Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
Paperback. Num Pages: 192 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: FA; FV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 340.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Texas Christian University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780875655451
- ISBN
- 9780875655451
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 23.65
€ 26.99
€ 23.65
Paperback. Series: Texas Tradition. Num Pages: 275 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 431.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Texas Christian University Press
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780875655505
- ISBN
- 9780875655505
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 22.76
€ 24.99
€ 22.76
Paperback. Num Pages: 393 pages, maps. BIC Classification: FA; FV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 152 x 33. Weight in Grams: 576.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Texas Christian University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780875655697
- ISBN
- 9780875655697
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 26.31
€ 29.99
€ 26.31
Paperback. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 490.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Texas Christian University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780875655994
- ISBN
- 9780875655994
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 23.15
€ 24.99
€ 23.15
Hardcover. Num Pages: 246 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Dimension: 233 x 156 x 20. Weight in Grams: 567.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1985
- Publisher
- Texas Christian University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780912646985
- ISBN
- 9780912646985
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 19.25
€ 19.25
Paperback. "This edition is wonderfully rich. It is a pleasure to know that the text that made Opie's reputation in her own day is back in print and prepared by such able hands." -- Christine M. Cooper, University of Massachusetts, Amherst Editor(s): King, Shelley; Pierce, John B. Num Pages: 377 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 435.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Broadview Press Ltd Canada
- Number of pages
- 377
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781551111872
- ISBN
- 9781551111872
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 42.99€ 38.66
€ 42.99
€ 38.66
Paperback / so. "Kate Lawson's edition of Villette is expansive and precise, like the novel it contextualizes and introduces so well." -- Gail Turley Houston, University of New Mexico Editor(s): Lawson, Kate. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 26. Weight in Grams: 624.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Broadview Press Ltd Canada
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781551114613
- ISBN
- 9781551114613
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.55
€ 32.99
€ 29.55
paperback. In her 1981 collection of stories, In the Land of Dreamy Dreams, Ellen Gilchrist writes about New Orleans as no other writer. Laced with envy, greed, lust, terror, and self-deceit, her stories will shock and compel readers. Series: Southern Revivals. Num Pages: 184 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 227.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- University South Carolina Pr United States
- Number of pages
- 184
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Reprint
- SKU
- V9781611176612
- ISBN
- 9781611176612
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 17.69
€ 19.99
€ 17.69
paperback. Meet Maud. Maud is forgetful. She makes a cup of tea and doesn't remember to drink it. She goes to the shops and forgets why she went. Sometimes her home is unrecognizable - or her daughter Helen seems a total stranger. But there's one thing Maud is sure of: her friend Elizabeth is missing. The note in her pocket tells her so. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 196 x 19. Weight in Grams: 210.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780241968185
- ISBN
- 9780241968185
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 10.69
€ 19.99
€ 10.69
Hardcover. Translator(s): McCormick, Robert H. Series: CARAF Books: Caribbean and African Literature Translated from French. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 272.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813936468
- ISBN
- 9780813936468
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 72.82
€ 72.82
Paperback. This novel of the harem, originally published in 1958, is a dramatisation of a piece of Egyptian feminine and feminist history. Set at the turn of the century, when Egyptian women were struggling to come forward, it tells the story of life behind the veil and of one woman's rebellion against it. Translator(s): Atiya, Nayra. Series: Contemporary Issues in the Middle East. Num Pages: 128 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 139 x 17. Weight in Grams: 281.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- Syracuse University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 128
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780815602804
- ISBN
- 9780815602804
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 19.87
€ 20.99
€ 19.87
Hardback. This volume follows the hapless, albeit hilarious, adventures of Menachem-Mendl, a dreamy optimist who travels to New York and across Eastern Europe in search of an elusive fortune at the approach of World War I. His wife and children are left behind in the shtetl of Kasrilevka. Translator(s): Shevrin, Aliza. Series: Library of Modern Jewish Literature. Num Pages: 418 pages, glossary. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 445.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Syracuse University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 418
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780815606772
- ISBN
- 9780815606772
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 26.14
€ 29.99
€ 26.14
Hardback. Writing in a symbolic and minimalist style, author Sonallah Ibrahim has been called the Egyptian Kafka. This wry take on Kafka's "The Trial" revolves around its narrator's attempts to petition successfully the elusive ruling body of his country, known simply as "the committee". Translator(s): St.Germain, Mary; St.Germain, Mary; Constable, Charlene. Series: Middle East Literature in Translation. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 178 x 127 x 19. Weight in Grams: 277.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Syracuse University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780815607267
- ISBN
- 9780815607267
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 22.06
€ 24.99
€ 22.06
A coming-of-age novel with a twist - along with two interracial love stories, a depiction of the explosive 1960s in America and a cross-country search for Mark Twain. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 161 x 18. Weight in Grams: 431.
