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Hardback. Designed to appeal to both general and specialist readers, this volume presents a group of works by O'Brien (1828-1862), an early innovator in the short story form, that explore one of his special interests-the representation of individual consciousness. All but three of the thirteen stories are reprinted here for the first time Num Pages: 196 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: FC; FYB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 159 x 19. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- University of Delaware Press United States
- Number of pages
- 196
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781611494020
- ISBN
- 9781611494020
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 116.10
€ 116.10
Paperback. Tells stories from the middle period of the author's career - influenced by his own experiences as a doctor. In this title, all the stories feature characters who face madness, alienation and frustration before they experience brief, ephemeral moments of insight, often earned at great cost, where they confront the reality of their existence. Translator(s): Wilks, Ronald. Num Pages: 368 pages, notes. BIC Classification: FC; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 128 x 23. Weight in Grams: 276.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Penguin Classics
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780140447866
- ISBN
- 9780140447866
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.14
€ 14.99
€ 11.14
Paperback. Thailand's foremost writers about women are brought together in this collection of 11 short stories and excerpts from five novels. The selection shows the many ways fiction has mirrored the lives of Thai women over the 20th century. Translator(s): Kepner, Susan Fulop. Series: Voices from Asia S. Num Pages: 281 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FMT; 2G; FA; FYB; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 463.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Number of pages
- 281
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520089037
- ISBN
- 9780520089037
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 26.63
€ 35.99
€ 26.63
Hardcover. Migrants, immigrants, travellers, and holidaymakers feature in Dylan Thomas Prize-winner Rachel Trezise's second collection of short fiction: in eleven dazzling stories of lives lived on either side of boundaries, and on the fringes of society. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 211 x 135 x 18. Weight in Grams: 272.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Parthian Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781908946942
- ISBN
- 9781908946942
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 13.40
€ 13.99
€ 13.40
Paperback. Translator(s): Hodges, Horace Jeffery; Hwang, Sun-ae. Num Pages: 420 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 215 x 140 x 37. Weight in Grams: 690.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Dalkey Archive Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781564789112
- ISBN
- 9781564789112
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 6.23
€ 19.99
€ 6.23
Paperback. An original collection of short stories, often humorous, with an esoteric bias. A refreshing, experiential edge into the inner life Num Pages: 163 pages. BIC Classification: FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 140 x 216 x 10. Weight in Grams: 164.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- John Hunt Publishing United Kingdom
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 163
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781846949821
- ISBN
- 9781846949821
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 15.42
€ 16.99
€ 15.42
paperback. Editor(s): Browne, Catherine. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: DQ; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 14. Weight in Grams: 172.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Route United Kingdom
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 176
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781901927405
- ISBN
- 9781901927405
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.34
€ 11.34
Paperback. From the author of the award-winning The Great Fire, an extraordinary collection of stories about life in the Organisation - a polyglot crucible in which talent rots and mediocrity thrives and the 'rights of man' are unthinkingly sacrificed on the altar of inter-departmental strife. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 125 x 13. Weight in Grams: 152.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Little, Brown Book Group
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781844082186
- ISBN
- 9781844082186
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.81
€ 11.99
€ 10.81
paperback. The stories are keenly observant, darkly humorous, and absurdly fatalistic. Editor(s): Gioia, Dana. Num Pages: 172 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: FYB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 171 x 203 x 14. Weight in Grams: 224.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Number of pages
- 172
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803278066
- ISBN
- 9780803278066
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 17.55
€ 17.99
€ 17.55
Paperback. A Washington Post Top 50 Fiction Book for 2014 Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 142 x 209 x 22. Weight in Grams: 250.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Back Bay Books
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780316246149
- ISBN
- 9780316246149
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 14.44
€ 17.99
€ 14.44
Paperback. Editor(s): Franklin, Tom; Fennelly, Beth Ann. Num Pages: 270 pages. BIC Classification: FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 124 x 20. Weight in Grams: 422.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- M P Publishing Limited United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 270
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781849821735
- ISBN
- 9781849821735
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 9.99€ 8.68
€ 9.99
€ 8.68
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press United States
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253008237
- ISBN
