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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

Paperback. Sammar is a young Sudanese widow, working as an Arabic translator at a British university. Estranged from her son, she drifts, grieving and isolated. Life takes a positive turn when she finds herself falling in love with Rae, a Scottish academic. To Sammar, he seems to come from another world and another culture, yet they are drawn to each other. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 15. Weight in Grams: 198.
Publisher
Birlinn General United Kingdom
Number of pages
208
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
SKU
V9781846970801
ISBN
9781846970801
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.34

Paperback. Pulitzer-winning, scintillating studies in yearning and exile from a Bengali Bostonian woman of immense promise. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 132 x 17. Weight in Grams: 154.
Edition
01st Edition
Publisher
Flamingo
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Condition
New
SKU
V9780006551799
ISBN
9780006551799
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 9.91

Paperback.
Publisher
Simon & Schuster United States
Number of pages
128
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781416903291
ISBN
9781416903291
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 9.99
€ 7.70

Paperback. Four young women are brutally attacked in a convent near an all-black town in America in the mid-1970s. The inevitability of this attack, and the attempts to avert it, lie at the heart of Paradise. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 130 x 21. Weight in Grams: 244.
Edition
01st Edition
Publisher
Vintage
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099768210
ISBN
9780099768210
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.00

Paperback. Fall in love with a delicious novel about Paris, cinema and romance. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FRD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 18. Weight in Grams: 198.
Publisher
Quercus
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781782069591
ISBN
9781782069591
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.05

Paperback. Spain, 1936 and the brink of civil war. Young, poor Sira Quiroga is swept up in a whirlwind romance with her wily love Ramiro. Fleeing Madrid together for Morocco, her love blinds her to his real failings. Soon abandoned, left penniless and in debt to the authorities, she has to rely on the one skill she still possesses: sewing. Num Pages: 624 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 135 x 200 x 31. Weight in Grams: 436.
Publisher
Penguin
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9780670920037
ISBN
9780670920037
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 12.58

Paperback. The Bishop of Lindchester is happily married with four daughters. But does he have a secret? Welcome to the fictional Diocese of Lindchester. Conceived as an affectionate homage to Trollope's Barchester Chronicles, Acts and Omissions takes you, dear reader, on a year-long romp in the company of bishops, priests and laypeople. Num Pages: 328 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 234 x 18. Weight in Grams: 352.
Publisher
Marylebone House
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781910674284
ISBN
9781910674284
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 12.56

Paperback. A contemporary love story told with Katy's inimitable laugh-out-loud humour, poignancy and heart. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 133 x 24. Weight in Grams: 250. 8vo.
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
SKU
KEX0296438
ISBN
9780007277384
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback.
Publisher
Europa Editions United States
Number of pages
192
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
Original
Condition
New
SKU
V9781609450663
ISBN
9781609450663
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.46

Paperback. Mallory's mother died fifteen years ago. But her father's last words on the phone were unmistakable: "Find .. mother." Series: A Sunset Cove Novel. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Weight in Grams: 453.
Publisher
Thomas Nelson Publishers
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781401690281
ISBN
9781401690281
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 18.88

Paperback. Sophia's husband Cornelis is one of the lucky ones who grew rich dealing with the Tulip flower. To celebrate, he commissions a young artist to paint him with his beautiful young bride. But as the portrait grows, so does the passion between Sophia and the painter; and ambitions, desires and dreams breed an intricate deception and a reckless gamble. Num Pages: 288 pages, colour illustrations. BIC Classification: FA; FV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 19. Weight in Grams: 232.
Edition
First Thus
Publisher
Vintage
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099288855
ISBN
9780099288855
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.01

Paperback. A wickedly funny novel about life's saddest moments, The Easy Way Out asks the most difficult questions most of us will ever have to consider. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
Publisher
Quercus Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781786480842
ISBN
9781786480842
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.23

Paperback. A novel that exposes the abduction of young children during the Second World War, through the extraordinary story of a mother's search for her son. Translator(s): Elias-Bursac, Ellen. Num Pages: 368 pages, Illustrations, map. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 132 x 23. Weight in Grams: 250.
Publisher
Quercus Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9781780878355
ISBN
9781780878355
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 12.53

Hardcover. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 165 x 239 x 39. Weight in Grams: 830.
Publisher
Ibis Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780892542178
ISBN
9780892542178
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 27.59

Paperback. Includes four stories that illuminate the author's love both for the African people, their dignity and traditions, and for the beauty and wildness of the landscape. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FC; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 9. Weight in Grams: 112.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
144
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1990
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140180435
ISBN
9780140180435
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.23

Paperback. Num Pages: 266 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 144 x 19. Weight in Grams: 362.
Publisher
Open Letter United States
Number of pages
266
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9781934824313
ISBN
9781934824313
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 16.73

Paperback. Deep in the English countryside, Marshwood has always been much more than just a house. When the roof of this house starts to cave in and the money runs out, eighty-year-old Bella resists the pressure to sell and instead begins to peel back the layers of the past. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 25. Weight in Grams: 265. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear.
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Black Swan
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
SKU
KTG0007529
ISBN
9780552774925
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Love, tragedy and hope conspire in Paris, when a kiss between two strangers changes everything. Isabelle Forrester is the wife of a Parisian banker who has long since shut her out of his heart. She has one secret pleasure: a long-distance friendship with a man who, like Isabelle, is trapped in a loveless marriage. Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 178 x 108 x 28. Weight in Grams: 226. Some minor shelf wear, but remains good
Edition
First Thus
Publisher
Corgi
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Condition
Used, Good
SKU
KTJ0007661
ISBN
9780552148528
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Love, tragedy and hope conspire in Paris, when a kiss between two strangers changes everything. Isabelle Forrester is the wife of a Parisian banker who has long since shut her out of his heart. She has one secret pleasure: a long-distance friendship with a man who, like Isabelle, is trapped in a loveless marriage. Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 178 x 108 x 28. Weight in Grams: 226. Keywords: "Subjects - Fiction - By Period,Subjects - Fiction - General". A new and selected poems with translations
Condition
Used, Very Good
Edition
First Thus
Publisher
Corgi
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
SKU
KHS0057867
ISBN
9780552148528
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. A stunning and inspirational new novel from the bestselling author of The Five People You Meet in Heaven and Tuesdays With Morrie. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 127 x 22. Weight in Grams: 258.
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9780751541199
ISBN
9780751541199
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.09

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