Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
Hardcover. "Winner of the Flannery O'Connor Award for Short Fiction." Series: Flannery O'Connor Award for Short Fiction. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 318.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- University of Georgia Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780820345482
- ISBN
- 9780820345482
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 25.37
€ 27.99
€ 25.37
Paperback. Sutton's quirky debut collection tracks the emotional journeys of characters struggling to find harmonious relationships with the people they are expected to love and be loved by. All too often, for Sutton's characters, such supposedly sacred relationships disappoint. Num Pages: 216 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 16. Weight in Grams: 254.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- University of Georgia Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780820334219
- ISBN
- 9780820334219
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 25.70
€ 29.99
€ 25.70
Paperback. Set in rural South Carolina in the early twentieth century, this work weaves a complex tale from the threads of actual events in author James Kilgo's family history. At the center of the story are two brothers, Hart and Tison Bonner, and their cousin Jennie Grant, the mixed-race woman one brother loves and the other dishonors. Series: Brown Thrasher Books. Num Pages: 304 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 151 x 21. Weight in Grams: 381.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- University of Georgia Press
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780820329284
- ISBN
- 9780820329284
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 28.90
€ 32.99
€ 28.90
Paperback. Set in the invented Mississippi Delta town of Madagascar, this book depicts a rural South dependent on agribusiness and the fruits of some less attractive forms of capitalism - gambling and other vices. It presents a novel which is filled with music, wisdom, and spontaneous joy. Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 603.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- University of Georgia Press
- Edition
- Pbk. Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780820328386
- ISBN
- 9780820328386
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 28.08
€ 29.99
€ 28.08
Paperback. En esta coleccion de ensayos entretejidos con poemas y folclore, Judith Ortiz Cofer cuenta la historia de como llego a ser poeta y escritora y explora su amor por las palabras, su descubrimiento de la magia del lenguaje y su lucha por sacar tiempo de donde no tenia para practicar su arte." Translator(s): Olazagasti-Segovia, Elena. Num Pages: 152 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 178 x 127 x 11. Weight in Grams: 154.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- University of Georgia Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780820326740
- ISBN
- 9780820326740
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 21.94
€ 24.99
€ 21.94
Paperback. Bawdy and sometimes horrifying, hilarious on the way to being tragic, Raymond Andrews's Muskhogean County novels tell of black life in the Deep South from the end of the First World War to the beginning of the 1960s, from the days of mules and white men with bullwhips to the moment when the pendulum began to swing. Num Pages: 232 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 159 x 18. Weight in Grams: 386.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1988
- Publisher
- University of Georgia Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780820310695
- ISBN
- 9780820310695
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 25.74
€ 27.99
€ 25.74
Paperback. It is a portrait of a city that reflects the recession-era Southwest. Inspired by tales from Greek mythology, these gritty heroes and heroines struggle to find their place in the cosmos: each of these linked stories develops the extremes of the modern human psyche. Num Pages: 168 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 13. Weight in Grams: 204.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- University of Arizona Press United States
- Number of pages
- 168
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780816531103
- ISBN
- 9780816531103
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.09
€ 31.09
Paperback. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 149 x 13. Weight in Grams: 295.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- University of Arizona Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780816526574
- ISBN
- 9780816526574
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.09
€ 27.09
Hardcover. Num Pages: 209 pages, maps. BIC Classification: FA; FJW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 431.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- University of Arizona Press
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780816521104
- ISBN
- 9780816521104
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 37.45
€ 37.45
Paperback. Num Pages: 229 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 154 x 15. Weight in Grams: 363.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- University of Arizona Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780816520558
- ISBN
- 9780816520558
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 22.43
€ 23.99
€ 22.43
Paperback. Num Pages: 115 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 139 x 9. Weight in Grams: 145.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- University of Arizona Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780816519590
- ISBN
- 9780816519590
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.82
€ 29.82
Paperback. Translator(s): Sryfi, Mbarek; Allen, Roger. Series: Middle East Literature in Translation. Num Pages: 280 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 154 x 19. Weight in Grams: 416.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Syracuse University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780815633693
- ISBN
- 9780815633693
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.67
€ 40.67
Paperback. A wonderfully exuberant novel of quixotic adolescent longing and the enduring search for self, set in middle-class urban Egypt. Translator(s): Nusairi, Osman. Series: Middle East Literature in Translation. Num Pages: 162 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 153 x 10. Weight in Grams: 252.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Syracuse University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780815610311
- ISBN
- 9780815610311
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.57
