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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

Hardback. * Cixous is generally regarded as one of the leading, if not the leading French feminist author writing today. * This book tells the story of how the author re-discovers a box from the past, containing a book manuscript from over fifty years ago. This leads to reflections on literary creativity, memory, identity and dreams. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 217 x 146 x 19. Weight in Grams: 338.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745653907
ISBN
9780745653907
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 59.65

Paperback. * Cixous is generally regarded as one of the leading, if not the leading French feminist author writing today. * This book tells the story of how the author re-discovers a box from the past, containing a book manuscript from over fifty years ago. This leads to reflections on literary creativity, memory, identity and dreams. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 209 x 138 x 15. Weight in Grams: 246.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745653914
ISBN
9780745653914
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 22.11

Paperback. There, this fourth wise man learns the recipe from a fellow prisoner, and learns of the existence and meaning of Jesus. Translator(s): Manheim, Ralph. Num Pages: 268 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 142 x 17. Weight in Grams: 348.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
268
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801857331
ISBN
9780801857331
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 25.10

Paperback. Gemini is a novel of extraordinary proportions, intricate images, and profound thought, in which Michel Tournier tells his fascinating story with an irresistible humor. Translator(s): Carter, Ann. Num Pages: 452 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 217 x 140 x 28. Weight in Grams: 616.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press
Number of pages
456
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801857768
ISBN
9780801857768
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 31.22

Hardback. Magnolias, water, mescal, stars, and fire return again and again in these seven sparse-yet tightly written-vignettes. Series: Johns Hopkins: Poetry and Fiction. Num Pages: 112 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 225 x 149 x 14. Weight in Grams: 276.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
112
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801894312
ISBN
9780801894312
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 27.84

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Number of pages
88
Condition
New
SKU
V9780803224414
ISBN
9780803224414
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.23

Paperback. Self-centred, shape-shifting, driven from one man to another and one city to the next, Kate Riley is all too real but not at all the loyal and steady homebody of idealized womanhood. Kate is about to undergo exploratory brain surgery for a condition she herself has fabricated. Series: Flyover Fiction. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5334 x 3404 x 18. Weight in Grams: 345.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780803225145
ISBN
9780803225145
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 17.54

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Edition
0th Edition
Number of pages
96
Condition
New
SKU
V9780803234932
ISBN
9780803234932
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 17.42

Paperback. Features stories such as: "Under the Lion's Paw", "Up the Coolly", "Mrs. Ripley's Trip" and more. Num Pages: 247 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5182 x 3404 x 17. Weight in Grams: 295.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press new york
Condition
New
SKU
V9780803270589
ISBN
9780803270589
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 20.79

Paperback. Presents an account and indictment of colonialism. Translator(s): Anderson, Alison. Num Pages: Illus. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 154 x 12. Weight in Grams: 310.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Edition
1st
Number of pages
216
Condition
New
SKU
V9780803279667
ISBN
9780803279667
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 18.65

Paperback. Set largely in locations along the French Riviera, these 11 short stories depict with great compassion the harsh realities of life for the less-privileged inhabitants of this privileged region. Num Pages: 214 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: FA; FYB; FYT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 11. Weight in Grams: 291.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780803280076
ISBN
9780803280076
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 20.72

Paperback. Winky thought he'd seen everything in Wyoming Territory. Then into town one lazy day rode a long-haired kid and a colossal African mute. They were met in the saloon by Fiddler Jones, whose hair and temper flared like a wasps' nest. Fiddler's yellow eyes fell instantly in love with the kid's pouch of gold dust. That pouch was worth killing for. Series: Bison Book. Num Pages: 119 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 128 x 9. Weight in Grams: 158. Series: Bison Book S. 119 pages. Winky thought he'd seen everything in Wyoming Territory. Then into town one lazy day rode a long-haired kid and a colossal African mute. They were met in the saloon by Fiddler Jones, whose hair and temper flared like a wasps' nest. Fiddler's yellow eyes fell instantly in love with the kid's pouch of gold dust. That pouch was worth killing for. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: FA. Dimension: 203 x 128 x 9. Weight: 158.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1982
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press
Number of pages
119
Condition
New
SKU
V9780803291317
ISBN
9780803291317
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.13

Paperback. Tells the story of a dreamer on a journey of self-discovery. This novel is a hybrid of love story, tragedy, and farce, with a protagonist who sweet-talks teaspoons, flirts with important politicians, plays maidservant to young boys, and uses a passer-by's mouth as an ashtray. It aims to spoof the stiff-upper-lipped European petit bourgeois. Translator(s): Bernofsky, Susan (Assistant Professor, Bard College, USA). Num Pages: 141 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 204 x 130 x 11. Weight in Grams: 174.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780803298095
ISBN
9780803298095
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 19.69

Paperback. On a lazy, quiet afternoon, in the blink of an eye, our world shatters into two parallel universes, as men vanish from women and women from men. After families and loved ones separate from one another, life continues in different ways for men and women, boys and girls. An explosion of violence sweeps one world that still operates technologically. Series: Bison Frontiers of Imagination. Num Pages: 416 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 201 x 135 x 23. Weight in Grams: 449.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780803298415
ISBN
9780803298415
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 18.53

Hardcover.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1987
Publisher
Ohio University Press oh
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
146
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804008914
ISBN
9780804008914
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 33.28

Paperback. First published in 1930 under the title Fever Pitch, The Lizard Woman is Frank Waters' first novel. It foreshadows a theme central to Waters' later work: that we must attune our spirits to the land to fully understand our places in the natural order. Num Pages: 146 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 143 x 280. Weight in Grams: 168.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
Ohio University Press Ohio
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
146
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804009874
ISBN
9780804009874
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 17.42

Paperback. Num Pages: 268 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 15. Weight in Grams: 320.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1990
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press United States
Number of pages
268
Condition
New
SKU
V9780816618521
ISBN
9780816618521
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 23.10

Paperback. Translator(s): Mier-Cruz, Benjamin. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 272.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press United States
Edition
Reprint
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780816677993
ISBN
9780816677993
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 19.72

Paperback. When cattle rustlers working in the San Joaquin Valley in the 1880s switch to horses and target the Circle C ranch, fourteen-year-old Andi turns to Macy, a homeless, ill-bred new student whose mistakes have endangered Andi but who may hold the key to saving Taffy's foal. Series: Circle C Milestones. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FW; HRCV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 218 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 190.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Kregel Publications,U.S.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780825443671
ISBN
9780825443671
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.33

Hardback. After the failed revolutions of 1848, Galicia has been brought under the rule of the Habsburg Empire, and the Zemka family find themselves embroiled in the struggle for Polish independence. This is a history of Eastern Europe told in miniature through the tumultuous saga of one family as they try to reclaim their estate. Translator(s): Fagan, Teresa Lavender. Series: The French List. Num Pages: 456 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 238 x 162 x 40. Weight in Grams: 774.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Seagull Books London Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
484
Condition
New
SKU
V9780857420282
ISBN
9780857420282
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 35.99
€ 28.11

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