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Short stories

Hardcover. Winner of the 2011 Drue Heinz Literature Prize Told in precise, evocative prose that skewers the heart of the matter time after time, these memorable stories view and illuminate the human condition from a compelling, funny and entirely original perspective. Num Pages: 120 pages. BIC Classification: FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 456.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
University of Pittsburgh Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822944102
ISBN
9780822944102
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 25.30

Paperback. Written in a narrative prose, this is a translated collection of seventeen short stories about the precolonial and colonial past of Djibouti alongside those set in the postcolonial era. Here the art of the short story offers illuminated scenes of the Djiboutian urban and rural landscape, its people, and its history. Translator(s): Garane, Jeanne. Series: CARAF Books: Caribbean and African Literature Translated from French. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: FYB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 10. Weight in Grams: 172.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
University of Virginia Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813925080
ISBN
9780813925080
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.88

Paperback. An anthology of fiction by one of America's important feminist writers, the author of the "Yellow Wallpaper", in which a woman is driven mad by chauvinist psychiatry. Collected here, by Lane, are 18 stories and fragments, including a selection from "Herland", Gilman's feminist Utopia. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; DQ; DSBF; DSK; FYB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 336.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
University of Virginia Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813918761
ISBN
9780813918761
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.05

Paperback. Stories capture the peculiar rites of passage of growing up Midwestern Series: Break Away Books. Num Pages: 180 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 204 x 137 x 13. Weight in Grams: 220.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Indiana University Press United States
Number of pages
180
Condition
New
SKU
V9780253008381
ISBN
9780253008381
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 17.42

paperback. The author has a genius for entering the lives of ordinary people and capturing the passions and contradictions that lie just below the surface. This title takes mainly the lives of women - unruly, ungovernable, unpredictable, unexpected, funny, sexy and completely recognisable - and brings their hidden desires bubbling to the surface. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 132 x 22. Weight in Grams: 258. The author has a genius for entering the lives of ordinary people and capturing the passions and contradictions that lie just below the surface. This title takes mainly the lives of women - unruly, ungovernable, unpredictable, unexpected, funny, sexy and completely recognisable - and brings their hidden desires bubbling to the surface. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 132 x 22. Weight in Grams: 258. Clean copy with minor shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Random House
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KMK0022753
ISBN
9780099287865
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 5.96

paperback. A collection of stories from the author's final years. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 127 x 23. Weight in Grams: 292. Clean copy with minor shelf wear. Newspaper clipping pasted to half-title page by previous owner. Remains a very good copy
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Hamish Hamilton
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KMK0022712
ISBN
9780141042596
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 5.96

paperback. These stories, conceived by the author as a thematic collection, have as their principal focus the city of Galway, providing an evocation of the city's life and people in the 1940s. From the author of QUENCH THE MOON and RAIN ON THE WIND. Num Pages: 195 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 18. Weight in Grams: 191. Good clean copy showing some age and shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
O'Brien Press Ltd
Condition
Used, Good
SKU
KMK0022075
ISBN
9780863222764
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 5.12

paperback. In these stories, the author renders the bizarre normal and the absurd hilarious, from the eerily "real", almost holographic evocations of historical figures, to overtelevised game-show hosts and late-night comedians. In the title story, punk nihilism meets Young Republicanism. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 128 x 24. Weight in Grams: 270.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Abacus
Condition
New
SKU
9780349111025
ISBN
9780349111025
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 10.94

paperback. In his second collection of short stories, Mike McCormack joins head and heart in a series of tales which weave a fluid vision of a world morphing between the real and the hyperreal. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 138 x 21. Weight in Grams: 240. Clean copy with minor shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
The Lilliput Press Ltd
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KMK0021880
ISBN
9781843512707
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 5.12

paperback. Introducing you to a host of extraordinary characters and communities, this book includes a collection of short stories written by Gabriel Garcia Marquez. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 20. Weight in Grams: 222.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Penguin
Condition
New
SKU
9780241968758
ISBN
9780241968758
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.45

BIC Classification: FYB; WCS; WZG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 96 x 57 x 23. Weight in Grams: 44.
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Wartelsteiner GmbH Germany
Edition
Limited gilt-edged Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9783861841753
ISBN
9783861841753
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 22.93

Paperback. Num Pages: 160 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 204 x 139 x 11. Weight in Grams: 208.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Caitlin Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9781927575239
ISBN
9781927575239
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 12.64

Paperback. Num Pages: 228 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 218 x 141 x 14. Weight in Grams: 284.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Newest Pr
Condition
New
SKU
V9781927063750
ISBN
9781927063750
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 15.80

Paperback. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 138 x 13. Weight in Grams: 181.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Syracuse University Press
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781851320257
ISBN
9781851320257
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.00
€ 13.81

Num Pages: 241 pages. BIC Classification: FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 201 x 127 x 25. Weight in Grams: 380.
Publication date
2006
Publisher
M P Publishing Limited United Kingdom
Number of pages
241
Condition
New
SKU
V9781849821889
ISBN
9781849821889
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.06

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
€ 14.86

Paperback. Num Pages: 188 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 143 x 18. Weight in Grams: 376.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
NeWest Press Canada
Number of pages
188
Condition
New
SKU
V9781927063347
ISBN
9781927063347
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 14.17

Paperback. Num Pages: 250 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 141 x 217 x 23. Weight in Grams: 320.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
NeWest Press Canada
Number of pages
250
Condition
New
SKU
V9781926455631
ISBN
9781926455631
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 15.75

Paperback. Editor(s): Ochoa, Gabriel Garcia; Jones, Rebecca; Schwartz, Oscar. Num Pages: 112 pages. BIC Classification: DC; DQ; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 156 x 234 x 8. Weight in Grams: 212.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Monash University Publishing Australia
Number of pages
112
Condition
New
SKU
V9781922235497
ISBN
9781922235497
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 17.69

Paperback. Num Pages: 144 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DQ; FF; FM; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 261 x 15. Weight in Grams: 210.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Manor House Publishing Inc.
Condition
New
SKU
V9781897453391
ISBN
9781897453391
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 15.75

Paperback. Num Pages: 144 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 154 x 229 x 12. Weight in Grams: 212.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Manor House Publishing Inc Canada
Number of pages
144
Condition
New
SKU
V9781897453346
ISBN
9781897453346
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 15.75

Paperback. Num Pages: 158 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 141 x 11. Weight in Grams: 204.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
NeWest Press Canada
Edition
1St Edition
Number of pages
158
Condition
New
SKU
V9781897126592
ISBN
9781897126592
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 14.17

Paperback. Num Pages: 236 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 142 x 16. Weight in Grams: 348.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
NeWest Press Canada
Number of pages
236
Condition
New
SKU
V9781897126189
ISBN
9781897126189
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 15.84

Paperback. Num Pages: 190 pages. BIC Classification: FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 150 x 12. Weight in Grams: 292.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
NeWest Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9781897126110
ISBN
9781897126110
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 15.75

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