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Short stories
paperback. In this literary and accomplished collection of stories, Ahmed Essop presents entire worlds, and, at the same time, microcosmic glimpses into the complexities and ironies of life and human relationships. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 132 x 202 x 12. Weight in Grams: 160.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Picador South Africa
- Number of pages
- 144
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781770100053
- ISBN
- 9781770100053
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 10.98
€ 10.99
€ 10.98
Hardcover. These twelve masterful short stories are by one of Ireland's leading practitioners of the art. This gathering marks a welcome return of a major voice in Irish literature, unpublished since the 1990s. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
- Publisher
- The Lilliput Press Ltd Ireland
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781843516415
- ISBN
- 9781843516415
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 17.85
€ 19.99
€ 17.85
Hardcover. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 146 x 226 x 20. Weight in Grams: 352.
- Publisher
- Arlen House
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- Limited signed edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781851320677
- ISBN
- 9781851320677
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 30.00
€ 37.99
€ 30.00
Hardback. Contains nine gothic tales that are Japan's celebrated examples of the literature of the occult. They subtly merge the world of reason with the realm of the uncanny and exemplify the period's fascination with the strange and the grotesque. They were also the inspiration for Mizoguchi Kenji's brilliant 1953 film "Ugetsu". Editor(s): Chambers, Anthony H. Num Pages: 248 pages, 12 illustrations. BIC Classification: FC; FYB; FYT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 203 x 127 x 20. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 248
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231139120
- ISBN
- 9780231139120
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 63.29€ 48.87
€ 63.29
€ 48.87
mass_market. Includes autobiographical stories from one of Japan's masters of modernist story-telling - Ryunosuke Akutagawa (1892-1927). Series: Little Black Classics. Num Pages: 64 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 162 x 112 x 8. Weight in Grams: 54.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Penguin Classic
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141397726
- ISBN
- 9780141397726
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 5.42
€ 5.42
Paperback. A hugely original anthology of imaginative fiction edited by bestselling authors Neil Gaiman and Al Sarrantonio Num Pages: 512 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 129 x 32. Weight in Grams: 412.
- Edition
- 01st Edition
- Publisher
- Headline Publishing Group
- Number of pages
- 512
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780755336623
- ISBN
- 9780755336623
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.71
€ 13.99
€ 10.71
Paperback. Includes such stories as: "Father! Father! Burning Bright"; "The Clothes They Stood Up In"; "The Laying on of Hands"; and "The Lady in the Van". Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 20. Weight in Grams: 208. Good clean copy with some shelf wear
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Publisher
- Profile Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Edition
- Main
- SKU
- KTK0097629
- ISBN
- 9781861978196
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Editor(s): Brooker, Alana. Num Pages: 58 pages. BIC Classification: FM; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 139. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- At Bay Press
- Edition
- Annual
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780991761081
- ISBN
- 9780991761081
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 12.18
€ 15.99
€ 12.18
Paperback. Includes sixteen tales that were published by in 1983 with the title Unlikely Stories, Mostly. This collection also has fifty-seven tales from later books. Num Pages: 944 pages, illustrations (black and white). BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 136 x 50. Weight in Grams: 1092.
- Publisher
- Canongate Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780857865618
- ISBN
- 9780857865618
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 17.69
€ 26.99
€ 17.69
Paperback. Shows the high jinks of many folk in the last stages of physical, moral and social decrepitude - a sure tonic for the young. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 12. Weight in Grams: 142. 192 pages. This is a collection of thirteen tales from critically acclaimed author, Alasdair Gray, which challenge prejudice, question social imbalance and explore human foibles. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: FYB. Dimension: 197 x 129 x 12. Weight: 144.
