Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
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
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
Hardcover. Contains tales that are set in different eras since 1960s to the turn of the twentieth century. This title offers multiple perspectives on the experience of Lebanese women in the United States. Num Pages: 184 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 367.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Syracuse University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780815608813
- ISBN
- 9780815608813
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 22.66
€ 24.99
€ 22.66
Paperback. Draws on ideological paradoxes created by a military-industrial government pitted against American individualist politics. This title offers a vision of civil unrest, unemployment, and a chronic state of war. Num Pages: 184 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 14. Weight in Grams: 277.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Syracuse University Press
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780815608820
- ISBN
- 9780815608820
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 17.58
€ 17.99
€ 17.58
Hardcover. Tells the author's love story through alternating journal entries and with a complex layering of voices, revealing how a love affair takes shape through twin perspectives of a famed male novelist and the woman who desires him. Translator(s): Nasr, Ghassan. Series: Middle East Literature in Translation. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 481.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Syracuse University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780815608837
- ISBN
- 9780815608837
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 23.41
€ 24.99
€ 23.41
Paperback. Illuminates the sorrows and triumphs of three generations of sisters from an American Jewish family. This book explores the yearnings, loves, and struggles of women who try to adapt the Jewish rituals of the "old country" to the requirements of the new world. Series: Library of Modern Jewish Literature. Num Pages: 360 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 165 x 25. Weight in Grams: 562.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Syracuse University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780815608929
- ISBN
- 9780815608929
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 25.42
€ 26.99
€ 25.42
Hardcover. Premier Caseres rules his country with a ruthlessness that puts him in the elite category of Truijillo, Mugabe, and Kim Jong II. A potent orator with a martinet style of leadership, Caseres' ability to instill fear and reverence in his people has secured his place in power. However, the dictator's human frailties run as deep as his stoicism. Num Pages: 184 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 19. Weight in Grams: 345.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Syracuse University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780815609087
- ISBN
- 9780815609087
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 20.28
€ 20.99
€ 20.28
Hardcover. Whether set in Maxim Shrayer's native Russia or in North America and Western Europe, this title features eight stories that explore emotionally intricate relationships that cross traditional boundaries of ethnicity, religion, and culture. Series: Library of Modern Jewish Literature. Num Pages: 152 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 327.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Syracuse University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780815609186
- ISBN
- 9780815609186
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 23.87
€ 26.99
€ 23.87
Hardcover. Mary Turner has little use for sacrifice. As the niece of Erastus Corning, the prominent railway magnate, she is accustomed to financial security, society balls, and the flirtatious attention of her many suitors. When she marries the ambitious banker Isaac Burch, she secures an upper-class social position at the cost of a loveless relationship. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 29. Weight in Grams: 676.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Syracuse University Press
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780815609315
- ISBN
- 9780815609315
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 22.46
€ 22.46
Paperback. Set during the Iranian Revolution of 1979 and the ensuing Iran-Iraq War of 1980-89, this novel chronicles the lives of three Iranian women, Fatemah, Nasrin, and Yasaman. These ordinary women tell their intimate stories of love, loss, betrayal, and hope in interwining narratives that unfurl simultaneously in America and Iran. Num Pages: 120 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 10. Weight in Grams: 204.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Syracuse University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780815609759
- ISBN
- 9780815609759
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 17.86
€ 18.99
€ 17.86
Hardcover. Includes stories that chronicle the lives of the Matters, a captivating, tragic, yet ultimately exultant Arab American family. Series: Arab American Writing. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 431.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Syracuse University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780815609773
- ISBN
- 9780815609773
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 24.56
€ 26.99
€ 24.56
Paperback. An engaging collection of short stories all dealing with family in post-World War II America, in the south and New England. Written with a poet's sense of language, these vivid characters and fascinating conversations will take readers on a memorable journey. Num Pages: 168 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 13. Weight in Grams: 295.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Syracuse University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780815610151
- ISBN
- 9780815610151
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 19.95
€ 20.99
€ 19.95
Paperback. Translated from Hebrew by various translators. Editor(s): Frieden, Ken. Num Pages: 152 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 11. Weight in Grams: 209.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Syracuse University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780815610199
- ISBN
- 9780815610199
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 19.38
€ 20.99
€ 19.38
Paperback. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 13. Weight in Grams: 249.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Syracuse University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780815610427
- ISBN
- 9780815610427
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 19.65
€ 20.99
€ 19.65
Hardcover. In Liza WielandAEs deeply moving novel, three interwoven stories show the myriad ways ordinary women become extraordinary as they betray and heal, love and let go, and bear witness to the everyday beauty and loss that surrounds them. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 617.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Syracuse University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780815610465
- ISBN
- 9780815610465
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 25.78
€ 26.99
€ 25.78
Paperback. Series: New York Classics. Num Pages: 248 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 203 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 295.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1988
- Publisher
- Syracuse University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780815624547
- ISBN
- 9780815624547
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 17.77
€ 17.99
€ 17.77
Paperback. Num Pages: 414 pages, map. BIC Classification: FA; FH; FJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 206 x 137 x 29. Weight in Grams: 588. Clean copy with minor nicks to cover at spine. Pages age toned and with light spotting to edges. Remains a good copy
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- House of Stratus United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 414
- Condition
- Used, Good
- SKU
- KMK0024588
- ISBN
- 9781842321614
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good
€ 16.99€ 12.88
€ 16.99
€ 12.88
Moving from Palestine to London to the Gulf, this unique novel brilliantly depicts modern-day family life in Gaza Translator(s): Amr, Kholood. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 129 x 21. Weight in Grams: 220. 320 pages. Moving from Palestine to London to the Gulf, this unique novel brilliantly depicts modern-day family life in Gaza. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: FA. Dimension: 195 x 129 x 21. Weight: 222.
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781408822036
- ISBN
- 9781408822036
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.87
€ 13.99
€ 10.87
Paperback. Abandoned and alone, you'll do anything to survive.. A gritty saga from the bestselling author Kitty Neale. Num Pages: 544 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 140 x 35. Weight in Grams: 378. 544 pages. Abandoned and alone, you'll do anything to survive! A gritty saga from the bestselling author Kitty Neale. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: FA. Dimension: 203 x 140 x 35. Weight: 378.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Number of pages
- 544
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781847563484
- ISBN
- 9781847563484
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 9.89
€ 11.99
€ 9.89
mass_market. A bold young English sailor has despised himself ever since an impulsive moment of cowardice. Jim moves East to Patusan, where natives worship him--and where he may be able to find redemption. Includes a new Afterword. Revised reissue. Series: Signet Classics. Num Pages: 329 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 109 x 244 x 30. Weight in Grams: 214.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Signet United States
- Number of pages
- 329
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Reprint
- SKU
- V9780451531278
- ISBN
- 9780451531278
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 8.23
€ 8.23