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Paperback. This collection brings together 11 contemporary American writers. It includes long stories by Edwidge Danticat, Stanley Elkin, Ernest J. Gaines, Barry Hannah, Joyce Carol Oates, Cynthia Ozick, Philip Roth, Jane Smiley, William Styron, Peter Taylor and Eudora Welty. Editor(s): Ford, Richard. Num Pages: 720 pages. BIC Classification: DQ; FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 140 x 40. Weight in Grams: 536. Very good copy with light shelf wear. Lightly sunned spine, remains very good
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Granta Books
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KCW0014111
- ISBN
- 9781862072770
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. New from National Book Award-winner Gloria Whelan, stories that explore the unexpected and sometimes amazing ways we live together. Series: Made in Michigan Writers S. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 22. Weight in Grams: 417.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Wayne State University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814338964
- ISBN
- 9780814338964
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 23.43
€ 26.99
€ 23.43
Paperback. Over the past 20 years, judges such as Raymond Carver, Joyce Carol Oates, Margaret Atwood, Russell Banks, Tobias Wolff and Alice McDermott have selected the best collections submitted annually for the Drue Heinz Literature Prize. This is a collection of 20 winning stories, Editor(s): Wideman, John Edgar. Num Pages: 360 pages. BIC Classification: DQ; FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 222 x 152 x 24. Weight in Grams: 513.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- University of Pittsburgh Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822958154
- ISBN
- 9780822958154
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 18.36
€ 19.99
€ 18.36
Paperback. A collection of short stories, this book features a narrative that, while unified by a dark theme, is diverse and surprisingly optimistic. The voices that recount the stories differ significantly, yet all resonate with the clarity of unmistakable truth. Num Pages: 188 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 177.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Baraka Books
- Edition
- 1St Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781926824079
- ISBN
- 9781926824079
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 18.46
€ 20.99
€ 18.46
Paperback. Includes three stories where characters are tested by dramatic events 'that show in the light of day the inner worth of a man, the edge of his temper, and the fibre of his stuff; that reveal the quality of his resistance and the secret stuff of his pretences, not only to others but also to himself'. Series Editor(s): Carabine, Dr. Keith. Series: Wordsworth Classics. Num Pages: 304 pages, glossary. BIC Classification: FA; FC; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 196 x 128 x 18. Weight in Grams: 206. Very good copy with light shelf wear. Light nicks, remains very good
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Wordsworth Editions
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KCW0019544
- ISBN
- 9781853267437
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Contains stories that deal with individuals striving to live outside the dominant American culture - people who do not want to be incorporated, appropriated, or consumed. Their battles are waged on interior and external landscapes, pitting clarity against confusion, faith against fear, and the passive against the aggressive. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 138 x 12. Weight in Grams: 200.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- University of Massachusetts Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781558496033
- ISBN
- 9781558496033
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 23.37
€ 26.99
€ 23.37
Paperback. * Longlisted for the National Book Award * A stunning exploration of characters shaped by the forces of history, the debut work of fiction by a 2013 National Book Foundation "5 Under 35" Honoree. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 142 x 209 x 19. Weight in Grams: 242.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- WW Norton & Co United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780393349962
- ISBN
- 9780393349962
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 15.31
€ 15.99
€ 15.31
Paperback. Ines, realistic about the state of her marriage, is not surprised to find a note to her husband with a heart smeared in lipstick and the words All YoursA". When Ernesto becomes a suspect in the murder case of his lover she provides him with an alibi. But when he continues his sexual adventures Ines plans a diabolical revenge. Translator(s): France, Miranda. Num Pages: 186 pages. BIC Classification: FF; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 139 x 13. Weight in Grams: 176.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Bitter Lemon Press United Kingdom
- Edition
- F First Edition
- Number of pages
- 186
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781904738800
- ISBN
- 9781904738800
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.20
€ 14.20
Paperback. A crime has been committed in a public place. A dark-suited man was shot as he ran for a bus. The investigating officer of the crime soon finds that, in this small Mafia-run town, no one saw him fall.. Translator(s): Oliver, Arthur. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FF; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 9. Weight in Grams: 100. Good clean copy
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Granta Books
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781847089250
- ISBN
- 9781847089250
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.07
€ 13.99
€ 10.07
Paperback. Concerns the relationship between the great Danish astronomer and the younger, intellectually superior Johannes Kepler. This book talks of a conflict that becomes an emblem of the struggle between a weakened tradition and a self-conscious modernity. It conveys the intimate, emotional reality of a seventeenth-century political conflict. Series: Avant-garde & Modernism Collection. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 152 x 26. Weight in Grams: 556.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Northwestern University Press United States
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780810123816
- ISBN
- 9780810123816
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 28.51
€ 33.99
€ 28.51
Paperback. Series: Seren Classics. Num Pages: 130 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 212 x 152 x 10. Weight in Grams: 142.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Poetry Wales Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 130
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781854113085
