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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
Paperback. Tells the story of the legendary road trip that Jack Kerouac took before the publication of "On the Road", told through the persona of Jack Duluoz and accompanied by his thinly-disguised Beat cohorts Allen Ginsberg, Gregory Corso and William Burroughs. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 131 x 23. Weight in Grams: 286.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780141198262
- ISBN
- 9780141198262
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 5.80
€ 11.99
€ 5.80
Paperback. Jane hasn't lived anywhere longer than six months since her son was born five years ago. She keeps moving in an attempt to escape her past. Now the idyllic seaside town of Pirriwee has pulled her to its shores and Jane finally feels like she belongs. Num Pages: 496 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 31. Weight in Grams: 344.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781405916363
- ISBN
- 9781405916363
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.45
€ 13.99
€ 10.45
Paperback. Paula Spencer begins on the eve of Paula's forty-eighth birthday. She hasn't had a drink for four months and five days. Her youngest children, Jack and Leanne, are still living with her. They're grand kids, but she worries about Leanne. Paula still works as a cleaner. This work shows the inner life of this battered house-cleaner. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 128 x 18. Weight in Grams: 206.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Vintage
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099501374
- ISBN
- 9780099501374
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.02
€ 13.99
€ 11.02
Paperback. The two-time Pulitzer Prize-winning biologist delivers "an astonishing literary achievement" (Anthony Gottlieb, The Economist). Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 209 x 138 x 24. Weight in Grams: 322.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- WW Norton & Co United States
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 384
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780393339703
- ISBN
- 9780393339703
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 16.50
€ 17.99
€ 16.50
Paperback. Young rural widow Nasula suffers years of economic hardship, dreaming of a better life for her daughter. She goes to Lusaka to sell her last sack of highly sought-after Mbala beans, but in the city finds herself exposed to new and predatory dangers. Series: Heinemann African Writers Series. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 191 x 120 x 9. Weight in Grams: 144.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Pearson Education Limited United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 160
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780435912024
- ISBN
- 9780435912024
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.26
€ 17.26
Paperback. Translator(s): Garnett, Constance. Series: New Directions Pearls. Num Pages: 80 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 116 x 177 x 7. Weight in Grams: 74.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- New Directions Publishing Corporation United States
- Number of pages
- 73
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780811219471
- ISBN
- 9780811219471
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 12.32
€ 12.32
Paperback. Num Pages: 152 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 209 x 149 x 11. Weight in Grams: 258.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Spokesman Books United Kingdom
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 152
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780851246291
- ISBN
- 9780851246291
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 12.44
€ 12.44
Paperback. Contemporary short stories enacting giddy, witty revenge on the documents that define and dominate our lives. Editor(s): Shields, David; Vollmer, Matthew. Num Pages: 368 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: DQ; FA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 153 x 26. Weight in Grams: 380.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- WW Norton & Co United States
- Edition
- Original
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780393341959
- ISBN
- 9780393341959
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 18.62
€ 19.99
€ 18.62
Paperback. A sophisticated and suspenseful novel about the poignant lives of two women living in different eras. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 140 x 210 x 20. Weight in Grams: 260.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- WW Norton & Co United States
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780393346770
- ISBN
- 9780393346770
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 15.86
€ 17.99
€ 15.86
Paperback. "Carries the flavor of the old world, its underlying ferocity leavened by a lyrical mysticism.. Her prose is transcendent."-Washington Post Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB; FYT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 211 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 272.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- WW Norton & Co
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780393350234
- ISBN
- 9780393350234
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 16.27
€ 17.99
€ 16.27
Paperback. A dazzling collection about how the familiar can suddenly turn strange, for readers of Lydia Davis, George Saunders, and Karen Russell. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 211 x 142 x 15. Weight in Grams: 170.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- WW Norton & Co
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780393350531
- ISBN
- 9780393350531
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 15.92
€ 17.99
€ 15.92
Paperback. "[A] compelling debut.. Townsend's writing [is] full of fresh turns of phrase and keen insights."-Anaya Mathis, New York Times Book Review Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 141 x 26. Weight in Grams: 290.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- WW Norton & Co
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780393350821
- ISBN
- 9780393350821
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 26.88
€ 31.99
€ 26.88
Paperback. In this long-awaited sequel to the legendary graphic novel Kings in Disguise, a young circus hand gets involved in dangerous underground activity. Num Pages: 256 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 274 x 206 x 22. Weight in Grams: 900.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- WW Norton & Co
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780393351224
- ISBN
- 9780393351224
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 17.59
€ 18.99
€ 17.59
Paperback. Translator(s): Kriss, David; Levenston, Edward A. Num Pages: 162 pages. BIC Classification: FA; HRCG9. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 136 x 41. Weight in Grams: 194.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- New Directions Publishing Corporation
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780811214056
- ISBN
- 9780811214056
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 12.42
€ 12.42
Paperback. Translator(s): Broomfield, Andrew. Series: New Directions Pearls. Num Pages: 96 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 117 x 178 x 9. Weight in Grams: 104.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- New Directions Publishing Corporation United States
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 105
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780811219426
- ISBN
- 9780811219426
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 12.38
€ 12.38
Paperback. Translator(s): Creswell, Robyn. Num Pages: 120 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 204 x 144 x 8. Weight in Grams: 132.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- New Directions Publishing Corporation United States
- Number of pages
- 120
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Annotated
- SKU
- V9780811220361
- ISBN
- 9780811220361
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 15.44
€ 17.99
€ 15.44
Paperback. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 133 x 203 x 26. Weight in Grams: 238.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- New Directions Publishing Corporation
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780811222709
- ISBN
- 9780811222709
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 16.51
€ 17.99
€ 16.51
Hardcover. A teenage girl and her unraveling family travel cross-country in preparation for the Rapture in this radiant, highly anticipated debut. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 217 x 145 x 22. Weight in Grams: 424.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- WW Norton & Co United States
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780871405883
- ISBN
- 9780871405883
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 23.73
€ 26.99
€ 23.73
Hardcover. Celebrate "an authentic American genius" (Gore Vidal) in James Purdy's first complete short story collection. Num Pages: 752 pages, frontispiece. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 238 x 167 x 45. Weight in Grams: 1206.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Liveright
- Edition
- First Edition ~1st Printing
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780871406699
- ISBN
- 9780871406699
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 32.05
€ 37.99
€ 32.05
Paperback. The twenty-first-century revival of James Purdy continues with his classic novel of innocence and corruption. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA; WH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 142 x 209 x 18. Weight in Grams: 208.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Liveright
- Edition
- Reissue
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780871409577
- ISBN
- 9780871409577
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 16.21
€ 17.99
€ 16.21