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Paperback. Michelle D. Commander traces how black American artists, intellectuals, and travelers envision literal and figurative flight back to Africa through speculative literature and film and travel to cultural heritage sites as means to create a sense of homecoming, belonging, and connection with their ancestors, spiritual realm, and Africa. Num Pages: 296 pages, 26 illustrations. BIC Classification: DS; HBTB; JFSL4. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5830 x 3895. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822363231
- ISBN
- 9780822363231
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 27.51
€ 30.99
€ 27.51
Paperback. Features poems that reveal complex truths in language luminous and precise. This work examines the human condition through subjects ranging from spareness, possibility, judgement and hidden grief to global warming, insomnia, meanings in overlooked parts of speech, and the metaphysics of sneezing. Num Pages: 104 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 138 x 7. Weight in Grams: 156.
- Publisher
- Bloodaxe Books Ltd
- Number of pages
- 104
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781852247416
- ISBN
- 9781852247416
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 13.16
€ 16.99
€ 13.16
Paperback. The midnight hour approaches in an almost-empty diner. Mari sips her coffee and reads a book, but soon her solitude is disturbed: a girl has been beaten up at the Alphaville hotel, and needs Mari's help. Meanwhile Mari's beautiful sister Eri lies in a deep, heavy sleep that is 'too perfect, too pure' to be normal; it has lasted for two months. Num Pages: 208 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 13. Weight in Grams: 152.
- Edition
- 01st Edition
- Publisher
- Vintage
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099506249
- ISBN
- 9780099506249
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.00
€ 13.99
€ 11.00
Paperback. Explores the ways in which three novelists of empire - Paul Scott, V.S. Naipaul and Salman Rushdie - have charted the blurred boundaries of identity in the wake of British imperialism. This text provides readings of post-colonial fiction, showing how imperialism shaped British national identity. Num Pages: 218 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1QDB; 2AB; DNF; DSBH; DSK; HBTQ; HBTR; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 215 x 139 x 16. Weight in Grams: 280.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 218
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226304755
- ISBN
- 9780226304755
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 27.85
€ 34.99
€ 27.85
paperback. Provides the poets' personal glimpses into the effects of war on language, place, poetry, and womanhood. This book features translations of women poets living in Europe in the decades before and after World War II who chart the sheer ordinariness through which cataclysm is experienced, and by which life is cruelly shattered. Series: Facing Pages. Num Pages: 184 pages, 9 halftones. BIC Classification: DSBH; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 14. Weight in Grams: 199.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 184
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691127798
- ISBN
- 9780691127798
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 20.56
€ 26.99
€ 20.56
Hardback. A magisterial survey of the ways in which postwar Irish writers have witnessed the frustration of the promise of Irish independence. Num Pages: 512 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBR; DSBH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 153. .
- Publisher
- Head of Zeus
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781786693228
- ISBN
- 9781786693228
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 14.50
€ 14.50
Paperback. Series: Currency Plays. Num Pages: 114 pages, b/w photos. BIC Classification: DQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 213 x 137 x 10. Weight in Grams: 166.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Currency Press Pty Ltd Australia
- Number of pages
- 128
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780868196367
- ISBN
- 9780868196367
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 15.03
€ 19.99
€ 15.03
Hardback. Num Pages: 280 pages, 1, 1 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: DSBB; DSBD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781501707575
- ISBN
- 9781501707575
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 70.24
€ 70.24
Paperback. Mikhail Lermontov (1814-1841) is best known to Anglophone readers as the author of A Hero of Our Time, whereas among Russian readers his poetry is equally cherished. Lermontov was of Scottish descent, and this bilingual volume celebrates his bicentenary with new translations by 14 translator-poets, mostly Scottish. Editor(s): France, Peter; Marsack, Robyn. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 2AGR; DSBF; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 139 x 13. Weight in Grams: 208.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Carcanet Press Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781847772756
- ISBN
- 9781847772756
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 14.20
€ 17.99
€ 14.20
Paperback. Jean Rhys was obsessed with Jane Eyre - and more particularly with Bertha Mason, the first Mrs Rochester and the "madwoman in the attic". Placing Bertha on stage throughout as Jean's alter ego, this dramatization of Rhys' life gives full vent to this obsession. Num Pages: 96 pages. BIC Classification: DD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 205 x 144 x 5. Weight in Grams: 112.
