Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
Paperback. Winner of the Pen Center West Award, this delicate collection of thirteen linked tales reveals the flow of daily life in the modern Japanese family. Junzo Shono's artful layering of commonplace events, images, and conversations has been compared to haiku poetry crossed with an Ozu film. Starred review in Publishers Weekly. Translator(s): Lammers, W.P. Series: Rock Spring Collection of Japanese Literature. Num Pages: 264 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 218 x 142 x 15. Weight in Grams: 338.
- Publisher
- Stone Bridge Press United States
- Number of pages
- 264
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Edition
- 1st
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781880656020
- ISBN
- 9781880656020
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.69
€ 30.69
Paperback. While fulfilling his dead father's dream of creating a prosperous farm in California, Joseph Wayne comes to believe that a magnificent tree on the farm embodies his father's spirit. His brothers and their families share in Joseph's prosperity and the farm flourishes - until one brother kills the tree. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 130 x 16. Weight in Grams: 188.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141185507
- ISBN
- 9780141185507
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 14.48
€ 18.99
€ 14.48
Paperback. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 140 x 209 x 27. Weight in Grams: 322.
- Publisher
- Berkley
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780451474636
- ISBN
- 9780451474636
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 16.75
€ 17.99
€ 16.75
Paperback. Annette runs away from her finishing school but learns more than she bargained for in the real world beyond; the fierce and melancholy Rosa is torn between two Polish brothers; Peter is obsessed by an indecipherable ancient script. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 214 x 131 x 22. Weight in Grams: 216.
- Publisher
- VINTAGE (RAND)
- Number of pages
- 304
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099283690
- ISBN
- 9780099283690
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.49
€ 14.99
€ 11.49
Paperback. * The B format publication of the ecstatically received collection of short stories about vengeful wives, jealous husbands, femme fatales, reluctant fiancees, daddy's girls, secretive nannies and worldly children Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 127 x 15. Weight in Grams: 184.
- Publisher
- Little, Brown Book Group United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 224
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781844087082
- ISBN
- 9781844087082
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.69
€ 13.99
€ 10.69
Paperback. 'One of our most impressive novelists' Sunday Express Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 21. Weight in Grams: 200.
- Publisher
- Headline Publishing Group London
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780755334780
- ISBN
- 9780755334780
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.73
€ 13.99
€ 10.73
Paperback. In February 1940, the Nazis established what would become the second largest Jewish ghetto in Poland. Its chosen leader: Mordechai Chaim Rumkowski, a 63-year-old Jewish businessman. Mysterious, ambiguous and monarchical, 'King Chaim' forced adults and children alike to work punishing hours providing supplies for the German military. Num Pages: 672 pages, map. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 150 x 42. Weight in Grams: 526.
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Number of pages
- 672
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780571259212
- ISBN
- 9780571259212
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 9.69
€ 11.99
€ 9.69
Paperback. A derelict house. A portrait of a marriage. And a story of love from the author of the acclaimed THE OTHER HALF OF ME. For readers of Kate Morton, Louisa Young and Virginia Baily. Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
- Publisher
- Headline Publishing Group
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781472205865
- ISBN
- 9781472205865
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.70
€ 13.99
€ 10.70
Paperback. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
- Publisher
- Old Street Publishing United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 240
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- New edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781910400333
- ISBN
- 9781910400333
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.53
€ 11.99
€ 10.53
Paperback. One of the most dramatic stories in ancient history told through the eyes of four remarkable women - a tour de force from an extraordinary writer. Num Pages: 512 pages, map. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 134 x 32. Weight in Grams: 354.
- Publisher
- Simon & Schuster Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780857205445
- ISBN
- 9780857205445
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 9.69
€ 11.99
€ 9.69
Paperback. Translator(s): Singerman, Alan J (Davidson College). Num Pages: black & white illustrations, black & white halftones. BIC Classification: FA; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 363.
