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Paperback. From the deceptiveness of Penelope Fitzgerald to the directness of Hemingway, from Kipling's view of France to the French view of Kipling, from the National Treasure Status of George Orwell to the despair of Michel Houellebecq, the author considers what fiction is, and what it can do. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: DN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 132 x 20. Weight in Grams: 252.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Condition
New
SKU
9780099578581
ISBN
9780099578581
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 10.17

Paperback. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: CBV; DNF; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 142 x 209 x 15. Weight in Grams: 242.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Graywolf Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9781555977597
ISBN
9781555977597
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 15.74

Paperback. Translator(s): Graham Lujan, James; O'Connell, Richard L. Num Pages: 202 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: DD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 224 x 160 x 17. Weight in Grams: 242.
Publisher
New Directions Publishing Corporation
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1955
Condition
New
SKU
V9780811200929
ISBN
9780811200929
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 16.49

Hardback. 4 leaves, col. frontis. Single poem with full-page illustration. Very lightly stained wrappers with illustration to front, very minor edge wear. Drawings by Gilbert Spencer. Ariel Poems Series, No. 18. Keywords: Irish Poetry
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Condition
Used, Very Good
Format
Hardback
SKU
KHS0076457
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 45.00

Paperback. Used Copy. Very Good
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
The Penguin Classics
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1961
SKU
KDK0014016
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

paperback. An exploration into the "strange science of writing" in which the author reflects on the writing process and explores three distinct areas essential for "great" writing: the crucial role dreams play in literary inspiration; the importance of depth; and the notion of death. Translator(s): Cornell, Sarah E. Series: The Wellek Library Lectures. Num Pages: 162 pages. BIC Classification: CFG; DSA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 10. Weight in Grams: 264. Series: The Wellek Library Lectures S. 162 pages. An exploration into the "strange science of writing", in which the author reflects on the writing process and explores three distinct areas essential for "great" writing: the crucial role dreams play in literary inspiration; the importance of depth; and the notion of death. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: CFG; DSA. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 10. Weight: 250. Translator(s): Cornell, Sarah.
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Number of pages
162
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231076593
ISBN
9780231076593
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 26.99

Paperback. The play tells the story of three sisters and their brother who live in a provincial Russian town. Michael Frayn has successfully recreated the naturalness of the original text in this translation and included are notes, commentary and questions for students. Translator(s): Frayn, Michael. Series: Student Editions. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: DD; DSG. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 200 x 128 x 14. Weight in Grams: 170.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Methuen Drama
Number of pages
208
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Condition
New
SKU
V9780413771407
ISBN
9780413771407
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.69

Paperback. Contains a selection of the finest work from three of Scotland's best-known and best-loved poets: Norman MacCaig, Edwin Morgan and Liz Lochhead. This book provides an introduction to modern Scottish poetry and to the poets who are arguably its greatest practitioners. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: DC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 197 x 9. Weight in Grams: 98. Series: Canongate Classics S. 138 pages. A selection of some of the finest works by three of Scotland's best-known and best-loved poets: Norman MacCaig, Edwin Morgan and Liz Lochhead. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: DC. Dimension: 130 x 197 x 9. Weight: 118.
Publisher
Canongate UK
Number of pages
136
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9780862414009
ISBN
9780862414009
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 13.48

Paperback. The three plays collected here mirror the era after King Charles II. In Etherege's "The Man of Mode", Dorimant meets his match. In Wycherley's "The Country Wife", Horner fakes impotence to fool husbands into giving him access to their wives. In Congreve's "Love for Love", the Valentine can win his beloved only if he loses his inheritance. Editor(s): Salgado, Gamini. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: DD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 23. Weight in Grams: 274. Good clean copy with some shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1968
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KJE0000424
ISBN
9780140430271
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. 36pp
Condition
Used, Like New
Publisher
Poet & Printer
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1968
Edition
First Edition. Wraps.
SKU
KHS1004387
ISBN
9780900597107
Paperback
Condition: Used, Like New

