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paperback. A work that poses provocative questions about perception and reality. It is a parody of Victorian society where all existence is limited to length and breadth - its inhabitants unable even to imagine a third dimension. It provides an overview of this world - its physics and metaphysics, its history, customs and religious beliefs. Num Pages: 144 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBF; DSK; FLC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 127 x 11. Weight in Grams: 122.
Publisher
Penguin Publishing Group
Number of pages
144
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140435313
ISBN
9780140435313
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.50

Hardback. This volume seeks to address the conundrum of reading African American poets as racial spokespeople, and to model alternative ways of addressing their work. Num Pages: 178 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 239 x 164 x 17. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Associated University Presses United States
Number of pages
178
Condition
New
SKU
V9781575910826
ISBN
9781575910826
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 127.68

Paperback. A dazzling new anthology of the very best very short fiction from around the world. Editor(s): Thomas, James; Shapard, Robert; Merrill, Christopher. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: DQ; FA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 142 x 210 x 21. Weight in Grams: 266.
Publisher
WW Norton & Co
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9780393346077
ISBN
9780393346077
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 17.65

Hardback. Series: Princeton Essays in Literature. Num Pages: 180 pages. BIC Classification: DS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155. .
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2018
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691629698
ISBN
9780691629698
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 111.26

paperback. This study interprets Flannery O'Connor's fiction on its own terms. By stepping back from prevailing controversies, the author turns to the short stories and novels themselves and forms an impression of them while seeking the answers to such questions as they necessarily suggest themselves. Num Pages: 268 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 150 x 17. Weight in Grams: 400.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Fordham University Press United States
Number of pages
268
Condition
New
Edition
2nd Edition
SKU
V9780823219117
ISBN
9780823219117
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.99
€ 37.73

paperback. Num Pages: 216 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 3233 x 5193 x 16. Weight in Grams: 284.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Fordham University Press United States
Number of pages
216
Condition
New
Edition
2nd Edition
SKU
V9780823232154
ISBN
9780823232154
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.99
€ 37.73

Paperback. Susan Srigley argues that Flannery O'Connor's ethics are inextricably linked to her role as a storyteller, and that her moral vision is expressed through the dramatic narrative of her fiction. Srigley elucidates O'Connor's sacramental vision by showing that it is embodied morally within her fiction as an ethic of responsibility. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 226 x 157 x 17. Weight in Grams: 345.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
University of Notre Dame Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780268017804
ISBN
9780268017804
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.90

Hardback. Employing a wide range of critical perspectives and new comparative contexts, Flann O'Brien: Contesting Legacies breaks new ground in O'Brien scholarship by testing a number of popular commonplaces about this Irish (post-) Modernist author. Editor(s): Borg, Ruben; Fagan, Paul; Werner, Huber. Num Pages: 294 pages. BIC Classification: DSK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 244 x 164 x 28. Weight in Grams: 624.
Publisher
Cork University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781782050766
ISBN
9781782050766
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 39.00
€ 31.26

Hardcover. Takes you to a world where bicycles listen to conversations, inventors search for methods of 'diluting' water, and characters play truant while novelists sleep; a world where spiteful fairies wreak havoc and heroes from legend blunder into suburban sitting-rooms. Num Pages: 778 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 212 x 139 x 45. Weight in Grams: 844.
Publisher
Everyman
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Edition
Combined volume
Condition
New
SKU
V9781841593098
ISBN
9781841593098
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 20.89

Hardcover. Recent years have witnessed a series of shifts in the reception of Brian O'Nolan's work, with the publication of collected short stories and dramatic texts and a systematic critical reappraisal of once marginal titles in the author's canon. Editor(s): Borg, Ruben; Fagan, Paul. Num Pages: 277 pages. BIC Classification: DS; DSRC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 235 x 155. .
Publisher
Cork University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781782052302
ISBN
9781782052302
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 39.00
€ 31.26

Paperback. This groundbreaking study, first published in 1995 and now substantially revised, reconfigures O'Brien as a highly subversive writer within a rich and fertile literary landscape: indisputably Irish yet distinctly post-modern. Num Pages: 292 pages. BIC Classification: DSK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 233 x 162 x 22. Weight in Grams: 484.
Publisher
Cork University Press
Number of pages
292
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
new ed of 2nd revised ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9781859184875
ISBN
9781859184875
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.00
€ 21.31

paperback. Flaneuse [flanne-euhze], noun, from French. Feminine form of flaneur [flanne-euhr], an idler. In this book, the author defines her as 'a determined resourceful woman keenly attuned to the creative potential of the city, and the liberating possibilities of a good walk'. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; 1DDF; 1KBBEY; BM; DNF; HBTB; JFFK; WTLP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 198 x 135. Weight in Grams: 368.
Publisher
Vintage
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099593379
ISBN
9780099593379
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.90

Paperback. Explores representations of "monstrous" women in mid-Victorian literature, tracing male responses to the feminist movement of the era. This text argues that Victorian patriarchy was a fluid theory and set of practices through which Victorian men attempted unsuccessfully to fix gender definitions. Num Pages: 245 pages, 1 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSK; JFFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 318.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan Dublin, Ireland
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333655788
ISBN
9780333655788
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 127.13

Hardback. Explores representations of "monstrous" women in mid-Victorian literature, tracing male responses to the feminist movement of the era. This text argues that Victorian patriarchy was a fluid theory and set of practices through which Victorian men attempted unsuccessfully to fix gender definitions. Num Pages: 245 pages, 1 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSK; JFFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 23. Weight in Grams: 465.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
245
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333655771
ISBN
9780333655771
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 127.82

Paperback. Set in northern Nigeria against a backdrop of global turmoil and corruption, Lydia Adetunji's Fixer is a fast-paced drama that asks questions about integrity, loyalty and the price of human life. Num Pages: 81 pages. BIC Classification: DD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 165 x 7. Weight in Grams: 112.
Publisher
Nick Hern Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
81
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781848420649
ISBN
9781848420649
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 13.49

Paperback. A reissue of Paulin's "corrosive and uproarious litany of bad sex, bad politics and bad religion" from the 1980s. Num Pages: 80 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 131 x 8. Weight in Grams: 110.
Publisher
Faber & Faber United Kingdom
Number of pages
80
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571210183
ISBN
9780571210183
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.05

Paperback. 67pp. First paperback edition
Condition
Used, Like New
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1987
Edition
1st edition
SKU
KHS1004051
ISBN
9780571149155
Paperback
Condition: Used, Like New

€ 35.00

Paperback. Num Pages: 54 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 179 x 110 x 6. Weight in Grams: 74. 54 pages. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: DCF. Dimension: 179 x 110 x 6. Weight: 74.
Publisher
Books for Students
Number of pages
54
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Condition
New
SKU
V9780951336335
ISBN
9780951336335
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 4.76

Hardback. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Weight in Grams: 567.
Publisher
Notting Hill Editions
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781910749203
ISBN
9781910749203
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 17.70

Paperback. Vintage paperback in good condition, with some light shelfwear.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1956
Publisher
Vintage Books
Condition
Used, Good
SKU
KRF2232344
ISBN
9780394700281
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 4.99

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