- ISBN
- 9781854113085
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.65
€ 16.65
Paperback. Alexei, Elena, and Nikolka Turbin, adult siblings who have just lost their mother, find themselves plunged into the chaotic civil war that erupted in the wake of World War I and the Russian Revolution. In the context of this family's saga, the author recreates the experience of battles, and also the long pauses that come before and after. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 143 x 22. Weight in Grams: 430.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Yale University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300151459
- ISBN
- 9780300151459
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 18.46
€ 20.99
€ 18.46
Paperback. Num Pages: 152 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 209 x 149 x 11. Weight in Grams: 258.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Spokesman Books United Kingdom
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 152
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780851246291
- ISBN
- 9780851246291
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 12.21
€ 12.21
Paperback. The stories in "Silent Retreats "trace the tentative journeys of men as they redefine who they are in a changed world while still coping with memory and desire in the old ways. Above all, these stories chronicle a search for absolution for the elusive freedom lurking among the very syllables of the word." Num Pages: 240 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 313.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- University of Georgia Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780820330662
- ISBN
- 9780820330662
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 25.46
€ 29.99
€ 25.46
Hardback. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: DQ; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 148 x 216 x 21. Weight in Grams: 362.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Seven Stories Press,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781583226353
- ISBN
- 9781583226353
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 31.03
€ 31.03
Paperback. Cobb's The Fire Eaters"Cobb's short stories, printed in the New Yorker and other magazines, hinted at the power he displays in this beautifully controlled and convincing debut, winner of the 1992 Associated Writing Programs award for the novel."-Publisher's Weekly Series: Johns Hopkins: Poetry and Fiction. Num Pages: 216 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 138 x 15. Weight in Grams: 264.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781421411477
- ISBN
- 9781421411477
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 23.27
€ 26.99
€ 23.27
Paperback. * Reissued to coincide with her new book 'Feisty and wise stories about sex and the wild..touching and clever and as gripping as good gossip' - Nicolette Jones, SUNDAY TIMES Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 129 x 11. Weight in Grams: 212. Clean copy with some shelf wear, minor nicks and bumps on cover but otherwise clean
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Virago
- Condition
- Used, Good
- Edition
- …
- SKU
- KSS0003516
- ISBN
- 9781853817311
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Troubled relationships between parents and children provide the framework for many stories in this collection. Num Pages: 152 pages, 1 port. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 127 x 10. Weight in Grams: 236.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- University of Missouri
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780826210753
- ISBN
- 9780826210753
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 25.46
€ 29.99
€ 25.46
Hardcover. Translator(s): Carr, Maurice. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 224 x 149 x 30. Weight in Grams: 552.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- David Paul United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 384
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780954054274
- ISBN
- 9780954054274
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 18.34
€ 19.99
€ 18.34
Hardback. In 1920 Willa Cather collected eight of the stories she had written over the past twenty years into "Youth and the Bright Medusa". This title also includes an historical essay and explanatory notes that trace the composition of the stories and their roots in the people, events, and places Cather knew. Series: Willa Cather Scholarly Edition. Num Pages: 646 pages, 25 illustrations. BIC Classification: FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 48. Weight in Grams: 1103.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Number of pages
- 646
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Scholarly
- SKU
- V9780803217546
- ISBN
- 9780803217546
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 103.54
€ 103.54
Paperback. Num Pages: 152 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 178 x 155 x 15. Weight in Grams: 188.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Archipelago
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780914671053
- ISBN
- 9780914671053
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 16.22
€ 18.99
€ 16.22
Paperback. From the Anglo-American woman who makes a spectacle of herself trying to be Cuban, to the estranged son leading his father on a hostile hike in New Mexico, Valeri's characters are loaded with desire and anger. The stories grow through subtle shifts, and reveal unexpected moments of clarity. Num Pages: 200 pages, port. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 139 x 10. Weight in Grams: 222.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- University Of Iowa Press
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780877458197
- ISBN
- 9780877458197
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 21.35
€ 23.99
€ 21.35
paperback. Num Pages: 156 pages. BIC Classification: FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 181 x 117 x 12. Weight in Grams: 180.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Five Leaves Publications United Kingdom
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 156
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780907123156
- ISBN
- 9780907123156
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.25
€ 10.25
Paperback. Here we encounter a blind piano tuner whose wonderful memories of his first wife are cruelly distorted by his second; a woman in a difficult marriage who must choose between her indignant husband and her closest friend; and two children, survivors of divorce, who mimic their parents' melodramas. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 130 x 15. Weight in Grams: 160. Fine copy with minor shelf wear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KJE0003262
- ISBN
- 9780140258349
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 5.70
€ 5.70