€ 24.57
Paperback. This is a grouping of some 40 short stories that attempts to capture the essence of everyday life in the small Middle East country of Kuwait. The stories explore life in Kuwait from an American expatriate's perspective. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 263.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Syracuse University Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 176
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780815610144
- ISBN
- 9780815610144
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 20.53
€ 21.99
€ 20.53
Paperback. The Muslim Suicide focuses on the life of an actual historical character, Ibn Sabin (1217-69), who, born in the town of Murcia in Andalus (Arab Spain), ended his life while on pilgrimage to Mecca. Translator(s): Allen, Roger. Num Pages: 424 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 163 x 25. Weight in Grams: 584.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Syracuse University Press
- Edition
- Tra
- Number of pages
- 424
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780815609667
- ISBN
- 9780815609667
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.28
€ 34.28
Paperback. This is the story of Mara, a Jewish girl from Riverside Drive, and a hippie from Israel whom everyone distrusts, and the Orthodox wedding that unites them. Series: Library of Modern Jewish Literature. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 203 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 277.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Syracuse University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780815606598
- ISBN
- 9780815606598
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 20.47
€ 21.99
€ 20.47
Paperback. A group of Americans in Venice encounter an Ezra Pound-like sculptor. Series: Triquarterly Books. Num Pages: 205 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 140 x 17. Weight in Grams: 259.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Triquarterly
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780810151482
- ISBN
- 9780810151482
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.27
€ 27.27
Paperback. "Originally published in Russian in 2010 by AST (Moscow) and Astrel'-SPb (Saint Petersburg)." Translator(s): Ignashe, Diane Nemec. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 172 x 21. Weight in Grams: 456.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Northwestern University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780810128767
- ISBN
- 9780810128767
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.09
€ 31.09
Paperback. Chronicles the lives of three generations of women in a Mongolian family. Told from the point of view of a mother, three sisters, and the daughter of one of the sisters, this story of secrets and betrayals takes us from the daily rhythms of nomadic life on the steppe to the harsh realities of urban alcoholism and prostitution in the capital. Translator(s): Zucker, Alex. Series Editor(s): Wachtel, Andrew Baruch. Series: Writings from an Unbound Europe S. Num Pages: 284 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 217 x 139 x 15. Weight in Grams: 282.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Northwestern University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 284
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780810124431
- ISBN
- 9780810124431
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 28.55
€ 28.55
Paperback. A memoir-novel that narrates an incident - the premature death of a first-born child, a Down syndrome baby left in the care of the clinic in Algeria. This story uses the event to probe the family history and relationship with the mother, a refugee from Nazi Germany; the dead father, after whom the baby is named; and the medical-student brother. Translator(s): Brahic, Beverley Bie. Series: Avant-garde and Modernism Studies. Num Pages: 112 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 9. Weight in Grams: 191.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Northwestern University Press United States
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 112
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780810123649
- ISBN
- 9780810123649
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 28.55
€ 28.55
Paperback. The narrator of this novel has just exiled himself to Canada after the collapse of Yugoslavia and the death of his mother. As he listens to a series of audio tapes recorded by his mother years before, he ponders her life and their relationship, and tries to come to terms with a new life of his own. Translator(s): Peter, Agnone; Agnone, Peter. Series: Writings from an Unbound Europe S. Num Pages: 136 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 127 x 10. Weight in Grams: 141.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Northwestern University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 136
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780810118836
- ISBN
- 9780810118836
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 22.18
€ 22.18
Paperback. Colonel Barutanski, Lord of Blitva, has freed his country from foreign oppression and now governs with an iron fist. He despises the sycophants beneath him but also recognises amongst his people an arch foe. A tale designed to ignite thought on political, ethical and artistic issues. Translator(s): Levinger-Goy, Jasna; Goy, E.D. Series: Literature in Translation S. Num Pages: 344 pages. BIC Classification: 2AGS; FA; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 196 x 130 x 17. Weight in Grams: 344.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Northwestern University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 344
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780810118621
- ISBN
- 9780810118621
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.18
€ 36.18
Paperback. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General. Dimension: 216 x 139 x 24. Weight in Grams: 395.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Northwestern University Press United States
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780810117570
- ISBN
- 9780810117570
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 28.55
€ 28.55
Paperback. Series: European Classics. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: 2ACG; FA; JFSR1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 131 x 17. Weight in Grams: 308.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Northwestern University Press United States
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780810117068
- ISBN
- 9780810117068
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.36
€ 32.36