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Paperback. Three people are frozen in a conspiracy of silence that prevents love's consummation; a nine-year-old dreams that a movie part heals her fragmented family life; a brother and sister forge a new life amid terrible beauty of Ireland after Rebellion; and in title story, a man chooses between his longtime love and a life of solitude on family farm. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 126 x 18. Weight in Grams: 184 244pp
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780140294699
- ISBN
- 9780140294699
€ 13.99€ 11.29
€ 13.99
€ 11.29
Paperback. Aleksi lost his mother on a rainy October day when he was 13 years old. 20 years later, he is certain that he knows who's responsible. Everything points to millionaire Henrik Saarinen. The police don't agree. Aleksi has only one option: to get close to Henrik Saarinen and find out the truth about his mother's fate on his own. Translator(s): Rogers, Lola. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FF; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 131 x 21. Weight in Grams: 228.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Vintage
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099593577
- ISBN
- 9780099593577
€ 16.99€ 13.80
€ 16.99
€ 13.80
Paperback. A scintillating collection of stories from the master of science fiction. Num Pages: 976 pages. BIC Classification: FL; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 154 x 56. Weight in Grams: 960.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- HarperVoyager
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780007280582
- ISBN
- 9780007280582
€ 24.99€ 15.15
€ 24.99
€ 15.15
Paperback. Based on the brutal crimes of a real-life murderer, this work offers insights into the mind of a killer and the obsession of the man bringing him to justice. It also features six short stories and seven 'conversational portraits' including one of Marilyn Monroe, the 'beautiful child' and a dope-smoking cleaning lady doing her rounds in New York. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FC; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 202 x 131 x 18. Weight in Grams: 218.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Penguin Classics
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780141184616
- ISBN
- 9780141184616
€ 9.45
€ 9.45
Paperback. Suitable for those who enjoyed "The Story of Lucy Gault" and "Love and Summer", this title deals with themes of missed opportunities, the inevitability of change and the powerful but fragmentary quality of our memories. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 15. Weight in Grams: 168 231pp. The paperback edition of the latest excellent collection of short stories from one of the great Masters of the genre.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Penguin London
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780141032450
- ISBN
- 9780141032450
€ 11.99€ 10.10
€ 11.99
€ 10.10
Paperback. A riveting and powerful story of an unforgiving time, an unlikely friendship and an indestructible love Translator(s): Abdel Hamid, Ehab. Num Pages: 544 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 198 x 37. Weight in Grams: 438.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Qatar
- Edition
- 1st
- Number of pages
- 544
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789992194065
- ISBN
- 9789992194065
€ 13.99€ 13.11
€ 13.99
€ 13.11
Paperback. Brings together all of author's short fiction. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 135 x 26. Weight in Grams: 316.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780571312634
- ISBN
- 9780571312634
€ 12.99€ 10.47
€ 12.99
€ 10.47
Mass Market Paperback. From one of the greatest living literary imaginations and the celebrated author of FAHRENHEIT 451 comes a collection of never-before-published effortlessly beautiful tales. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: FLC; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 15. Weight in Grams: 172.
