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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
€ 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
€ 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
€ 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
€ 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
€ 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
€ 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
€ 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
€ 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
€ 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
€ 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
€ 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
€ 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
€ 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
€ 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
€ 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
€ 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
€ 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
€ 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
€ 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
€ 44.99
€ 39.14