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Paperback. From William Faulkner's famous reply, 'The writer's only responsibility is to his art,' to James Salter's confession 'What is the ultimate impulse to write? Because all this is going to vanish', the Paris Review has elicited many of the most arresting, illuminating, and revealing discussions of life and craft from the greatest writers of our age. Series: The Paris Review. Num Pages: 524 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DNF; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 210 x 141 x 35. Weight in Grams: 562. 448 pages, Illustrations. Editor(s): Gourevitch, Philip. For more than half a century, the "Paris Review" magazine has spoken with most of the leading novelists, poets and playwrights, and the interviews themselves have come to be recognised as an essential record of the writing life. This book contains an original selection of sixteen of these most celebrated interviews. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). BIC Classification: 2AB; DNF; DSB. Dimension: 210 x 141 x 35. Weight: 562.
- Publisher
- Canongate Books
- Number of pages
- 524
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781841959252
- ISBN
- 9781841959252
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 14.28
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Paperback. Brings together another rich, varied crop of literary voices, comprising: Graham Greene, James Thurber, William Faulkner, Robert Lowell, Isaac Bashevis Singer, Eudora Welty, John Gardner, Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Philip Larkin, James Baldwin, William Gaddis, Harold Bloom, Toni Morrison, Alice Munro, Peter Carey and Stephen King. Editor(s): Gourevitch, Philip. Series: The Paris Review. Num Pages: 528 pages, facsims. BIC Classification: 2AB; DNF; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 141 x 27. Weight in Grams: 552. 448 pages, facsims. Editor(s): Gourevitch, Philip. Includes interviews from one of the world's best literary magazines. This volume is suitable for reading for those who cares about writers and writing. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 2AB; DNF; DSB. Dimension: 210 x 141 x 27. Weight: 640.
- Publisher
- Canongate Books
- Number of pages
- 524
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781847670335
- ISBN
- 9781847670335
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 14.40
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Paperback. Suitable for all writers and readers, this volume builds on the success and acclaim of the first two editions. Series: The Paris Review. Num Pages: 464 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DNF; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 140 x 35. Weight in Grams: 482.
- Publisher
- Canongate Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781847671134
- ISBN
- 9781847671134
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 14.47
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Paperback. Since The Paris Review was founded in 1953, it has given us invaluable conversations with the greatest writers of our age. Series: The Paris Review. Num Pages: 496 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: DQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 145 x 46. Weight in Grams: 528. 496 pages, Illustrations. Editor(s): Gourevitch, Philip. Since The Paris Review was founded in 1953, it has given us invaluable conversations with the greatest writers of our age. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: DQ. Dimension: 210 x 145 x 46. Weight: 528.
- Publisher
- Canongate Books Edinburgh
- Number of pages
- 496
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781847674494
- ISBN
- 9781847674494
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 14.27
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Hardcover. First edition. 8vo.Very good copy in original cloth with dustwrapper . Irish Literature.
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Publisher
- Brandon
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- SKU
- KEX0279222
- ISBN
- 9780863223747
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 20.00
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Paperback. In a series of vignettes of life in her village, Alice Taylor reasserts the priorities of public space and local community. The Parish evokes and explores the positive values of community, which could be renewed and reinvigorated for a present and future that achieves harmony between comfort and the pressing need to respect the environment. Num Pages: 224 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 131 x 16. Weight in Grams: 248.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Brandon
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780863223976
- ISBN
- 9780863223976
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 12.99€ 11.92
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Paperback. Beginning with his departure from New York to Istanbul, the author discusses a journey, not so much between contrasting cities as 'between different versions of the same city', to a place that is exotic and familiar, spanning West and East, past and present, where cultures and histories intersect. Num Pages: 106 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 135 x 8. Weight in Grams: 154.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Carcanet Press Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 106
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781857548723
- ISBN
- 9781857548723
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 17.39
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Paperback. Num Pages: 320 pages, 5. BIC Classification: DSA; HPN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 157 x 19. Weight in Grams: 472.
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 344
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801488436
- ISBN
- 9780801488436
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 34.82
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€ 34.82
Paperback. This text explores the desire, suffering, exultation, spiritual rapture and dedication to art that characterizes the poetry of Emily Dickinson, and attempts to decipher their many complex and witty references to texts and paintings of her time. Num Pages: 416 pages, 8 color illustrations in an 8 page insert plus 9 halftones scattered throughout. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; DSBF; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 24. Weight in Grams: 602.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 416
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674656666
- ISBN
- 9780674656666
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 31.27
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Paperback. Illustrator(s): Gherasim, Luca. Translator(s): Krzysztof, Fijalkowski. Series: Art Lit. Num Pages: 140 pages, 18 b/w. BIC Classification: AJC; DN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 201 x 176 x 11. Weight in Grams: 252.
