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Short stories

Hardcover. .
Publisher
Random House USA Inc United States
Number of pages
336
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1993
Condition
New
SKU
V9780679424789
ISBN
9780679424789
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 21.63

Paperback. This collection of short stories reveals the plight and strength of the common Chinese people. There are contradictions between the "new" and the "old", and also between human values with enough integrity to nurture life, versus corruption that leads to the decline and death of a culture. Translator(s): Kinkley, Jeffrey C. Num Pages: 300 pages. BIC Classification: FYB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 212 x 140 x 19. Weight in Grams: 448.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
The Chinese University Press Hong Kong
Edition
Bilingual
Number of pages
300
Condition
New
SKU
V9789629961107
ISBN
9789629961107
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.86

paperback. The stories are keenly observant, darkly humorous, and absurdly fatalistic. Editor(s): Gioia, Dana. Num Pages: 172 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: FYB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 171 x 203 x 14. Weight in Grams: 224.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Number of pages
172
Condition
New
SKU
V9780803278066
ISBN
9780803278066
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 17.97

Paperback. Written by the winner of the 1994 W H Smith Award, this book contains a selection of stories, from the earliest published work in 1968 to the works in 1994. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 26. Weight in Grams: 296.
Edition
New Ed
Publisher
Vintage
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099732419
ISBN
9780099732419
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 11.57

Paperback. Presents a collection of ten stories, which develops from early realism towards myth and fairy tale, murder, and ghost stories. Editor(s): Wilson, Sue. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 24. Weight in Grams: 292.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Number of pages
400
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Edition
Revised
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141441658
ISBN
9780141441658
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 13.13

Paperback.
Publisher
Luath Press Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
196
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781842820773
ISBN
9781842820773
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.18

Paperback. Includes stories that discuss con men and tricksters and 'innocent' deceivers, about fate, luck, and coincidence, have delighted generations of readers. Set in New York and the West, in Central America and the South, this title demonstrates the author's speech and place, and highlights his appreciation of life's quirks. Num Pages: 544 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FC; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 194 x 130 x 25. Weight in Grams: 370.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
544
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140186888
ISBN
9780140186888
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 14.67

Paperback. This new selection of Mansfield's stories adds 6 stories to Dan Davin's original selection of 27 and arranges them in the order in which they first appeared, in the definitive text established by Anthony Alpers. Editor(s): Smith, Angela. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 195 x 21. Weight in Grams: 312.
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
448
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199537358
ISBN
9780199537358
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.69

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Random House USA Inc United States
Edition
2nd
Number of pages
496
Condition
New
SKU
V9780679767305
ISBN
9780679767305
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 17.15

Paperback. Dark, weird, psychologically complex, Hawthorne's short fiction continues to fascinate readers. Brenda Wineapple has made a generous selection of Hawthorne's stories, including some of his best-known tales as well as other, less-often anthologized gems. Series: The John Harvard Library. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 209 x 138 x 26. Weight in Grams: 356.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
384
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674050228
ISBN
9780674050228
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 29.63

Paperback. A collection of classic featuring tales by Charles Dickens, Arthur Conan Doyle, RL Stevenson, Bram Stoker, Anthony Trollope and many others. Editor(s): Davies, David Stuart. Series Editor(s): Carabine, Dr. Keith. Series: Wordsworth Classics. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FH; FJ; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 126 x 14. Weight in Grams: 162.
Publisher
Wordsworth Editions Ltd
Number of pages
240
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Edition
0th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781840224078
ISBN
9781840224078
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 6.43

Paperback. Series: Modern Library. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 204 x 133 x 25. Weight in Grams: 470.
Publisher
Modern Library Inc
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Edition
Modern Library Pbk. Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780812970753
ISBN
9780812970753
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 14.25

Paperback. The best of a thousand imagistic stories, grouped under 'Follies and Vices' and 'Quest for the One' (the two aspects of the fundamental theme of world literature). Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 152 x 231 x 27. Weight in Grams: 302.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
O Books
Condition
New
SKU
V9781780997537
ISBN
9781780997537
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 21.15

Paperback. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 130 x 16. Weight in Grams: 258.
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Number of pages
368
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
2nd Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199535774
ISBN
9780199535774
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.69

Paperback. Collects folktales that are among the memorable stories in European culture - conjuring up a world of spells and bewitchment, outwitted villains and cruel stepmothers, animal bridegrooms and enchanted princesses. Translator(s): Luke, David. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 129 x 19. Weight in Grams: 302. Good copy with some shelf wear. Cover has creases. Underlining and scoring throughout, remains good
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1982
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Condition
Used, Good
SKU
KCW0006184
ISBN
9780140444018
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Complicated, awkward, funny, cruel, heartbroken, mysterious, this is forms an idiosyncratic guide to female existence. It shows you how to deal with divorce, adultery, cancer, how to talk to your mother or become a writer, the author's way. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 129 x 14. Weight in Grams: 172.
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
Faber Modern Classics
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571322718
ISBN
9780571322718
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.38

Paperback. A collection of nine stories that provides an idiosyncratic guide to female existence. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 12. Weight in Grams: 148.
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Number of pages
176
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571260850
ISBN
9780571260850
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.41

Paperback. Sentimental Exorcisms is a collection of tragicomic satire, latter-day-Victorian collisions of Nabokov and Proust. Num Pages: 220 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 127 x 15. Weight in Grams: 285.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Coach House Books Canada
Number of pages
220
Condition
New
SKU
V9781552452240
ISBN
9781552452240
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 17.21

Paperback. A collection of seven tales, whose settings range from Tuscany and Elsinore, to a dhow on its way from Lamu to Zanzibar. It is shot through with themes of love and desire - from the maiden lady who now believes herself to have been the grand courtesan of her time to the Count whose wife is so jealous that she cannot bear him to admire her jewels. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 22. Weight in Grams: 276.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
368
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141187198
ISBN
9780141187198
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.71

Paperback. Num Pages: 150 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 214 x 140 x 10. Weight in Grams: 218.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Mage Publishers United States
Number of pages
156
Condition
New
SKU
V9781933823140
ISBN
9781933823140
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 14.35

Paperback. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Rutgers University Press United States
Edition
Revised and Expanded
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813529530
ISBN
9780813529530
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 35.95

Paperback. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 154 x 233 x 18. Weight in Grams: 276.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
No Exit Press
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9781843447597
ISBN
9781843447597
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 12.56

Hardback. How we come in, and how we go out, sex and death: these are the governing drives, our two greatest themes. In this sexy collection of short stories, the authors probe the nature of, and connection between, two of the most powerful, exhilarating and terrifying forces that define and shape the human experience: sex and death. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 165 x 268 x 32. Weight in Grams: 572.
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571322428
ISBN
9780571322428
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 16.93

Paperback. Num Pages: 190 pages. BIC Classification: FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 142 x 217 x 13. Weight in Grams: 282.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
DC Books,Canada Canada
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
190
Condition
New
SKU
V9781897190654
ISBN
9781897190654
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 14.46

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