- Publisher
- Pennsylvania State University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780271063928
- ISBN
- 9780271063928
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 29.40
€ 36.99
€ 29.40
Paperback. The scandalous secrets of Emma's abuse are revealed, but she still has so much to learn out about her past. Why did her mother leave her all those years ago? What really happened the night Emma's father died? Were her memories of being happy just a dream? The repercussions of one horrific night has affected the lives of everyone involved. Series: The Breathing Series. Num Pages: 592 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FR. Category: (J) Children / Juvenile. Dimension: 196 x 129 x 37. Weight in Grams: 410. Good copy with some shelf wear
- Condition
- Used, Good
- Publisher
- Penguin Random House Children´s UK
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- SKU
- KHN0000899
- ISBN
- 9780141348452
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. This is one of the most startling of the century's varied achievements in Irish writing' Seamus Deane Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 133 x 12. Weight in Grams: 148.
- Edition
- Reprints
- Publisher
- Picador
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780330372329
- ISBN
- 9780330372329
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.11
€ 10.11
Paperback. Steven Armour is a man at a crossroad. But life takes a dramatic turn for Steven when, on a whim, he joins a local group of Civil War re-enactors. Assigned to immerse himself in the life of Private John Trow, Steven soon finds that his weekends at the living history village on Connecticut's Mt Riga let him escape his everyday disappointments. Num Pages: 368 pages, map. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 134 x 25. Weight in Grams: 258.
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 368
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099449676
- ISBN
- 9780099449676
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 8.99€ 8.46
€ 8.99
€ 8.46
Hardcover. From the author of THE POWER AND THE GLORY. A story of gang war in the underworld of Brighton. Pinkie, only seventeen, has already brutally killed a man. Now believing he has escaped retribution, he is unprepared for Ida Arnold, who is determined to avenge the death. Num Pages: 300 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 208 x 131 x 26. Weight in Grams: 490.
- Publisher
- Everyman
- Number of pages
- 300
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781857151466
- ISBN
- 9781857151466
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.44
€ 14.99
€ 11.44
Paperback. Tom Docherty was seventeen in the summer of 1955. With school behind him and a summer job at a brick works, Tom had his whole life before him. Years later, alone in a rented flat in Edinburgh and lost in memories, Tom recalls the intellectual and sexual awakening of his youth. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 131 x 18. Weight in Grams: 198.
- Publisher
- Canongate Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 288
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781782111900
- ISBN
- 9781782111900
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.41
€ 13.99
€ 10.41
Paperback. Rebecca has a most unusual problem: no matter how hard she tries, she can't stop broadcasting her feelings to people around her. Luckily, she's discovered how to trap and store her feelings in personal objects - but just how much emotional baggage can Unit 207, E Z Self Storage hold? Num Pages: 250 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 24. Weight in Grams: 234.
- Publisher
- Telegram
- Number of pages
- 250
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781846590863
- ISBN
- 9781846590863
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 9.70
€ 10.99
€ 9.70
Paperback. The only relationship she may not be able to save is her own. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 129 x 191 x 31. Weight in Grams: 338.
- Publisher
- Quercus Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781780875255
- ISBN
- 9781780875255
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.73
€ 13.99
€ 10.73
Paperback. The haunting new novel from the author of What My Best Friend Did Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 170 x 197 x 26. Weight in Grams: 280.
- Publisher
- Little, Brown Book Group
- Number of pages
- 400
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780751542516
- ISBN
- 9780751542516
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 9.97
€ 11.99
€ 9.97
Paperback. A biographical novel of Michelangelo. Michelangelo Buonarotti lived in the time of the turbulent Renaissance, the years of poisoning princes, warring popes, the powerful Medici family, and the fanatic monk Savonarola. Working with a God-driven fury he created "David", painted the Sistine ceiling, and was the architect of the dome of St Peter's. Num Pages: 784 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 177 x 112 x 34. Weight in Grams: 414.
- Publisher
- Arrow
- Number of pages
- 784
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1990
- Edition
- Re-issue
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099416272
- ISBN
- 9780099416272
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.49
€ 14.99
€ 11.49