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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

Paperback. Attending a New England summer camp as an adolescent, young Erik Schroder - a first generation East German immigrant - adopts a new name and a new persona - Eric Kennedy - in the hopes that it will help him fit in. This fateful white lie will set him on an improbable and ultimately tragic course. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 126 x 19. Weight in Grams: 222.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571296729
ISBN
9780571296729
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.20

paperback. This powerful debut novel by an award-winning journalist explores the challenges of fatherhood for three generations of black men. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 428.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Agate Bolden United States
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
SKU
V9781932841435
ISBN
9781932841435
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 18.84

Paperback. A scalpel sharp political satire from the Orange Prize winning writer of We Need to Talk about Kevin. Num Pages: 400 pages, map. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 134 x 26. Weight in Grams: 286. Good copy, some shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KTG0000189
ISBN
9780007459919
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Set in his native Northern Ireland, John Lynch's debut novel is a lyrically told and exquisitely tender story of innocence and loss. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 131 x 17. Weight in Grams: 196. Used paperback in very good condition. Some light shelf wear.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KRF0036774
ISBN
9780007202690
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. A highly acclaimed collection of short stories set in the great outdoors of New England, by the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of 'The Shipping News' and 'Brokeback Mountain'. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 13. Weight in Grams: 128. A highly acclaimed collection of short stories set in the great outdoors of New England, by the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of 'The Shipping News' and 'Brokeback Mountain'. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 13. Weight in Grams: 128. Fine copy
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Fourth Estate
Condition
Used, Like New
SKU
KSS0003858
ISBN
9781857024043
Paperback
Condition: Used, Like New

€ 4.99

Paperback. Num Pages: 246 pages, b/w photos. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 158 x 230 x 21. Weight in Grams: 348.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Spinifex Press Australia
Edition
Reprint
Number of pages
246
Condition
New
SKU
V9781876756963
ISBN
9781876756963
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 19.00

Paperback. Documents the infancy of film in Europe - complete with proto-divas, laughable production schedules, and cost-cutting measures with priceless effects - and offers a glimpse of the modern world through the camera's lens. This book captures early twentieth-century Italian filmmaking and reveals its truths as only a parody can. Series Editor(s): Moncrieff, Scott. Series: Cinema and Modernity. Num Pages: 240 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: APF; FA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 136 x 203 x 19. Weight in Grams: 308.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
New
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226669823
ISBN
9780226669823
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 20.27

Paperback. Set in the 1950s Paris of American expatriates, liaisons, and violence, this title presents a story of a fated love triangle that explores the conflicts between desire, conventional morality and sexual identity. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 11. Weight in Grams: 138.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Condition
New
Edition
01st Edition
SKU
9780141186351
ISBN
9780141186351
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.65

Paperback. 320 pages. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: FA. Dimension: 198 x 128 x 25. Weight: 340.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Central Books
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780953600113
ISBN
9780953600113
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.34

Paperback. The dazzling new novel by the author of the international bestseller, WHAT I LOVED, about the secrets and ghosts that haunt families from one generation to the next Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 22. Weight in Grams: 228. Good clean copy with minor shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton General Division
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KAC0001440
ISBN
9780340897089
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Bella Books United States
Edition
0th Edition
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9781602822344
ISBN
9781602822344
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 16.89

Paperback. Travelling from Paris to the sunny seaside town of Balbec, the narrator meets an intriguing set of acquaintances who provide him with both friendship and entertainment. Most significantly, he meets a dark-haired girl with sparkling eyes and a tiny beauty spot on her chin, the mysterious Albertine, who becomes the love of his life. Translator(s): Kilmartin, Terence; Scott-Moncrieff, C. K.; Enright, D. J. Num Pages: 656 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 42. Weight in Grams: 482.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Vintage Classics
Condition
New
SKU
9780099362319
ISBN
9780099362319
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 11.14

Paperback. A riveting, subtle novel about an undetected crime and its corrosive legacy for the schoolboy culprits, by a highly praised young writer Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 129 x 21. Weight in Grams: 200.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton United Kingdom
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780340834688
ISBN
9780340834688
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.02

Paperback. "Courtney Brkic gracefully interweaves three generations of family stories and lies..all with authority and wisdom..An intimate portrayal of life in exile." ---O, the Oprah Magazine Num Pages: 352 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 217 x 157 x 24. Weight in Grams: 308.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Back Bay Books
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780316217361
ISBN
9780316217361
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 15.08

Paperback. Ahmad, a middle-class shopkeeper runs his household strictly according to the Qur'an while at night he explores the pleasures of Cairo. A tyrant at home, Ahmad forces his gentle, oppressed wife and two daughters to live cloistered lives behind the house's latticed windows, while his three very different sons live in fear of his harsh will. Num Pages: 512 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 33. Weight in Grams: 352.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
Black Swan
Condition
New
SKU
9780552995801
ISBN
9780552995801
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.45

Hardback. This volume contains 24 short stories published between 1914 and 1919, including the six stories later collected as "You Know Me Al". Two-thirds of the stories describe real teams, real players, and real events - which Lardner covered as a reporter. Editor(s): Hilton, George W. Num Pages: 648 pages, 111 half-tones. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 350 x 46. Weight in Grams: 1647.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
648
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804724050
ISBN
9780804724050
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 190.95

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Griffin Publishing United States
Edition
Reprint
Number of pages
432
Condition
New
SKU
V9780312642709
ISBN
9780312642709
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 19.44

Paperback. Num Pages: 154 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 149 x 14. Weight in Grams: 290. 154 pages, illustrations. Fifteen journeys (fourteen of them inside Poland) over six years, 1940 1946. The traveler is a young girl, who we meet at age seven. Along the way, she loses her home, her family, her name, her hair, and finally, her fear. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: FA. Dimension: 225 x 149 x 14. Weight: 288.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Dalkey Archive Press
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
154
Condition
New
SKU
V9781564787200
ISBN
9781564787200
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 14.79

Paperback. Num Pages: 350 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 174 x 107 x 25. Weight in Grams: 183.
Publication date
1977
Publisher
Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing Group Inc United States
Edition
Illustrated
Number of pages
350
Condition
New
Format
Paperback
SKU
V9780553263503
ISBN
9780553263503
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.26

Hardcover. "Winner of the Flannery O'Connor Award for Short Fiction." Series: Flannery O'Connor Award for Short Fiction. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 318.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
University of Georgia Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780820345482
ISBN
9780820345482
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 24.23

Paperback. A hilarious and romantic novel about marriage, motherhood and mid-life crises Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 131 x 28. Weight in Grams: 294. Clean copy with some reader wear.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Headline Publishing Group
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KTM0000980
ISBN
9780755341504
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. The Bright Young Things of twenties Mayfair, with their paradoxical mix of innocence and sophistication, exercise their inventive minds and vile bodies in every kind of capricious escapade - whether promiscuity, dancing, cocktail parties or sports cars. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 166 x 199 x 15. Weight in Grams: 194.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Press
Condition
New
SKU
9780141182872
ISBN
9780141182872
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.82

Paperback. Jody Tiflin is given a red pony, and later he is promised the colt of a bay mare. Yet both of these gifts bring him tragedy as well as joy, and Jody is taught not only the harsh lessons of life and death, but made painfully aware of the fallibilty of adults. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 9. Weight in Grams: 102.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Condition
New
Edition
Reprint
SKU
9780141185095
ISBN
9780141185095
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 9.75

Paperback. Num Pages: 217 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 156 x 14. Weight in Grams: 362.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
ibooks United States
Edition
1st
Number of pages
217
Condition
New
SKU
V9781596873650
ISBN
9781596873650
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.04

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