Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
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
€ 33.99€ 28.78
€ 33.99
€ 28.78
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
€ 30.99€ 25.90
€ 30.99
€ 25.90
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
€ 29.99€ 25.26
€ 29.99
€ 25.26
Hardcover. Series: The Flannery O'Connor Award for Short Fiction. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 25. Weight in Grams: 363.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- University of Georgia Press
- Edition
- 1st
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780820346861
- ISBN
- 9780820346861
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 27.12
€ 31.99
€ 27.12
Hardcover. Explores America's obsession with news and entertainment culture. This book features characters that seek to design realistic theme park attractions, such as "OJ's Bronco: The Ride" and "Siege at Waco," that allow park guests to experience the complexities of contemporary news events for themselves. Num Pages: 124 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 458.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- University of Pittsburgh Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822942993
- ISBN
- 9780822942993
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 29.32
€ 33.99
€ 29.32
Paperback. An epic spanning three generations, Leaves of the Banyan Tree tells the story of a family and community in Western Samoa, exploring on a grand scale such universal themes as greed, corruption, colonialism, exploitation, and revenge. Winner of the 1980 New Zealand Wattie Book of the Year Award, it is considered a classic work of Pacific literature. Series: Talanoa: contemporary Pacific literature. Num Pages: 424 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 155 x 27. Weight in Grams: 569.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- Univ Hawaii Pr
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780824815844
- ISBN
- 9780824815844
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.86
€ 37.86
Paperback. "The inhabitants of sleepy old Kanewai town are rudely awakened when disturbing messages begin showing up on the wall of the abandoned movie theater. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 133 x 19. Weight in Grams: 304.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- University of Hawaii Press
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780824828363
- ISBN
- 9780824828363
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 16.91
€ 16.99
€ 16.91
Paperback. This collection contains 113 of the 161 poems Wylie chose for the volumes published in her lifetime and 100 that appeared in Collected Poems and in Last Poems. Also included are the first chapters of her novels, and short stories, essays, reviews, and articles to define Wylie's place on the 1920s literary scene. Editor(s): Hively, Evelyn Helmick. Num Pages: 216 pages, 3 illustrations. BIC Classification: DCF; FA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 413.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Kent State University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780873388290
- ISBN
- 9780873388290
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.60
€ 33.60
Paperback. Series: Texts & Translations. Num Pages: 80 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 144 x 5. Weight in Grams: 109.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- Modern Language Association of America
- Edition
- 59973rd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780873527804
- ISBN
- 9780873527804
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.46
€ 19.46
Paperback. Noted for narrative complexity, stylistic variety, and feminist themes, Pardo Bazan's stories, written a century ago, explore many aspects of the relationships between men and women." Series: Texts & Translations. Num Pages: 141 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 217 x 141 x 10. Weight in Grams: 209.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- The Modern Language Association of America
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780873527842
- ISBN
- 9780873527842
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.01
€ 31.01
Paperback. First published in Switzerland in 1892, finally printed in Russia in 1906, and never before translated into English, Nihilist Girl is the story of a young aristocrat who longs to devote her life to a cause. Num Pages: 139 pages. BIC Classification: 1DVU; DSB; FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 144 x 13. Weight in Grams: 281.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- The Modern Language Association of America
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780873527903
- ISBN
- 9780873527903
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.76
€ 25.76
Paperback. Num Pages: 155 pages. BIC Classification: DSB; FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 249.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- The Modern Language Association of America
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780873529266
- ISBN
- 9780873529266
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.05
€ 31.05
Paperback. This Turkish verse romance written in 1783 is a religious interpretation of the Islamic love tale. Editor(s): Holbrook, Victoria Rowe. Series: MLA Texts & Translations (Paperback). Num Pages: 203 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 211 x 137 x 15. Weight in Grams: 295.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Modern Language Association of America
- Edition
- Bilingual
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780873529334
- ISBN
- 9780873529334
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.79
€ 30.79
Paperback. Mixing slapstick and satire, Monkey's enlightenment offers a glimpse into late Ming intellectual history Series: Michigan Classics in Chinese Studies. Num Pages: 150 pages. BIC Classification: 2GDC; DSK; FA; FV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 231 x 156 x 12. Weight in Grams: 248.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- U OF M CENTER FOR CHINESE STUDIES
- Edition
- 2nd ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780892641420
- ISBN
- 9780892641420
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 22.02
€ 22.02
Paperback. Though critics and literary historians have always had to admit that Susanna Centlivre's comedies were extremely popular, they have tended to devote themselves to a search for evidence in them of supposed deficiencies of 'the female pen,' and to pay as much attention to the playwright's marriages and amorous liasons than to the plays themselves. Series: Broadview Editions. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBD; DSG; FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 214 x 140 x 9. Weight in Grams: 202.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- Broadview Press Ltd Canada
- Edition
- 2 Rev ed
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781551110219
- ISBN
- 9781551110219
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 21.70
€ 27.99
€ 21.70
Paperback. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Weight in Grams: 341.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Broadview Press Ltd ,Canada Canada
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781551111384
- ISBN
- 9781551111384
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.72
€ 31.72
Paperback. Num Pages: 612 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 24. Weight in Grams: 585.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Broadview Press Ltd Canada
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781551111704
- ISBN
- 9781551111704
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 42.99€ 31.14
€ 42.99
€ 31.14
Paperback. This edition of the novel sets the standard for its successors to follow. Allan Simmons, General Editor of The Conradian Num Pages: 455 pages, map. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 141 x 23. Weight in Grams: 530.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Broadview Press Ltd Canada
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781551111728
- ISBN
- 9781551111728
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 28.12
€ 37.99
€ 28.12
Paperback. The Adventures of Eovaai is the most important prose satire of English politics and the administration of Sir Robert Walpole between Gullivers Travels and Jonathan Wild. Jerry C. Beasley, University of Delaware Num Pages: 243 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 219 x 155 x 14. Weight in Grams: 298.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Broadview Press Ltd Canada
- Number of pages
- 243
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781551111971
- ISBN
- 9781551111971
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 28.12
€ 37.99
€ 28.12
Paperback. Eliza Fenwicks fascinating novel Secresy is one of eighteenth-century scholars best-kept secrets. Ruth Perry, MIT Num Pages: 376 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 19. Weight in Grams: 450.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Broadview Press Ltd Canada
- Edition
- 2 ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781551112169
- ISBN
- 9781551112169
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.87
€ 40.99
€ 29.87
Paperback. Num Pages: 530 pages, 1 Illustrations, 1 port. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 146 x 222 x 27. Weight in Grams: 632.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Broadview Press Ltd Canada
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781551112206
- ISBN
- 9781551112206
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.21
€ 27.21
Paperback. Num Pages: 601 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 213 x 140 x 25. Weight in Grams: 562.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Broadview Press Ltd Canada
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781551112213
- ISBN
- 9781551112213
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 43.66
€ 43.66
Paperback. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 19. Weight in Grams: 370.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Broadview Press Ltd Canada
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781551112268
- ISBN
- 9781551112268
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 25.40
€ 26.99
€ 25.40
Paperback. Intrigue, investigations, thievery, drugs and murder all make an appearance in Collins's classic who-done-it, The Moonstone . Published in serial form in 1868, it was inspired in part by a spectacular murder case widely reported in the early 1860s. Editor(s): Farmer, Steve. Series: Broadview Editions. Num Pages: 700 pages, port. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 219 x 141 x 36. Weight in Grams: 848.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Broadview Press Ltd Canada
- Number of pages
- 700
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781551112435
- ISBN
- 9781551112435
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 20.64
€ 26.99
€ 20.64