- Publisher
- Canongate Books
- Number of pages
- 240
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781841955339
- ISBN
- 9781841955339
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 12.61
€ 16.99
€ 12.61
Paperback. Explores the dilemma of being an outsider - even in one's own country - and of allegiance. This book evokes beautiful but harsh landscapes, whether the shimmering deserts of author's native Algeria or the wild, mysterious jungles of Brazil. Translator(s): Cosman, Carol. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 8. Weight in Grams: 102.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 128
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Edition
- Re-issue
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141188256
- ISBN
- 9780141188256
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.67
€ 13.99
€ 10.67
Paperback. Num Pages: 314 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 240 x 140. Weight in Grams: 354.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Huia Publishers New Zealand
- Number of pages
- 314
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781775500377
- ISBN
- 9781775500377
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.05
€ 41.05
Paperback. A electrifying collection of stories from one of the most blazing talents working in English today Num Pages: 240 pages, map. BIC Classification: FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 131 x 16. Weight in Grams: 196. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Picador
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KKD0005397
- ISBN
- 9780330393485
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 17.95
€ 17.95
Paperback. Editor(s): Hemon, Aleksandar. Series: Best European Fiction. Num Pages: 544 pages. BIC Classification: 1D; DQ; FA; FYB; FYT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 150 x 228 x 32. Weight in Grams: 654. 459 pages. Best European Fiction is an exhilarating read. Time. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1D; DSK. Dimension: 150 x 228 x 32. Weight: 654.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Dalkey Archive Press
- Number of pages
- 459
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781564786807
- ISBN
- 9781564786807
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.72
€ 18.72
Paperback. A parrot who speaks of love, a police dog who's a Buddhist, a microbe with an inferiority complex, a chameleon hoping to find himself, a scorpion with the fastest sting in the West? Viskovitz is each of these animals and many more; yet it is the human condition with all its highs and lows which is portrayed in these hilarious metamorphoses. Translator(s): Casey, John. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 185 x 128 x 12. Weight in Grams: 116. 160 pages. Viskovitz is each of these animals and many more; yet it is the human condition with all its highs and lows which is portrayed in these hilarious metamorphoses. You're an Animal Viskovitz is a whirlwind of ironic fables, a tour de force of comic inventiveness and intelligence unlike anything that you have read before. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: FYB. Dimension: 185 x 128 x 12. Weight: 116.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Canongate Books
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781841954936
- ISBN
- 9781841954936
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.41
€ 13.99
€ 10.41
Hardback. Num Pages: 300 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 399.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- McSweeney's Publishing United States
- Number of pages
- 300
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781938073809
- ISBN
- 9781938073809
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 22.95
€ 25.99
€ 22.95
Paperback. This collection of stories covers perverse meetings, casual dates, and romantic encounters. The stories include the quirky complications inherent in entanglements which human beings engineer for themselves - entanglements that can be shocking, compulsive, and even completely disastrous. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 127 x 12. Weight in Grams: 154. 208 pages. This collection of stories covers perverse meetings, casual dates, and romantic encounters. The stories include the quirky complications inherent in entanglements which human beings engineer for themselves - entanglements that can be shocking, compulsive, and even completely disastrous. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: FYB. Dimension: 196 x 127 x 12. Weight: 174.
- Publisher
- Canongate Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781841954271
- ISBN
- 9781841954271
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.42
€ 13.99
€ 10.42
Paperback. How can a girl possibly have married a lion? How can a man have a tress growing out of his head? And how can a woman have children made of wax? This title deals with these questions. Illustrator(s): Holwill, Naomi. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: 5AK; FQ; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 201 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 164. Folktales from Africa. Adult Edition. 192 pages. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 5AK; FQ; FYB. Dimension: 201 x 140 x 13. Weight: 162.
- Publisher
- Canongate Books Ltd
- Number of pages
- 192
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781841956299
- ISBN
- 9781841956299
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.43
€ 13.99
€ 10.43
Paperback. Editor(s): Kahn, Andrew. Translator(s): Myers, Alan. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYB; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 129 x 17. Weight in Grams: 236.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 336
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199538652
- ISBN
- 9780199538652
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 12.14
€ 14.99
€ 12.14
Paperback. The Queen of Spades and Selected Works is a brand new English translation of two of Alexander Pushkin's greatest short stories, 'The Queen of Spades' and 'The Stationmaster', together with extracts from Yevgeny Onegin and Boris Godunov, and a selection of his poetic work. Translator(s): Briggs, Anthony. Series: Pushkin Collection. Num Pages: 160 pages, black & white illustrations, frontispiece. BIC Classification: DCF; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 166 x 124 x 15. Weight in Grams: 168.
- Publisher
- Pushkin Press
- Number of pages
- 160
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- First
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781908968036
- ISBN
- 9781908968036
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 11.89
€ 15.99
€ 11.89
Paperback. A collection of short fiction that showcases the author's application of Romantic sensibilities to uncompromising studies of human frailty. It includes stories: "The Queen of Spades", "The Negro of Peter the Great", and, "The Captain's Daughter". Translator(s): Edmonds, Rosemary. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 19. Weight in Grams: 234.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1978
- Publisher
- Penguin Classics
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780140441192
- ISBN
- 9780140441192
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.89
€ 10.89
Paperback. Children of the New World introduces readers to a near future world of social media implants, memory manufacturers, dangerously immersive virtual reality games, and alarmingly intuitive robots. The book grapples with our unease in this modern world and how our ever growing dependence on new technologies has changed the shape of our society. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 145 x 208 x 20. Weight in Grams: 224.
- Publisher
- St Martin´s Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781250098993
- ISBN
- 9781250098993
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 15.23
€ 17.99
€ 15.23
Paperback. Num Pages: 1 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 20. Weight in Grams: 220.
- Publisher
- Text Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781925498387
- ISBN
- 9781925498387
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.50
€ 11.99
€ 10.50
Paperback. Editor(s): Hinks, Jim; Franco, Bianchini; Bloomfield, Jude. Translator(s): Lloyd-Jones, Antonia; Constantine, Helen; Braun, Rebecca. Num Pages: 150 pages, Black and white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QFE; FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 131 x 13. Weight in Grams: 196.
- Publisher
- Carcanet Press Ltd.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781905583232
- ISBN
- 9781905583232
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 14.54
€ 15.99
€ 14.54