- Publisher
- Twisted Spoon Press Czech Republic
- Number of pages
- 140
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9788086264318
- ISBN
- 9788086264318
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 15.27
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Hardcover. 234pp. Faded at spine, faint shadow of a mug-end on front panel. Small stain to margin at pp.136-40. Some notes written in ink inside rear cover. Minor shelf wear. Keywords: Contemporary Fiction
- Condition
- Used, Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Jonathan Cape Ltd
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1980
- SKU
- KON0805505
- ISBN
- 9780224018456
Hardback
Condition: Used, Good
€ 96.00
€ 96.00
Paperback.
- Condition
- Used, Good
- Edition
- New
- Publisher
- Abacus Books (Sphere)
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1982
- SKU
- KDK0011854
- ISBN
- 9780349118574
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Hardcover. Clean copy with some yellowing. Otherwise fine in dustwrapper. DW has minor wear and tear to edges but remains very good in mylar
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Jonathan Cape Ltd
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1980
- SKU
- KOC0027929
- ISBN
- 9780224018456
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 10.00
€ 10.00
Hardcover. Clean copy with some shelf wear, minor nicks and bumps on dustwrapper but otherwise clean
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1980
- Publisher
- Jonathan Cape Ltd
- Condition
- Used, Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- SKU
- KSS0006617
- ISBN
- 9780224018456
Hardback
Condition: Used, Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Hardcover. Fine in fine dust wrapper. DW price clipped and showing a little age and wear. Spotting on page edges, text is crisp and clear and remains a fine copy
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1980
- Publisher
- Jonathan Cape Ltd
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KSG0028190
- ISBN
- 9780224018456
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 86.00
€ 86.00
Hardcover. Num Pages: 262 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 150 x 24. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1981
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 262
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674656765
- ISBN
- 9780674656765
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 78.81€ 70.50
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€ 70.50
Hardback. In dialogue with a diverse group of thinkers, from Erich Auerbach and Aby Warburg to Alain Badiou and Jacques Lacan, The Pathos of the Real advances an innovative new framework for rethinking the aesthetics of violence in the twentieth century. Series: Rethinking Theory. Num Pages: 232 pages. BIC Classification: DSBH. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 17. Weight in Grams: 442.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801897566
- ISBN
- 9780801897566
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 63.57€ 57.47
€ 63.57
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Paperback. Num Pages: 264 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 218 x 163 x 13. Weight in Grams: 350.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226899497
- ISBN
- 9780226899497
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 31.25
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Paperback. Translator(s): Shih-Hsiang, Chen. Num Pages: 370 pages. BIC Classification: DD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 18 x 133. Weight in Grams: 377.
- Publisher
- NYRB Classics
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781590178768
- ISBN
- 9781590178768
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 17.17
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€ 17.17
Hardback. When Kino, an Indian pearl-diver, finds 'the Pearl of the world' he believes that his life will be magically transformed. He will marry Juana in church and their little boy, Coyotito, will be able to attend school. Obsessed by his dreams, Kino is blind to the greed, fear and even violence the pearl arouses in him and his neighbours. Series: Penguin Clothbound Classics. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 132 x 205 x 15. Weight in Grams: 232.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780141394688
- ISBN
- 9780141394688
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 13.91
€ 16.99
€ 13.91
Hardback. Hardback, shrinkwrapped as new. With dustjacket.
- Condition
- Used, Like New
- Publisher
- University Press of Florida
- Number of pages
- 192
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Edition
- First Edition
- SKU
- KRF0026860
- ISBN
- 9780813011059
Hardback
Condition: Used, Like New
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Series: Public Cultures of the Middle East and North Africa. Num Pages: 288 pages, 20 b&w illus. BIC Classification: 1FC; DS; HBJF; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 20. Weight in Grams: 372.
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253017604
- ISBN
- 9780253017604
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 35.55
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Hardback. A study of the changing role of religion in Western culture. It focuses on the Sunday lives of a number of prominent British and American writers - and what they have had to say about Sunday. It also examines such observant Christians as George Herbert, Samuel Johnson, Edmund Burke, Hannah More, and Jonathan Edwards. Num Pages: 284 pages. BIC Classification: DNF; HRCV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 218 x 153 x 27. Weight in Grams: 522.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 284
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674031685
- ISBN
- 9780674031685
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 47.99€ 39.32
€ 47.99
€ 39.32
Hardback.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Boydell & Brewer Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 234
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781843843344
- ISBN
- 9781843843344
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 96.34
€ 96.34