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Syracuse University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780815607854
- ISBN
- 9780815607854
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 17.11
€ 17.11
Meir, the narrator of the story, is the personal servant of Nathan, a rich tycoon consumed with his obsessions. The deep connection between Meir and Nathan takes its toll on the relationships each man has with the women in his life, revealing issues of national identity and human weakness. Editor(s): Freiden, Ken. Translator(s): Rosenberg, Betsy. Series: Judaic Traditions in Literature, Music and Art. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 139 x 19. Weight in Grams: 390.
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Syracuse University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780815607885
- ISBN
- 9780815607885
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 20.57
€ 20.99
€ 20.57
Hardback. Set in Geneva, Switzerland, around the 1982 Israeli invasion of Lebanon, this intricately plotted novel probes the emotional misfortunes of Arab men and women fleeing the horror of war only to find their ways of life constantly challenged by their foreign surroundings. Translator(s): Roberts, Nancy N. Series: Middle East Literature in Translation. Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 35. Weight in Grams: 907.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Syracuse University Press United States
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 448
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780815608295
- ISBN
- 9780815608295
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 23.97
€ 23.97
Paperback. The main character of Leo Haber's novel grows to sexual and social awareness amid old-world Yiddish-speaking rabbis, new-world mobsters, Jewish non-believers, musicians, ballplayers, and new waves of immigrants. Jewish survival in a free society informs the novel, with the ancient law of the red heifer serving as the central metaphor. Series: New York City History & Culture S. Num Pages: 304 pages, glossary. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 404.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Syracuse University Press United States
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780815608363
- ISBN
- 9780815608363
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.21
€ 13.21
Presenting a collection of four stories and a novella, this title depicts the images of rural life and human emotion. The title story chronicles the life of Lucy Delano as she bears witness to the dramatic changes that her small town confronts. In "The Telephone Girl", a young man struggles to act on his emotions for Mimi, the telephone girl. Num Pages: 168 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 349.
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Syracuse University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 168
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780815608509
- ISBN
- 9780815608509
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 12.85
€ 12.85
Hardcover. Sheds light on the dreams, customs, and everyday concerns of people living in historic obscurity on the fringe of the glitzy, petrodollar kingdoms of the Middle East. This tale begins on a worksite in Egypt's western desert. In the middle of nowhere, railway men and locals wait in hope for the annual return of a "distant train." Translator(s): Aboul-Ela, Hosam M. Series: Middle East Literature in Translation. Num Pages: 216 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 463.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Syracuse University Press
- Edition
- 1st
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780815608592
- ISBN
- 9780815608592
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 23.29
€ 24.99
€ 23.29
Hardcover. Depicts the childhood of Murtada al-Shamikh and his return forty years later to his home in the medina or old city of Tunis. After being taken from his mother and raised in his father's home where he was physically abused and emotionally marginalized, Murtada spends a life of anxiety wandering the world. Translator(s): Hutchins, William Maynard. Series: Middle East Literature in Translation. Num Pages: 176 pages, notes, glossary. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 178 x 127 x 18. Weight in Grams: 295.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Syracuse University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780815608783
- ISBN
- 9780815608783
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 22.18
€ 24.99
€ 22.18