Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
Paperback. The main character of Leo Haber's novel grows to sexual and social awareness amid old-world Yiddish-speaking rabbis, new-world mobsters, Jewish non-believers, musicians, ballplayers, and new waves of immigrants. Jewish survival in a free society informs the novel, with the ancient law of the red heifer serving as the central metaphor. Series: New York City History & Culture S. Num Pages: 304 pages, glossary. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 404.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Syracuse University Press United States
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780815608363
- ISBN
- 9780815608363
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.49
€ 13.49
Hardback. Set in Geneva, Switzerland, around the 1982 Israeli invasion of Lebanon, this intricately plotted novel probes the emotional misfortunes of Arab men and women fleeing the horror of war only to find their ways of life constantly challenged by their foreign surroundings. Translator(s): Roberts, Nancy N. Series: Middle East Literature in Translation. Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 35. Weight in Grams: 907.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Syracuse University Press United States
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 448
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780815608295
- ISBN
- 9780815608295
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 24.56
€ 24.56
Hardback. Writing in a symbolic and minimalist style, author Sonallah Ibrahim has been called the Egyptian Kafka. This wry take on Kafka's "The Trial" revolves around its narrator's attempts to petition successfully the elusive ruling body of his country, known simply as "the committee". Translator(s): St.Germain, Mary; St.Germain, Mary; Constable, Charlene. Series: Middle East Literature in Translation. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 178 x 127 x 19. Weight in Grams: 277.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Syracuse University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780815607267
- ISBN
- 9780815607267
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 22.59
€ 24.99
€ 22.59
Hardback. This volume follows the hapless, albeit hilarious, adventures of Menachem-Mendl, a dreamy optimist who travels to New York and across Eastern Europe in search of an elusive fortune at the approach of World War I. His wife and children are left behind in the shtetl of Kasrilevka. Translator(s): Shevrin, Aliza. Series: Library of Modern Jewish Literature. Num Pages: 418 pages, glossary. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 445.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Syracuse University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 418
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780815606772
- ISBN
- 9780815606772
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 26.79
€ 29.99
€ 26.79
Paperback. This novel of the harem, originally published in 1958, is a dramatisation of a piece of Egyptian feminine and feminist history. Set at the turn of the century, when Egyptian women were struggling to come forward, it tells the story of life behind the veil and of one woman's rebellion against it. Translator(s): Atiya, Nayra. Series: Contemporary Issues in the Middle East. Num Pages: 128 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 139 x 17. Weight in Grams: 281.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- Syracuse University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 128
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780815602804
- ISBN
- 9780815602804
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 20.33
€ 21.99
€ 20.33
Paperback. New from National Book Award-winner Gloria Whelan, stories that explore the unexpected and sometimes amazing ways we live together. Series: Made in Michigan Writers S. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 22. Weight in Grams: 417.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Wayne State University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814338964
- ISBN
- 9780814338964
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.50
€ 24.50
Hardcover. Translator(s): McCormick, Robert H. Series: CARAF Books: Caribbean and African Literature Translated from French. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 272.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813936468
- ISBN
- 9780813936468
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 76.46
€ 76.46
Paperback. Num Pages: 223 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 204 x 130 x 16. Weight in Grams: 292.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1964
- Publisher
- Southern Illinois University Press
- Edition
- 1st
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780809306534
- ISBN
- 9780809306534
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.02
€ 33.02
Paperback. Here, translated into modern English, are the works of literature, history, science, oratory, and philosophy that constitute the mainstream of Roman thought and continue to influence world civilizations. Num Pages: 454 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 222 x 159 x 25. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1952
- Publisher
- University of Wisconsin Press
- Number of pages
- 454
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780299808969
- ISBN
- 9780299808969
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.67
€ 34.67
Paperback. Maurice Burke, an archaeologist, is invited to speak at a conference in the bustling port town of Sousse, Tunisia. At first disillusioned by its rampant tourism and squalid commercialism, Maurice becomes intrigued by his surroundings after meeting a deaf-mute boy. This is the tale of a gay American professor immersed in a North African society. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: 5SG; FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 11. Weight in Grams: 281.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- University of Wisconsin Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780299218942
- ISBN
- 9780299218942
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.80
€ 26.80
Paperback. Num Pages: 216 pages. BIC Classification: 5SG; FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 127 x 15. Weight in Grams: 227.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- University of Wisconsin Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780299208141
