Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
Paperback. In a small Pennsylvania town in the late 1940s, schoolteacher George Caldwell yearns to find some meaning in his life. Alone with his teenage son for three days in a blizzard, Caldwell sees his son grow and change as he himself begins to lose touch with his life. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 212 x 130 x 21. Weight in Grams: 242.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141189048
- ISBN
- 9780141189048
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 14.82
€ 18.99
€ 14.82
Paperback. Num Pages: 501 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 175 x 107 x 25. Weight in Grams: 280.
- Publication date
- 1984
- Publisher
- Bantam USA
- Condition
- New
- Format
- Paperback
- SKU
- V9780553213430
- ISBN
- 9780553213430
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 9.67
€ 9.67
Paperback. A warm and funny novel about folk musicians, by one of Britain's most popular radio broadcasters. Num Pages: 320 pages, n/a. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 19. Weight in Grams: 220.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Hodder & Stoughton
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780340715697
- ISBN
- 9780340715697
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.66
€ 14.99
€ 11.66
Hardcover. Offers a collection of stories, drawings and poems. Num Pages: 96 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 184 x 138 x 10. Weight in Grams: 182.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1965
- Publisher
- Canongate Books
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781782115410
- ISBN
- 9781782115410
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 12.91
€ 17.99
€ 12.91
Paperback. Offers a portrayal of a man who has glimpsed the hollowness of his existence. But beyond depicting one man's disillusionment, this novel exposes the universal human condition and its absurdities - and our innocence that, once lost, can never be recaptured. Editor(s): Buss, Robin. Translator(s): Buss, Robin. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 96 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 194 x 130 x 7. Weight in Grams: 80.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780141187945
- ISBN
- 9780141187945
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 9.99€ 8.97
€ 9.99
€ 8.97
Paperback. A story set in the mid-19th century, when moves to abolish slavery are at their height, and one man's world of love turns to violence when his daughter dies at the hands of her mother. From the author of EN-GENDERING and NOBEL SPEECH. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 129 x 22. Weight in Grams: 248.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Vintage
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780099273936
- ISBN
- 9780099273936
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 12.99€ 10.38
€ 12.99
€ 10.38
Paperback. Illustrator(s): Scott, Asgeir. Num Pages: 138 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 201 x 134 x 11. Weight in Grams: 208.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Spokesman Books United Kingdom
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 138
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780851246284
- ISBN
- 9780851246284
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 12.24
€ 12.24
Paperback. Burrard Inlet is the body of water that divides Vancouver's North Shore from the rest of the Lower Mainland. In this collection of award-winning stories, Tyler Keevil uses that rugged landscape as a backdrop for characters who are struggling against the elements, each other, and themselves. Num Pages: 254 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 129 x 203 x 22. Weight in Grams: 218.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Parthian Books
- Edition
- Second edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781910409978
- ISBN
- 9781910409978
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 9.83
€ 10.99
€ 9.83
Paperback. They spend their days - and too many of their nights - at work. Away from friends and family, they share a stretch of stained carpet with a group of strangers they call colleagues. There's Chris Yop, clinging to his ergonomic chair; Lynn Mason, the boss, whose breast cancer everyone pretends not to talk about. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 52. Weight in Grams: 286.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Edition
- 01st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141027630
- ISBN
- 9780141027630
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.87
€ 13.99
€ 10.87
Paperback. A reissue of a novel which has been unavailable since 1987, about a young, glamorous, successful couple whose relationship is threatened by an afternoon's faithlessness. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 178 x 108 x 24. Weight in Grams: 200.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Little, Brown Book Group
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780751542493
- ISBN
- 9780751542493
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.98
€ 13.99
€ 10.98
Paperback. The word has gone out that Seduce is dead, and all the mourners gather on the mythical Church Island in the Caribbean for her wake. All bring their own memories of Seduce: her daughter Glory prays for the rescue of her mother's soul. Num Pages: 184 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 205 x 138 x 15. Weight in Grams: 236.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Peepal Tree Press Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 184
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845232177
- ISBN
- 9781845232177
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.66
€ 23.66
Paperback. This book, the first modern study of the subject, examines the history and nature of fairy belief, the major themes and motifs, the demonising attack upon the tradition, and the attempted reinstatement of the reality of fairies at the end of the seventeenth century, as well as their place in ballads and in Scottish literature. Num Pages: 252 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Dimension: 157 x 235 x 20. Weight in Grams: 424. 252 pages. This book, the first modern study of the subject, examines the history and nature of fairy belief, the major themes and motifs, the demonising attack upon the tradition, and the attempted reinstatement of the reality of fairies at the end of the seventeenth century, as well as their place in ballads and in Scottish literature. BIC Classification: FA. Dimension: 157 x 235 x 20. Weight: 422.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- John Donald