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- HarperVoyager
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780007303649
- ISBN
- 9780007303649
€ 11.99€ 9.11
€ 11.99
€ 9.11
Paperback. 'Do the Irish have, in relation to anybody else, any special capacity for the short story?'. Collecting short stories that cover many generations and moods of Irish writing, this title answers the question. It features the stories that range from Lady Gregory's retelling of an ancient love story through to the prolific William Trevor. Editor(s): Kiely, Benedict. Num Pages: 544 pages. BIC Classification: DQ; FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 137 x 25. Weight in Grams: 380.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780241955451
- ISBN
- 9780241955451
€ 15.99€ 12.40
€ 15.99
€ 12.40
Paperback. A collection of short fiction by the Poet Laureate, taken from 40 years of occasional story-writing. The nine pieces, some of which appeared among the poems in "Wodwo", incorporate themes of violence, estrangement and arduous testing. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 128 x 10. Weight in Grams: 196. Good clean copy
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Ted Hughes
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KSG0020811
- ISBN
- 9780571174829
€ 4.64
€ 4.64
Paperback. Bernard Jacquelain returns from the trenches a changed man. The city is a whirl of decadence and corruption and he embarks on a life of parties and shady business dealings, as well as an illicit affair. But as another war threatens, everything around him starts to crumble, and the future for him and for France suddenly looks dangerously uncertain. Translator(s): Smith, Sandra. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 199 x 24. Weight in Grams: 234.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Vintage
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- KHN0002444
- ISBN
- 9780099520368
€ 4.64
€ 4.64
Paperback. Num Pages: 200 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 203 x 21. Weight in Grams: 198.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- NYRB Classics
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781681370163
- ISBN
- 9781681370163
€ 17.99€ 14.62
€ 17.99
€ 14.62
Paperback. A report of a rare and unusual gun - a type favoured by assassins - being smuggled into the country sparks Detective Harry Hole's interest. Then a former WW2 Nazi sympathizer is found with his throat cut. Next, Harry's former partner is murdered. Why had she been trying to reach Harry on the night she was killed? Translator(s): Bartlett, Don. Series: Harry Hole. Num Pages: 656 pages. BIC Classification: FF; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 214 x 130 x 39. Weight in Grams: 486.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Vintage
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099546771
- ISBN
- 9780099546771
€ 11.99€ 10.53
€ 11.99
€ 10.53
Paperback. In 1945, W. H. Auden remarked that Kafka stands in the same relation to his century as Shakespeare does to his-Kafka is the representative of the twentieth century, the poet who gives it its voice. Editor(s): Corngold, Stanley. Series: Norton Critical Editions. Num Pages: 362 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYB; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 213 x 132 x 20. Weight in Grams: 358.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- W. W. Norton & Company
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780393924794
- ISBN
- 9780393924794
€ 20.29
€ 20.29
Paperback. The best collection ever of Arthur C. Clarke's short fiction, including the stories on which 2001: A Space Odyssey and Childhood's End were based. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FL; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 176 x 112 x 21. Weight in Grams: 190.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1991
- Publisher
- HarperVoyager
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780586212042
- ISBN
- 9780586212042
€ 11.99€ 9.11
€ 11.99
€ 9.11
Paperback. In 1948, when he is fifteen, Trond spends a summer in the country with his father. The events - the accidental death of a child, his best friend's feelings of guilt and eventual disappearance, his father's decision to leave the family for another woman - will change his life forever. Translator(s): Born, Anne. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 128 x 17. Weight in Grams: 194. Good clean copy showing light age and shelfwear, remains a nice copy
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Vintage Books
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KSG0020869
- ISBN
- 9780099506133
€ 4.64
€ 4.64
Paperback. A collection of ten stories that depict the rural mid-lands of Ireland and their people. Winner of the James Tait Black Memorial Prize, it deals with the meaning of small things, contrary behaviours and emotions. Num Pages: 200 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 125 x 16. Weight in Grams: 220.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780571295302
- ISBN
- 9780571295302
€ 14.99€ 12.98
€ 14.99
€ 12.98
Paperback. Translator(s): Curtis, Howard. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 157 x 24. Weight in Grams: 230.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2018
- Publisher
- Penguin Classics
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780241258569
- ISBN
- 9780241258569
€ 11.99€ 9.26
€ 11.99
€ 9.26
Hardcover. Series: Inspector Montalbano Mysteries. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1DSTC; FF; FH; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 135. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Mantle
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781447265986
- ISBN
- 9781447265986
€ 18.99€ 13.13
€ 18.99
€ 13.13
Hardcover. Contains stories of loss and yearning, of surrender to responsibilities or to unexpected delight: all share the unsettling and dislocated reality. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 222 x 146 x 22. Weight in Grams: 370. Very good copy in bright dustwrapper .Signed by the author
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Jonathan Cape
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KEX0303173
- ISBN
- 9780224084697
€ 45.00
€ 45.00
Paperback. Series: Inspector Maigret. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: FFC; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2018
- Publisher
- Penguin Classics
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780241303856
- ISBN
- 9780241303856
€ 11.99€ 9.52
€ 11.99
€ 9.52
Paperback. Translator(s): Abdel Hamid, Ehab. Num Pages: 544 pages. BIC Classification: FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 198 x 37. Weight in Grams: 440.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Qatar Foundation Publishing
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789927101908
- ISBN
- 9789927101908
€ 14.99€ 14.09
€ 14.99
€ 14.09