inspired by the life of legendary female outlaw Jessie Hickman. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 159 x 27. Weight in Grams: 421.
- Publisher
- Allen & Unwin United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 304
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781743315002
- ISBN
- 9781743315002
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 12.97
€ 17.99
€ 12.97
Paperback. A charming, witty and original debut reminiscent of Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 200 x 129 x 21. Weight in Grams: 196.
- Publisher
- Hodder & Stoughton General Division
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781473612020
- ISBN
- 9781473612020
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.66
€ 13.99
€ 11.66
Paperback. What would you do if you found out that your husband, your father, your son - was not who you thought? Could you ever love him again? Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 129 x 30. Weight in Grams: 358.
- Publisher
- Allen & Unwin
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781743318751
- ISBN
- 9781743318751
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.70
€ 13.99
€ 10.70
Paperback. Set in the Depression era, this novel is written by a key literary figure in the pubs of post-war Fitzrovia. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 14. Weight in Grams: 172.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 224
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141187112
- ISBN
- 9780141187112
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.01
€ 13.99
€ 11.01
Paperback. Beijing, 2008, the Olympics are coming, but as taxi driver Wang circles the city's congested streets, he feels barely alive. His daily grind is suddenly interrupted when he finds a letter in the sunshade of his cab. Someone is watching him. Someone who claims to be his soulmate and to have known him for over a thousand years. Num Pages: 496 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 185 x 31. Weight in Grams: 330.
- Publisher
- Transworld Publishers Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781784160005
- ISBN
- 9781784160005
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.37
€ 17.99
€ 13.37
Paperback. A terrifying and eerie thriller where the nightmare is real. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FH; FK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
- Publisher
- Headline Publishing Group
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781472248251
- ISBN
- 9781472248251
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.04
€ 13.99
€ 11.04
Paperback. A stunning literary ghost-story of entanglement and obsession; ambition and betrayal - set in present-day Cambridge, but entangled with the 17th century Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 24. Weight in Grams: 262.
- Publisher
- Orion Publishing Co
- Number of pages
- 352
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780753823576
- ISBN
- 9780753823576
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.09
€ 13.99
€ 11.09
Paperback. Lou Connor, a gifted, unhappy sixteen-year-old, is desperate to escape her life of poverty in Sydney. When she is offered an exchange student placement at a school in America it seems as if her dreams will be fulfilled. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 23. Weight in Grams: 252. Used paperback in good condition. Some shelf wear.
- Condition
- Used, Good
- Publisher
- Canongate Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Edition
- Main
- SKU
- KRF0040758
- ISBN
- 9781841956114
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Num Pages: 336 pages, 16 black-and-white photographs. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 140 x 208 x 25. Weight in Grams: 352.
- Publisher
- Persea
- Number of pages
- 336
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Edition
- 3rd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780892552900
- ISBN
- 9780892552900
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 16.45
€ 17.99
€ 16.45
Paperback. Obsession, longing, deceit and even murder feature in this quartet of provocative novellas, which gives a modern twist to tales of women for whom all is not necessarily as it seems. Drawing on history, culture and lore, this is a riveting exploration of the complexities of motherhood: edgy and engrossing, moving, yet at times, disturbing. Num Pages: 280 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 134 x 200 x 22. Weight in Grams: 282.
- Publisher
- Saraband
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781908643575
- ISBN
- 9781908643575
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.09
€ 11.99
€ 10.09
Paperback. Shortlisted for The Orange Prize for Fiction If it hadn't been for the child then none of this might have happened. She saw me kissing her father. She saw her father kissing me. The fact that a child got mixed up in it all made us feel that it mattered, that there was no going back. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 131 x 16. Weight in Grams: 174.
- Edition
- 01st Edition
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780099539780
- ISBN
- 9780099539780
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.45
€ 13.99
€ 10.45