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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

Paperback. Presents the four stories that feature characters such as Neil, Carlo and Hillary Chan, among others and illustrate with great sympathy the loneliness and bleak humour of modern life. Num Pages: 136 pages, chiefly ill. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 267 x 188 x 12. Weight in Grams: 534.
Publisher
Faber & Faber United Kingdom
Number of pages
136
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571233427
ISBN
9780571233427
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 16.11

Paperback. Num Pages: 560 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 175 x 106 x 29. Weight in Grams: 272.
Format
Paperback
Publisher
Random House USA Inc United States
Number of pages
560
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804179768
ISBN
9780804179768
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.38

Paperback. When the Americans make an offer to buy land in Iceland to build a NATO airbase after the Second World War, a storm of protest is provoked throughout the country. Narrated by a country girl from the north, this novel follows her experiences after she takes up employment as a maid in the house of her Member of Parliament. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 133 x 12. Weight in Grams: 162.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Number of pages
192
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099455158
ISBN
9780099455158
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.01

Paperback. Alice is going to live forever. She's been promised this since childhood. All she has to do is follow the true religion of The Unbelievable Potential of Human Beings. Her mother is a pillar of the church and her brother is a deacon. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 131 x 19. Weight in Grams: 196.
Condition
Used, Good
Publisher
Vintage
Number of pages
288
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
SKU
KLN0016504
ISBN
9780099506911
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 5.49

Paperback. Explores the modern crises of time, human identity, society, religion and the afterlife. This title asks as many questions as it answers and readers will leave the story with no doubt that we are in a new phase of existence as a species - and that there is no turning back. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 131 x 17. Weight in Grams: 186.
Publisher
Cornerstone
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099538189
ISBN
9780099538189
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.66

Paperback. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 135 x 198 x 25. Weight in Grams: 264.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781408838365
ISBN
9781408838365
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.61

Paperback. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 142 x 203 x 16. Weight in Grams: 282.
Publisher
New Directions Publishing Corporation
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780811223225
ISBN
9780811223225
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 15.47

Paperback. Mathieu Delarue, a philosophy teacher, has so far managed to contain sex and personal freedom in separate compartments. But now he is in trouble, trying to raise 4,000 francs to procure a safe abortion for his mistress, Marcelle. Beyond all this, filtering an uneasy light on his predicament, rises the threat of the coming of the Second World War. Translator(s): Sutton, Eric. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 130 x 12. Weight in Grams: 224.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141185286
ISBN
9780141185286
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.05

Paperback. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 20. Weight in Grams: 216.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
0th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781408857212
ISBN
9781408857212
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.89

Hardback. When Kino, an Indian pearl-diver, finds 'the Pearl of the world' he believes that his life will be magically transformed. He will marry Juana in church and their little boy, Coyotito, will be able to attend school. Obsessed by his dreams, Kino is blind to the greed, fear and even violence the pearl arouses in him and his neighbours. Series: Penguin Clothbound Classics. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 132 x 205 x 15. Weight in Grams: 232.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
9780141394688
ISBN
9780141394688
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.91

Paperback. Jacob, a Jewish slave held in a mountain village after escaping a massacre by Cossacks, will be killed if he tries to escape. The one saving grace is his love for his master's daughter, Wanda. They begin a secret affair, trying to avoid the cruelty of the other villagers, until one day Jacob's fortunes unexpectedly change. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 128 x 194 x 14. Weight in Grams: 182.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
240
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141197623
ISBN
9780141197623
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.00
€ 11.81

Paperback. From the New York Times bestseller comes a haunting novel with the poetic quality of William Faulkner Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 197 x 24. Weight in Grams: 216.
Publisher
Canongate Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9781782118015
ISBN
9781782118015
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.78

Paperback. The classic feminist novel, reissued for its 30th anniversary. Series: VMC. Num Pages: 544 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 35. Weight in Grams: 366.
Publisher
Virago
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Condition
New
SKU
V9781860492822
ISBN
9781860492822
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.00
€ 11.86

Paperback. Offers a fictional account of the spiritual odyssey of an American woman in Australia. Summoned by a remote tribe of nomadic Aboriginals to accompany them on a walkabout through the outback, she learns how they live and thrive in natural harmony with the plants and animals that exist in the rugged geography of the desert region. Num Pages: 192 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ABM; FA; VXP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 128 x 16. Weight in Grams: 160.
Edition
First UK Edition
Publisher
HarperCollins
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Condition
New
SKU
V9781855384842
ISBN
9781855384842
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.70

Paperback. Num Pages: 250 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 134 x 216 x 20. Weight in Grams: 314. Clean copy
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Brandon / Mount Eagle Publications Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
SKU
KEX0221106
ISBN
9780863222580
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Longing for love, obsessed with weddings and sex, Linda and her sisters and cousin Fanny are on the lookout for a perfect lover. But finding Mr Right is much harder than any of the sisters had thought. Linda must suffer marriage first to a stuffy Tory MP and then to a handsome and humourless communist, before finding real love in war-torn Paris.. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 196 x 17. Weight in Grams: 164.
Publisher
Penguin
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9780241974681
ISBN
9780241974681
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.00

Paperback. Editor(s): Hyman, Laurence Jackson. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 199 x 30. Weight in Grams: 336.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780241198209
ISBN
9780241198209
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.95

Paperback. Professor Timofey Pnin, previously of Tsarist Russia, is now precariously positioned at the heart of campus America. Battling with American life and language, Pnin must face great hazards in this new world. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 14. Weight in Grams: 166.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Number of pages
176
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Edition
Re-issue
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141183756
ISBN
9780141183756
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.06

Paperback. A magical short novel from the author of All My Friends are Superheroes. Num Pages: 80 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 131 x 10. Weight in Grams: 112.
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
9780007439232
ISBN
9780007439232
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 4.99

Paperback. .
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
288
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781471129094
ISBN
9781471129094
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.66

Paperback. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 14. Weight in Grams: 208.
Publisher
Jacaranda Books Art Music Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781909762046
ISBN
9781909762046
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 11.66

Paperback. Life and love lessons as told by sassy narrator Lillian as she looks back in this brilliantly written, bold debut. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 197 x 17. Weight in Grams: 182.
Publisher
John Murray Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781848549524
ISBN
9781848549524
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.22

Paperback. Through the crumbling ruins of the once splendid Xanadu Miss Hare wanders, half-mad. In the wilderness she stumbles upon an Aborigine artist and a Jewish refugee. They place themselves in the care of a local washerwoman. In a world of pervasive evil, all four have been independently damaged and discarded. Num Pages: 560 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 37. Weight in Grams: 398.
Publisher
Vintage Classics
Number of pages
560
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099323914
ISBN
9780099323914
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 14.91

Paperback. Ignatius J Reilly is fat, flatulent, eloquent and almost unemployable. By the standards of ordinary folk he is pretty much unhinged, too. But is he bothered by this? No. For this misanthropic crusader against an America fallen into vice and ignorance has a mission: to rescue a naked female philosopher in distress. Series: Penguin Essentials. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 180 x 112 x 26. Weight in Grams: 238.
Edition
01st Edition
Publisher
Penguin
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9780241951590
ISBN
9780241951590
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.04

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