Short stories
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Short stories
Paperback. A collection of twenty stories that are both melancholy and funny, farce and fantasy. It charts the struggles of an Italian peasant to reconcile country habits with urban life, combining comical disasters with a surrealistic view of city life through the eyes of an outsider. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 10. Weight in Grams: 114.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Vintage Digital
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780099428541
- ISBN
- 9780099428541
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 12.99€ 9.60
€ 12.99
€ 9.60
Paperback / so. Harrison's latest highly acclaimed volume of novellas is a sparkling and exuberant collection about love, the senses, and family, no matter how untraditional. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 140 x 19. Weight in Grams: 356. Good clean copy with minor shelf wear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Grove Press / Atlantic Monthly Press United States
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KAC0000430
- ISBN
- 9780802142559
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 10.99€ 4.99
€ 10.99
€ 4.99
Hardback. In this fictional contribution to T"he Writer and the City" series, Patrick McGrath excavates the layers of New York's turbulent history; a trio of stunning tales from the hand of a master storyteller. Series: Writer and the City Series. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 193 x 120 x 20. Weight in Grams: 288. Good clean copy in fine dustwrapper with minor shelf wear
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KAC0000460
- ISBN
- 9780747574293
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
paperback. Num Pages: 627 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 205 x 155 x 41. Weight in Grams: 782.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Nightboat Books United States
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 627
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780976718536
- ISBN
- 9780976718536
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 17.90
€ 19.99
€ 17.90
Paperback. A collection of short fiction by the Poet Laureate, taken from 40 years of occasional story-writing. The nine pieces, some of which appeared among the poems in "Wodwo", incorporate themes of violence, estrangement and arduous testing. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 128 x 10. Weight in Grams: 196.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Ted Hughes
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780571174829
- ISBN
- 9780571174829
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.22
€ 15.22
Paperback. Num Pages: 200 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: FYB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 13. Weight in Grams: 400.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Broadview Press Ltd Canada
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781554810628
- ISBN
- 9781554810628
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 29.69
€ 29.99
€ 29.69
paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Penguin Publishing Group
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780140437973
- ISBN
- 9780140437973
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 9.47
€ 10.99
€ 9.47
paperback. Drenched by rain, the town has been decaying ever since the banana company left. Its people are sullen and bitter, so when the doctor - a foreigner who ended up the most hated man in town - dies, there is no one to mourn him. But also living in the town is the Colonel, who is bound to honour a promise made many years ago. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 9. Weight in Grams: 98.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Penguin Books
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780241968765
- ISBN
- 9780241968765
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.00€ 9.39
€ 19.00
€ 9.39
Hardcover. A collection of short stories. Translator(s): Lunn, Patricia. Num Pages: 182 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 237 x 162 x 19. Weight in Grams: 418.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Swan Isle Press United States
- Number of pages
- 182
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780974888163
- ISBN
- 9780974888163
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 22.14
€ 27.99
€ 22.14
Paperback. Num Pages: 430 pages. BIC Classification: 5SG; DQ; FA; FYB; JFSJ2; JFSK2; JHB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 156 x 26. Weight in Grams: 657.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 430
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781560235033
- ISBN
- 9781560235033
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 64.34
€ 64.34
paperback. Series: Break Away Books. Num Pages: 140 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: FL; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5182 x 3404 x 8. Weight in Grams: 169.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 140
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253024299
- ISBN
- 9780253024299
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 20.07
€ 20.99
€ 20.07
paperback. Attempts to evoke the individual's struggle for dignity and significance in the Syrian city of Aleppo during the French mandate of the forties and fifties. This book parallels the struggle of the nation for self-definition and provides insights into the civil society of Syria. Translator(s): Sallah, Asmahan; Ellery, Chris. Series: CMES Modern Middle East Literatures in Translation Series. Num Pages: 144 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: FYB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5487 x 3556 x 204. Weight in Grams: 209.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- University of Texas Press United States
- Number of pages
- 144
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780292702820
- ISBN
- 9780292702820
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 17.96
€ 18.99
€ 17.96
Hardcover. A sequel to the author's collection of stories "Two Jews on a Train". Through twenty-nine tales, it spins stories of characters coping with the vicissitudes and reverses of daily life, while painting a portrait of a world of unassimilated Jewish life. Translator(s): Tihanyi, Catherine. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: DQ; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 139 x 16. Weight in Grams: 308.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 144
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226052175
- ISBN
- 9780226052175
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 19.48
€ 23.99
€ 19.48
paperback. Illustrator(s): Kalman, Maira. Translator(s): Bernofsky, Susan. Num Pages: 160 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: FC; FYB; FYT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 221 x 162 x 16. Weight in Grams: 364.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Christine Burgin
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780811220330
- ISBN
- 9780811220330
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 18.10
€ 29.99
€ 18.10
Paperback. Translator(s): Fulton, Bruce; Fulton, Ju-Chan. Series: Weatherhead Books on Asia. Num Pages: 232 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB; FYT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 133 x 197 x 17. Weight in Grams: 282.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231160674
- ISBN
- 9780231160674
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 19.21
€ 24.99
€ 19.21
paperback. Series: Break Away Books. Num Pages: 180 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5182 x 3404 x 10. Weight in Grams: 150.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 180
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Break Away Book Club ed.
- SKU
- V9780253018175
- ISBN
- 9780253018175
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 18.96
€ 19.99
€ 18.96
Paperback. Series: New Directions Bibelot. Num Pages: 90 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 178 x 120 x 7. Weight in Grams: 94.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- New Directions Publishing Corporation United States
- Number of pages
- 90
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780811212823
- ISBN
- 9780811212823
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 12.99
€ 14.99
€ 12.99
Hardcover. Finally available after three decades, a lost classic of the Harlem Renaissance that Langston Hughes acclaimed for its "hard poetic beauty." Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: FYB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 150 x 217 x 18. Weight in Grams: 346.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Liveright
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780871403353
- ISBN
- 9780871403353
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 20.77
€ 23.99
€ 20.77
Paperback. This collection of Poe's best stories contains all the terrifying and bewildering tales that characterise his work, from Gothic horror to the first modern detective stories. Series Editor(s): Davies, David Stuart. Series: Tales of Mystery & the Supernatural. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FK; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 125 x 20. Weight in Grams: 208.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Wordsworth Editions
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781840220728
- ISBN
- 9781840220728
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 7.24
€ 7.24
paperback. This title gathers 20 stories from the "glory days" of "The New Yorker", some of them set in her native Dublin, but mostly in and around her adopted Manhattan. The collection's centrepiece is a suite of satirical scenes from suburban life. Num Pages: 320 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 142 x 20. Weight in Grams: 452.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Counterpoint LLC
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781582431192
- ISBN
- 9781582431192
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 15.37
€ 21.99
€ 15.37