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Paperback. Serge has bought a modern work of art for a large sum of money. Marc hates the painting and cannot believe that a friend of his could possibly want such a work. Yvan attempts, unsuccessfully, to placate both sides with hilarious consequences. The question is: Are you who you think you are or are you who your friends think you are? Translator(s): Hampton, Christopher. Num Pages: 80 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 199 x 127 x 6. Weight in Grams: 74.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Condition
New
SKU
9780571190140
ISBN
9780571190140
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 9.66

Paperback. Simon Weinberg is dead. On a November morning, six people gather at his funeral - siblings, lovers and in-laws. Mourning allows them special privilege and, for a few hours, they are isolated in another world under a lingering sun, in the shadow of the deceased. Translator(s): Hampton, Christopher. Num Pages: 288 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSBH; DSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 127 x 20. Weight in Grams: 304.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Condition
New
SKU
9780571221912
ISBN
9780571221912
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 15.78

Paperback. Simon Weinberg is dead. And, on a November morning, six people gather at his funeral - brothers and a sister, lovers and in-laws. Mourning allows them a special privilege and, for a few hours, they are isolated in another world under a lingering sun, in the shadow of the deceased. Translator(s): Hampton, Christopher. Num Pages: 96 pages. BIC Classification: DD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 196 x 130 x 8. Weight in Grams: 85.
Publisher
Faber & Faber United Kingdom
Number of pages
96
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571204410
ISBN
9780571204410
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.41

Paperback. What happens when two sets of parents meet up to deal with the unruly behaviour of their children? A calm and rational debate between grown-ups about the need to teach ids how to behave properly? Or a hysterical night of name-calling, tantrums and tears before bedtime? This play premiered at the Gielgud Theatre, London, in March 2008. Translator(s): Hampton, Christopher. Num Pages: 80 pages. BIC Classification: DD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 128 x 6. Weight in Grams: 94.
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Number of pages
80
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571242580
ISBN
9780571242580
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.41

Paperback. * A passionate novel about mothers and daughters, roots and exile, set among an Anglo-Iranian family Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 128 x 19. Weight in Grams: 196. Good clear copy with some minor shelf wear
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Abacus, London
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
SKU
KIN0031851
ISBN
9780349119557
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Yannis Ritsos (1909 - 1990) is one of Greece's finest and most celebrated poets, and was nine times nominated for a Nobel Prize. In Secret gives versions of Ritsos's short lyric poems: brief, compressed narratives that have an irresistible potency. Translator(s): Harsent, David. Num Pages: 79 pages, ill. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 214 x 139 x 6. Weight in Grams: 114.
Publisher
Enitharmon Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
79
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9781907587214
ISBN
9781907587214
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.32

Paperback. Very good copy with light shelf wear. Previous owners name to FFEP. Light nicks & creases, remains very good
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Canongate Books Ltd
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KCW0019652
ISBN
9781841952833
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Canongate Books Ltd
Condition
Used, Good
SKU
KEX0302732
ISBN
9781841952833
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Now a major motion picture from Academy Award-winning director Ang Lee Winner of the Booker Prize Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 22. Weight in Grams: 250.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Canongate Books
Condition
New
Edition
Tie-In - Film Tie-In
SKU
9780857865533
ISBN
9780857865533
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 7.50

Paperback. Clean copy with some shelf wear, slight foxing on endpapers and minor nicks and bumps on cover but remains a clean copy
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Canongate Books Ltd
Condition
Used, Good
Edition
New Edition
SKU
KSS0007963
ISBN
9781841953922
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Editor(s): Lovelock, Yann. BIC Classification: DCQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 149. Weight in Grams: 137.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Iron Press United Kingdom
Condition
New
Edition
First Edition
SKU
V9780906228654
ISBN
9780906228654
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 8.99
€ 8.83

Paperback. Before and since his enforced exile, Yang Lian has been one of the most innovative and influential poets in China. Widely hailed in America and Europe as a highly individual voice in world literature, he has been translated into many languages. Num Pages: 128 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 163 x 8. Weight in Grams: 224.
Publisher
Bloodaxe Books Ltd
Number of pages
128
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Edition
Translation
Condition
New
SKU
V9781852247034
ISBN
9781852247034
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 12.13

Paperback. Yang Lian's most personal work to date draw ins on family photographs from the 1950s through to the 1970s when he was sent to be "re-educated through labour", digging graves in rural China. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156. .
Publisher
Bloodaxe Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781780373515
ISBN
9781780373515
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 15.07

Paperback. Provocative and engaging, this text invites you into a unique thought experiment, using portraits from some of Shakespeare's most stirring works to illustrate how our psychological understanding of human nature and personality can be significantly enriched through literature. Num Pages: 186 pages, 1 tables. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JB; 3JD; DSGS; JMS; MMJT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 151 x 14. Weight in Grams: 281.
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
186
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781442256798
ISBN
9781442256798
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 43.99
€ 8.30

Paperback. A new retelling of an ancient classic for theatre lovers, critics, fans of South African literature, drama teachers and students. Num Pages: 96 pages. BIC Classification: DD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 209 x 137 x 7. Weight in Grams: 140.
Publisher
Oberon Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
96
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9781840029888
ISBN
9781840029888
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.21

Hardcover. 1st edition. Good, clean copy in dust wrapper. DW showing signs of shelfwear with rubbing and minor nicks to spine
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Weidenfeld & Nicolson
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1905
SKU
KSG0004242
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 70.00

Paperback. According to nineteenth-century racial uplift ideology, African American women served their race best as reformers and activists. This book examines the autobiographies of four women who diverged from that ideal and defended the legitimacy of their self-supporting wage labor. Num Pages: 240 pages, 5 illustrations, notes, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 15. Weight in Grams: 281. Nice copy, with some shelfwear. Good to very good
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
The University of North Carolina Press
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
240
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KST0026952
ISBN
9780807856482
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 12.29

Paperback. According to nineteenth-century racial uplift ideology, African American women served their race best as reformers and activists. This book examines the autobiographies of four women who diverged from that ideal and defended the legitimacy of their self-supporting wage labor. Num Pages: 240 pages, 5 illustrations, notes, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 15. Weight in Grams: 281. Nice copy, with some shelfwear. Good to very good
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
The University of North Carolina Press
Number of pages
240
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
KST0026905
ISBN
9780807856482
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 12.29

Paperback. The Li sisters don't have much education, but one thing has been drummed into them: their mother is a failure because she hasn't managed to produce a son, and they themselves only merit a number as a name. Yet when circumstances lead the sisters to seek work in distant Nanjing, the shocking new urban environment opens their eyes. Translator(s): Tyldesley, Esther. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 130 x 18. Weight in Grams: 198.
Publisher
Vintage Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099501534
ISBN
9780099501534
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 13.76

Paperback. Provides a complete and annotated translation of the famous "Chin P'ing Mei", an anonymous sixteenth-century Chinese novel that focuses on the domestic life of Hsi-men Ch'ing, a corrupt, upwardly mobile merchant in a provincial town, who maintains a harem of six wives and concubines. Translator(s): Roy, David Tod. Series: Princeton Library of Asian Translations. Num Pages: 520 pages, 40 illus. BIC Classification: 2GDC; DSBD; DSK; FC; FYT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 232 x 157 x 46. Weight in Grams: 1048.
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Number of pages
714
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Edition
Revised ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691016146
ISBN
9780691016146
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 44.99
€ 39.14

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