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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

Paperback. When the maidservant Auguste gives birth to her illegitimate daughter Magda, she feels burdened with a child she didn't want. The girl grows up to become an ambitious woman, desperate for love and recognition. The Nazi propaganda minister, Joseph Goebbels, appears to answer her need and together they have six children. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 133 x 11. Weight in Grams: 152.
Publisher
Salt Publishing United Kingdom
Number of pages
118
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9781907773402
ISBN
9781907773402
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.87

Paperback. Fiona Maye, a leading High Court judge, renowned for her fierce intelligence and sensitivity is called on to try an urgent case. For religious reasons, a seventeen-year-old boy is refusing the medical treatment that could save his life. Time is running out. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 130 x 17. Weight in Grams: 188.
Publisher
Vintage
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099599630
ISBN
9780099599630
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.08

Paperback. Travelling backwards in time, the narrator tells the story of a love affair that had taken place before his own birth. Translator(s): Kilmartin, Terence; Scott-Moncrieff, C. K.; Enright, D.J. Num Pages: 544 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 130 x 35. Weight in Grams: 396.
Publisher
Vintage Classics
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Edition
1St Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099362210
ISBN
9780099362210
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.05

Paperback. When his induction into the army is delayed, Joseph finds himself facing a year of idleness. This journal presents an account of his restless wanderings through Chicago's streets, his musings on the past, his psychological reaction to his inactivity while war rages around him, and his uneasy insights into the nature of freedom and choice. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 128 x 13. Weight in Grams: 166.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141188775
ISBN
9780141188775
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.00
€ 11.81

Paperback. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: FA; YFB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 130 x 11. Weight in Grams: 140.
Condition
Used, Good
Publisher
Attic Press
Number of pages
144
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
SKU
KST0007029
ISBN
9781855941854
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Well read but in very good condition
Condition
Used, Very Good
Format
Paperback
Publisher
Ballantine Books
Number of pages
371
Publication date
2009
Edition
Reissue
SKU
KNH0007987
ISBN
9780345334015
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Good clean copy.
Condition
Used, Good
Format
Paperback
Publisher
Ballantine Books
Number of pages
371
Publication date
2009
Edition
Reissue
SKU
KRF0002330
ISBN
9780345334015
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Paul O'Rourke - dentist extraordinaire, reluctant New Yorker, avowed atheist, and a connoisseur of the afternoon mochaccino - is a man out of touch with modern life. While his dental practice occupies his days, his nights are filled with darker thoughts, as he alternately marvels at and rails against the optimism of the rest of humanity. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 143 x 23. Weight in Grams: 248.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141047386
ISBN
9780141047386
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 20.20

Paperback. Once upon a time there was a Persian prince. The prince had many brothers, for his father had married over a thousand wives, but Prince Naser alone stood to inherit the kingdom. As the prince ascends to the throne we lurk in his shadow to overhear the whispered intrigues and plotting of bloody battles. Translator(s): Flier, Nancy Forest-. Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 128 x 28. Weight in Grams: 304.
Publisher
Canongate Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9780857862969
ISBN
9780857862969
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.74

Paperback. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 209 x 138 x 23. Weight in Grams: 278. An excellent, clean copy
Condition
Used, Like New
Publisher
Akashic Books New York
Number of pages
200
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
SKU
KRS0018306
ISBN
9781888451849
Paperback
Condition: Used, Like New

€ 5.49

Paperback. Used paperback in good condition. Some shelf wear.
Condition
Used, Good
Publisher
Harvill Secker
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
SKU
KRF0024334
ISBN
9781846550089
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. It is 1995 and Noa and Amir have decided to move in together. Noa is studying photography in Jerusalem and Amir is a psychology student in Tel Aviv, so they choose a tiny flat in a village called El-Kastel. Noa and Amir's flat is separated from that of their landlords, by a thin wall, but on each side we find a completely different world. Translator(s): Silverston, Sondra. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 132 x 25. Weight in Grams: 274.
Publisher
Vintage United Kingdom
Number of pages
384
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099507673
ISBN
9780099507673
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.02

Paperback. Ethan and Jorie, the perfect couple, have been married for 13 years, and are still very much in love. But 13 years ago, Ethan committed a brutal rape and murder. A young girl's phone call exposes him, and nothing will ever be the same for them again. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 21. Weight in Grams: 230. Well-read paperback in good condition.Some shelf wear; may have some light soiling.
Condition
Used, Good
Publisher
Vintage
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
SKU
KRF0030946
ISBN
9780099429142
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Ethan and Jorie, the perfect couple, have been married for 13 years, and are still very much in love. But 13 years ago, Ethan committed a brutal rape and murder. A young girl's phone call exposes him, and nothing will ever be the same for them again. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 21. Weight in Grams: 230. Clean copy
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Vintage
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
SKU
KEX0245372
ISBN
9780099429142
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Early this century Enrico, a young intellectual, leaves the city of Gorizia with its abundant population and culture, to spend several years living on the Patagonian pampas, alone with his ancient Greek texts, his flocks and, every now and then, a woman. This is portrait of a world in ferment, a decaying empire, and a life-long search for meaning. Num Pages: 112 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 132 x 198 x 9. Weight in Grams: 100.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Translation
Condition
New
SKU
V9781784871321
ISBN
9781784871321
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.29

Paperback. A gorgeous, big-hearted debut novel of a young girl tackling the business of growing up while those around her try not to fall apart. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 198 x 23. Weight in Grams: 224.
Publisher
Atlantic Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9781782397540
ISBN
9781782397540
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.24

Paperback. Pauline is spending the summer at World's End, a cottage somewhere in the middle of England. This year the adjoining cottage is occupied by her daughter Teresa and baby grandson Luke; and, of course, Maurice, the man Teresa married. As the hot months unfold, Maurice grows ever more involved in the book he is writing. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 127 x 196 x 12. Weight in Grams: 152.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
192
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141196824
ISBN
9780141196824
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.08

Paperback. Thirty years on, Granta remains the world's most prestigious English-language magazine of new writing. Editor(s): Freeman, John. Series: Granta: The Magazine of New Writing. Num Pages: 256 pages, colour illustrations. BIC Classification: DQ; FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 209 x 146 x 22. Weight in Grams: 422.
Format
Paperback
Publisher
Granta Publications Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
256
Publication date
2010
Edition
1st
Condition
New
SKU
V9781905881239
ISBN
9781905881239
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 12.99

Paperback. With her husband broken by war, does one young woman have the strength to bring him back to life? Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 197 x 21. Weight in Grams: 220. 320 pages. With her husband broken by war, does one young woman have the strength to bring him back to life?. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: FA. Dimension: 130 x 197 x 21. Weight: 220.
Publisher
Canongate Books
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9781847675323
ISBN
9781847675323
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.00
€ 9.98

Paperback. 1962, Anchor Bend, Oregon. The sea calls to Eleanor. Like the turn of the waves it beckons her from the heart of the town she's always known, from her husband Hob and their young daughter, Agnes, to the unfathomable depths of the ocean. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 197 x 26. Weight in Grams: 272.
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
KTG0014181
ISBN
9780008132941
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.95

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