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781904607588
- ISBN
- 9781904607588
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 30.58
€ 33.99
€ 30.58
Paperback. Longlisted for the 2013 Man Booker Prize, the overlapping lives of five newcomers to China's most dynamic city are the subject of this kaleidoscopic novel. Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 138 x 29. Weight in Grams: 320.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780007494187
- ISBN
- 9780007494187
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. The new novel from the Booker-shortlisted author of ASTONISHING SPLASHES OF COLOUR, an absorbing and thought-provoking tale about the impact on a happy family when the husband mysteriously vanishes. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 22. Weight in Grams: 274. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Hodder & Stoughton
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KHN0001861
- ISBN
- 9780340994290
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. The brilliant new novel from the bestselling author of 'Mr Golightly's Holiday' and 'Miss Garnet's Angel'. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 20. Weight in Grams: 228.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780007165452
- ISBN
- 9780007165452
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.61
€ 13.99
€ 11.61
Paperback. VAS combines a variety of voices, from journalism and libretto to poem and comic book. Often these voices meet in counterpoint, and the meaning of the narrative emerges from their juxtapositions, harmonies, or discords. Num Pages: 370 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 138 x 30. Weight in Grams: 606.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 370
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226807409
- ISBN
- 9780226807409
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 28.23
€ 35.99
€ 28.23
Paperback. A young man is fighting for his life. Into his room walks a bewitching woman who believes she can save him. Their journey will have you believing in the impossible. A Richard and Judy Best Read 2009 pick. Num Pages: 502 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 129 x 32. Weight in Grams: 348. 502 pages. A young man is fighting for his life. Into his room walks a bewitching woman who believes she can save him. Their journey will have you believing in the impossible. A Richard and Judy Best Read 2009 pick. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: FA. Dimension: 195 x 129 x 32. Weight: 430.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Canongate Books
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781847671691
- ISBN
- 9781847671691
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.44
€ 14.99
€ 11.44
Paperback. Num Pages: 576 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ADF; DSC; FA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 171 x 27. Weight in Grams: 796.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1991
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press United States
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 576
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253207876
- ISBN
- 9780253207876
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 24.78
€ 24.99
€ 24.78
Paperback. Num Pages: 385 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 202 x 169 x 21. Weight in Grams: 277.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Random House USA Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 385
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780553385526
- ISBN
- 9780553385526
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 16.23
€ 17.99
€ 16.23
Paperback. Peter Carey is justly renowned for his novels, which have included the Booker Prize-winning titles Oscar and Lucinda and True History of the Kelly Gang. He is also a dazzling writer of short stories. This volume collects together all the stories from The Fat Man in History and War Crimes as well as three other stories. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 126 x 26. Weight in Grams: 258. ******THIS IS A PREORDER TO BE DELIVERED ON OR AROUND THE PUBLICATION DAY IN FEBRUARY 2022****
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780571175864
- ISBN
- 9780571175864
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 12.98
€ 17.99
€ 12.98
Paperback. A novel, about a man who, recovering from death, is convinced that he is in hell. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 124 x 22. Weight in Grams: 260. ******THIS IS A PREORDER TO BE DELIVERED ON OR AROUND THE PUBLICATION DAY IN FEBRUARY 2022****
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780571225910
- ISBN
- 9780571225910
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.11
€ 11.99
€ 10.11
Paperback. Three friends. Three lives ripped apart by war. A stand out novel from the Sunday Times Number One bestseller Penny Vincenzi. Num Pages: 640 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 41. Weight in Grams: 444.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Headline Review
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780755332649
- ISBN
- 9780755332649
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 12.99€ 10.27
€ 12.99
€ 10.27
Paperback. FLIGHTS, which was awarded Poland's biggest literary prize in 2008, is a novel about travel in the twenty-first century and human anatomy. Olga Tokarczuk perfectly interwtines travel narratives and reflections on travel with observations on the body and on life and death Translator(s): Croft, Jennifer. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 125. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Fitzcarraldo Editions
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781910695432
- ISBN
- 9781910695432
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 12.67
€ 16.99
€ 12.67
Paperback. 220 pages. Hailed by Jose Saramago as the best writer of his generation and a likely future winner of the Nobel Prize, Dalkey Archive is proud to introduce Goncalo M. Tavares and his breakthrough novel. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Dimension: 203 x 143 x 17. Weight: 296. Translator(s): Kushner, Anna.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Dalkey Archive Pr
- Edition
- 1 Original
- Number of pages
- 220
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781564785558
- ISBN
- 9781564785558
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 13.32
€ 13.99
€ 13.32