€ 125.00

Paperback. Features such poems as "Anthem for Doomed Youth", "Strange Meeting", "Requiem", "The Silent One", "Break of Day in the Trenches", and "Louse Hunting". This title reflects the disparate experiences of ordinary soldiers in war, and attempts to capture man's humanity in the inhumane of circumstances. Num Pages: 240 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: DCQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 127 x 197 x 15. Weight in Grams: 186.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
240
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
Original
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141182070
ISBN
9780141182070
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 12.61

Paperback. Pirandello is a seminal figure in modern drama. This is the only one-volume edition of his two most famous plays, Six Characters in Search of an Author and Henry IV, and his last unfinished masterpiece The Mountain Giants, in lively and performable new translations that remain faithful to the letter and spirit of the originals. Translator(s): Mortimer, Anthony. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: DD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 145 x 14. Weight in Grams: 180.
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199641192
ISBN
9780199641192
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.76

Paperback. Features settings that are simple - a kitchen, a bedroom, a party - and the relationships between the husbands and wives that are more complicated. This title presents fraught relationships with humour, bathos and an understanding of human nature. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: DD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 131 x 16. Weight in Grams: 172.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Condition
New
SKU
9780099541639
ISBN
9780099541639
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 12.99
€ 11.04

Paperback. .
Publisher
Marion Boyars Publishers Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780714529653
ISBN
9780714529653
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 21.74

Paperback. Used Copy. Bottom Front Cover Nicked. Otherwise Good
Format
Paperback
Publisher
Washington Square Press
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KDK0014675
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Hardcover. A collection of three hundred poems from the Tang Dynasty (618-907) - an age in which poetry and the arts flourished. It features poems about love, war, the delights of drinking and dancing, and the beauties of nature. It also includes poems about travel, grief, about the frustrations of bureaucracy, and about the pleasures and sadness of old age. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 168 x 113 x 21. Weight in Grams: 262.
Publisher
Everyman United Kingdom
Number of pages
288
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9781841597829
ISBN
9781841597829
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 13.48

paperback.
Condition
Used, Acceptable
Publisher
Mentor
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1957
SKU
KTK0091127
Paperback
Condition: Used, Acceptable

€ 4.99

Paperback. Num Pages: 96 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 8. Weight in Grams: 200. 112pp
Edition
Illustrated
Publisher
Arlen House
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
9781851320196
ISBN
9781851320196
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.00

Paperback. .
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141389813
ISBN
9780141389813
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 16.06

Paperback. Conveys the reality of life and the depth of human emotion, specifically in Dublin before and during the Irish civil war of 1922-23. This book deals with the lives of the Dublin poor, from the tenement dwellers, bricklayer, street vendor, and charwoman. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: DD. Category: (E) Primary & Secondary Education. Dimension: 197 x 128 x 21. Weight in Grams: 250.
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571195527
ISBN
9780571195527
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 14.33

Paperback. Num Pages: 89 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 136 x 7. Weight in Grams: 120. 8vo.Original printed wrappers
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Salmon Poetry
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KEX0307330
ISBN
9781907056949
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 12.00

Paperback. Volume four of this translation of the wonderful tales of the Arabian nights. Editor(s): Mardrus, J. C.; Mathers, E. P. Translator(s): Mardrus, J. C. Num Pages: 544 pages. BIC Classification: DS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 133 x 30. Weight in Grams: 572.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1986
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
544
Condition
New
SKU
V9780415045421
ISBN
9780415045421
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 54.75

Hardcover. It has been said that the difference between a language and a dialect is that a language is a dialect with an army. This title explores the tension between dynamics of literary influence and canon formation within the Arabic literary tradition. It challenges the reader to re-examine notions of translation, bilingualism, and postcoloniality. Translator(s): Hassan, Wail S. Series: Middle East Literature in Translation. Num Pages: 144 pages, notes, bibliography. BIC Classification: 2CSR; CFP; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 152 x 16. Weight in Grams: 282.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Syracuse University Press
Number of pages
144
Condition
New
SKU
V9780815631910
ISBN
9780815631910
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 27.45

Hardcover. First edition, nice copy, dustwrapper slightly worn
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Hutchinson
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1959
SKU
KTK0094360
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 25.00

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