- Publisher
- Nick Hern Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 96
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781854597458
- ISBN
- 9781854597458
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 16.54
€ 17.99
€ 16.54
paperback. Focusing on the conflict between man and nature, this book, in each of its three distinct parts, gives centre stage to a different character from a different century - the last being W G Sebald himself. Translator(s): Hamburger, Michael. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 10. Weight in Grams: 100.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780141003368
- ISBN
- 9780141003368
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.45
€ 13.99
€ 10.45
hardcover. Fine in fine dust wrapper
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Viking Adult
- Edition
- First American Edition
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KSG0026702
- ISBN
- 9780670870073
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 20.00
€ 20.00
Paperback. Illustrator(s): Long, Richard; Dean, Tacita. Editor(s): Cook, Jon. Num Pages: 160 pages, Colour and B&W images. BIC Classification: D; DQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 169 x 225 x 14. Weight in Grams: 412.
- Publisher
- Full Circle Editions Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780957152861
- ISBN
- 9780957152861
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 16.83
€ 20.99
€ 16.83
Paperback. Translator(s): Green, Yvonne. Num Pages: 110 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 141 x 9. Weight in Grams: 152.
- Publisher
- Smith/Doorstop
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781906613389
- ISBN
- 9781906613389
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 12.00€ 11.43
€ 12.00
€ 11.43
Paperback. 61pp. Review copy
- Condition
- Used, Like New
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Blackstaff Press Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1990
- SKU
- KHS1003614
- ISBN
- 9780856404344
Paperback
Condition: Used, Like New
€ 35.00
€ 35.00
Hardback. Num Pages: 288 pages, 21 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FB; 1HB; 1KBB; 3JM; DSBH; JFC; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231174008
- ISBN
- 9780231174008
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.27
€ 40.99
€ 29.27
Paperback. Num Pages: 64 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 121 x 5. Weight in Grams: 45.
- Condition
- Used, Like New
- Publisher
- Salmon Poetry
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- SKU
- KDK0011643
- ISBN
- 9781897648339
Paperback
Condition: Used, Like New
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Num Pages: 64 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 121 x 5. Weight in Grams: 45. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear. Author's inscription on FFEP.
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Publisher
- Salmon Poetry
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- SKU
- KTG0005957
- ISBN
- 9781897648339
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Series: Plays. Num Pages: 88 pages, b&w photos. BIC Classification: DD. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 211 x 140 x 7. Weight in Grams: 126.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Currency Press Pty Ltd Australia
- Number of pages
- 88
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780868195377
- ISBN
- 9780868195377
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 16.58
€ 23.99
€ 16.58
Paperback. Ama Ata Aidoo is one of the best-known African writers today. Spanning three decades of work, the poems in this collection address themes of colonialism, independence, motherhood, and gender in intimate, personal ways alongside commentary on broader social issues. Editor(s): Yitah, Helen. Series: African Poetry Book Series. Num Pages: 276 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1H; DCF; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 16. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Number of pages
- 276
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803296947
- ISBN
- 9780803296947
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 20.83
€ 20.99
€ 20.83
Paperback. First seen in 1939 but then largely ignored until a 1994 BBC production, After the Dance is regarded as one of the great, lost plays of the 20th century. As interest in Rattigan has revived so too has the play's reputation and it is now considered by many to be one of the great works of a master dramatist. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: DD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 132 x 9. Weight in Grams: 144.
- Publisher
- Nick Hern Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 128
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781854592170
- ISBN
- 9781854592170
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 17.47
€ 18.99
€ 17.47
Paperback. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; DSBH; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 149 x 19. Weight in Grams: 370.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- Duke University Press Books
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822313427
- ISBN
- 9780822313427
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 26.40
€ 27.99
€ 26.40
Paperback. Num Pages: 248 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DSA; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 150 x 17. Weight in Grams: 400.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- University of Minnesota Press United States
- Edition
- 1st
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780816629336
- ISBN
- 9780816629336
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 26.48
€ 27.99
€ 26.48
Paperback. Quentin is a successful lawyer in New York, but inside his head he is struggling with his own sense of guilt and the shadows of his past relationships. One of these an ill-fated marriage to the charming and beautiful Maggie, who went from operating a switchboard to become a self-destructive star - a singer everyone wanted a piece of. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: DD; DSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 9. Weight in Grams: 102.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 128
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141189994
- ISBN
- 9780141189994
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.02
€ 13.99
€ 11.02