- ISBN
- 9780299208141
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.80
€ 26.80
Paperback. Sasha Saunders is the daughter of a Polish rabbi who wins renown as a Yiddish actress. Her daughter Chloe becomes a professor of classics, and Chloe's daughter Phoebe becomes a mathematician who is drawn to traditional Judaism and the domestic life her mother and grandmother rejected. Series: Library of American Fiction. Num Pages: 374 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 127 x 22. Weight in Grams: 417.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- University of Wisconsin Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780299181246
- ISBN
- 9780299181246
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.28
€ 29.28
Paperback. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 213 x 177 x 13. Weight in Grams: 240.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Texas Review Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781933896540
- ISBN
- 9781933896540
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.80
€ 26.80
paperback. Num Pages: 232 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 340.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Northwestern University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9781880684474
- ISBN
- 9781880684474
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.73
€ 24.73
Paperback. Associate Professor Gale Ruthven, a vampire with nearly four hundred years of service at eighty-three colleges and universities, teaches British Romantic poetry at an obscure commuter college somewhere in far West Texas. When a powerful and seductive vampire joins the faculty, Ruthven becomes entangled in a dark mystery. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 525.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Texas Review Press United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781680030570
- ISBN
- 9781680030570
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.06
€ 23.06
Paperback. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 272.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Stephen F. Austin State University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781622881055
- ISBN
- 9781622881055
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.80
€ 21.80
Paperback. A story of four intersecting lives and the events that transform them all Series: Story River Books. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- University of South Carolina Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781611176193
- ISBN
- 9781611176193
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.30
€ 24.30
Paperback. A stunning collection of stories that reveal wondrous play and surreal humor. Story subjects include a monogrammed cube that appears in town, a landlord that cheats you out of first place in the annual Christmas decorating contest, and learning to care for a paring knife as your mate. Num Pages: 152 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 236.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Fiction Collective Two United States
- Number of pages
- 152
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781573661560
- ISBN
- 9781573661560
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99
€ 21.99
Paperback. Originally published in 1986, this is a work of American fiction. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 308.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- The University of Alabama Press United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781573661430
- ISBN
- 9781573661430
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.03
€ 27.03
Paperback. Imagine a world where the American government signed a conservation act to "restore all indigenous flora and fauna to the Great Plains". Fast-forward 14 years to a bowling alley in the Indian Territories, where people find a treaty that gives all of the Americas back to the Indians. Num Pages: 175 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 218 x 151 x 14. Weight in Grams: 250.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- The University of Alabama Press United States
- Number of pages
- 175
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781573661096
- ISBN
- 9781573661096
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.50
€ 24.50
Paperback. A lyrical novel about the way fictions can take over our lives. It tells the story of an unnamed cyber-journalist and his photographer-wife, Reyla, who, childless and approaching middle age, move to a small Idaho town. Then Genia enters the world, a baby girl conceived only in imagination. Num Pages: 200 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 218 x 140 x 23. Weight in Grams: 396.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- The University of Alabama Press United States
- Edition
- 2
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781573661034
- ISBN
- 9781573661034
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.03
€ 27.03
Paperback. "Double or Nothing" challenges the way we read fiction and the way we see words, and in the process, gives us back more of our own world and our real dilemmas than we are used to getting. Num Pages: 320 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 222 x 146 x 18. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Fiction Collective 2
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781573660754
- ISBN
- 9781573660754
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.40
€ 33.40
Paperback. Num Pages: 251 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 141 x 23. Weight in Grams: 367.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- Marlboro Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781568970196
- ISBN
- 9781568970196
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 28.55
€ 28.55
Paperback. "This edition is wonderfully rich. It is a pleasure to know that the text that made Opie's reputation in her own day is back in print and prepared by such able hands." -- Christine M. Cooper, University of Massachusetts, Amherst Editor(s): King, Shelley; Pierce, John B. Num Pages: 377 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 435.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Broadview Press Ltd Canada
- Number of pages
- 377
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781551111872
- ISBN
- 9781551111872
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 42.99€ 38.57
€ 42.99
€ 38.57