- 9780253008237
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.54
€ 21.54
Hardcover. A novel featuring Saturnin, a 'gentleman's gentleman' who obviously owes a debt to Wodehouse's beloved Jeeves, who wages a constant battle to protect his master from romantic disaster and intrusive relatives, such as Aunt Catherine, the 'Prancing Dictionary of Slavic Proverbs'. Translator(s): Corner, Mark Adrian. Num Pages: 263 pages, col. Illustrations. BIC Classification: FC; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 153 x 242 x 29. Weight in Grams: 530.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Karolinum,Nakladatelstvi Univerzity Karlovy,Czech Republic Czech Republic
- Number of pages
- 263
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9788024606835
- ISBN
- 9788024606835
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 24.47
€ 30.99
€ 24.47
Paperback. Num Pages: 166 pages. BIC Classification: FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 212 x 136 x 13. Weight in Grams: 18.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- NeWest Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 166
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781896300542
- ISBN
- 9781896300542
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.04
€ 13.99
€ 11.04
hardcover. Translator(s): Derbyshire, Katy. Series: SB-The German List. Num Pages: 968 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 58. Weight in Grams: 1293.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Seagull Books London Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 968
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780857423375
- ISBN
- 9780857423375
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 45.99€ 35.46
€ 45.99
€ 35.46
Hardcover. Translator(s): Woods, John E. Num Pages: 904 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 209 x 137 x 39. Weight in Grams: 804.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Everyman
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781857152890
- ISBN
- 9781857152890
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 18.62
€ 26.99
€ 18.62
Paperback. Written in a narrative prose, this is a translated collection of seventeen short stories about the precolonial and colonial past of Djibouti alongside those set in the postcolonial era. Here the art of the short story offers illuminated scenes of the Djiboutian urban and rural landscape, its people, and its history. Translator(s): Garane, Jeanne. Series: CARAF Books: Caribbean and African Literature Translated from French. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: FYB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 10. Weight in Grams: 172.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813925080
- ISBN
- 9780813925080
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.88
€ 26.88
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- New Directions
- Number of pages
- 167
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780811219624
- ISBN
- 9780811219624
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 15.36
€ 16.99
€ 15.36
Paperback. Translator(s): Broomfield, Andrew. Series: New Directions Pearls. Num Pages: 96 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 117 x 178 x 9. Weight in Grams: 104.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- New Directions Publishing Corporation United States
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 105
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780811219426
- ISBN
- 9780811219426
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 12.36
€ 12.36
The New Country. Stories from the Yiddish About Life in America.
. Illus: Craft, Dana. Ed(S): Goodman, Henry
An abridged version of a collection originally published in 1961, the 42 stories here are written by Jewish writers of the 20th century, including Sholem Aleichem, Abraham Raisin and Joseph Opotashu. They offer a testament to the mother tongue through the trials of Americanization. Illustrator(s): Craft, Dana. Editor(s): Goodman, Henry. Translator(s): Goodman, Henry. Series: Judaic Traditions in Literature, Music and Art. Num Pages: 208 pages, 3 photographs, 9 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ACY; 3JJ; FYB; HBJK; HBLW; JFFN; JFSR1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 526.
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Syracuse University Press United States
- Edition
- Abridged ed
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780815606697
- ISBN
- 9780815606697
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 26.32
€ 27.99
€ 26.32
Paperback. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 13. Weight in Grams: 318.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Wings Press United States
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781609403874
- ISBN
- 9781609403874
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 17.06
€ 17.99
€ 17.06
Paperback. Editor(s): Haining, Peter. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 137 x 23. Weight in Grams: 412. Good clean copy with minor shelf wear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Souvenir Press
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KSS0004458
- ISBN
- 9780285636590
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
paperback. A collection of all Kafka's shorter fiction, from fragments, parables and sketches, to longer, complete tales. Together, they reveal the breadth of Kafka's literary vision and the depth of his thought. Some, like "The Metamorphosis" and "The Judgement", are well-known; others are mere jottings. Num Pages: 544 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYB; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 32. Weight in Grams: 380.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- Vintage Classics
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780749399467
- ISBN
- 9780749399467
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.14
€ 13.99
€ 11.14
Paperback. Num Pages: 110 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 127 x 177 x 8. Weight in Grams: 100.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Santa Fe Writer's Project United States
- Number of pages
- 110
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781939650627
- ISBN
- 9781939650627
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 12.13
€ 13.99
€ 12.13