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Hardcover. Paints a portrait of a twelve-year-old boy named Julian growing up in a mining community in 1960s Germany. This book covers only a few summer weeks, following Julian's gradual social and sexual awakening amidst his parents' financial and marital problems. Translator(s): Hoban, Wieland. Series: Seagull World Literature. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 133 x 29. Weight in Grams: 466.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Seagull Books London Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781906497545
- ISBN
- 9781906497545
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 18.09
€ 20.99
€ 18.09
Paperback. A collection of 19 tales about the way we live now, as lovers, partners, children, parents. Or alone. Stories of passion, desire, and necessary restraint; of the near future, the recent past; of old habits, new technology; of won't-be mothers and would-be fathers; and of houses, ancient and modern. Num Pages: 262 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 128. Weight in Grams: 200. Good clean copy showing some shelf wear, pages lightly toned, text is clear and remains a nice copy
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Flamingo
- Condition
- Used, Good
- SKU
- KSG0023761
- ISBN
- 9780006550983
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
paperback. A winner of six major literary prizes, this rich and haunting novel examines the shadowy Sardinian figure of the Accabadora, exploring the boundaries between mercy-killing and murder. Translator(s): Mazzarella, Silvester. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 130 x 14. Weight in Grams: 146.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Maclehose
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780857050472
- ISBN
- 9780857050472
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 10.45
€ 16.99
€ 10.45
Paperback. Peter Carey is justly renowned for his novels, which have included the Booker Prize-winning titles Oscar and Lucinda and True History of the Kelly Gang. He is also a dazzling writer of short stories. This volume collects together all the stories from The Fat Man in History and War Crimes as well as three other stories. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 126 x 26. Weight in Grams: 258. ******THIS IS A PREORDER TO BE DELIVERED ON OR AROUND THE PUBLICATION DAY IN FEBRUARY 2022****
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780571175864
- ISBN
- 9780571175864
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 11.83
€ 17.99
€ 11.83
paperback. Illustrator(s): Kalman, Maira. Translator(s): Bernofsky, Susan. Num Pages: 160 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: FC; FYB; FYT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 221 x 162 x 16. Weight in Grams: 364.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Christine Burgin
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780811220330
- ISBN
- 9780811220330
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 18.10
€ 29.99
€ 18.10
Paperback. Don Quixote has become so entranced by reading romances of chivalry that he determines to become a knight errant and pursue bold adventures, accompanied by his squire, the cunning Sancho Panza. As they roam the world together, the aging Quixote's fancy leads them wildly astray. Editor(s): Rutherford, John. Translator(s): Rutherford, John. Num Pages: 1056 pages, notes, chronology. BIC Classification: FC; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 132 x 44. Weight in Grams: 708.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Penguin Classics
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780140449099
- ISBN
- 9780140449099
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 10.44
€ 14.99
€ 10.44
Paperback. In a splendid display of show-and-tell, 26 writers tell a story and lift the curtain to reveal how they did it. Editor(s): Turchi, Peter; Barrett, Andrea. Num Pages: 480 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; CBV; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 208 x 140 x 22. Weight in Grams: 370.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- WW Norton & Co United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 512
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780393325324
- ISBN
- 9780393325324
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 17.29
€ 19.99
€ 17.29
Hardback. Translator(s): Taylor, John. Series: SB - The Swiss List. Num Pages: 232 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 203 x 127 x 23. Weight in Grams: 386.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Seagull Books London Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780857423726
- ISBN
- 9780857423726
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 19.89
€ 23.99
€ 19.89
Num Pages: 179 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 201 x 137 x 15. Weight in Grams: 236.
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Exile Editions Canada
- Number of pages
- 179
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781550961386
- ISBN
- 9781550961386
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 19.98
€ 19.98
Paperback. Wilde's short fiction includes such masterpieces as 'The Happy Prince', 'The Selfish Giant', 'Lord Arthur Savile's Crime' and 'The Canterville Ghost', as well as the daring narrative experiments of 'The Portrait of Mr. W. H.' and 'Poems in Prose'. This edition shows how they continue to the enthral and challenge the reader. Editor(s): Sloan, John. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYB; YFJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 18. Weight in Grams: 214.
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Condition
- New
- Format
- Paperback
- SKU
- 9780199535064
- ISBN
- 9780199535064
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 8.34
€ 10.99
€ 8.34
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Dalkey Archive Press
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 136
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781564786104
- ISBN
- 9781564786104
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 14.92
€ 14.99
€ 14.92
Paperback. 'Excellent, a very powerful and moving piece of work' Roddy Doyle Num Pages: 162 pages. BIC Classification: DQ; FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 132 x 16. Weight in Grams: 160. Very good copy with light shelf wear. Light nicks & creases, remains very good
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Orion Publishing Co
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KCW0018622
- ISBN
- 9780753811207
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Translator(s): Grunebaum, Jason. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 140. Weight in Grams: 367.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Seven Stories Press,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781609806514
- ISBN
- 9781609806514
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 10.84
€ 15.99
€ 10.84
Paperback. No modern Japanese writer was more idolized than Shiga Naoya. This work showcases the art of this writer who is often called "the god of the Japanese short story." Translator(s): Dunlop, Lane. Series: Modern Asian Literature Series. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: 2GJ; DNF; DSBH; DSK; FYB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 130 x 191 x 11. Weight in Grams: 176.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231121576
- ISBN
- 9780231121576
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 21.44
€ 27.99
€ 21.44
Paperback. A collection of Neruda's intimate, bitter-sweet stories of life among the inhabitants of Mala Strana, the Little Quarter of nineteenth century Prague. These vignettes established Neruda as the quintessential Czech nineteenth century realist. Translator(s): Heim, Michael Henry. Series: CEU Press Classics. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 211 x 127 x 32. Weight in Grams: 402.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Central European University Press Hungary
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789639116238
- ISBN
- 9789639116238
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.11
€ 20.11
Hardcover.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Tachyon Publications United States
- Number of pages
- 382
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781892391247
- ISBN
- 9781892391247
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 22.04
€ 26.99
€ 22.04
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
€ 34.99€ 25.68
€ 34.99
€ 25.68
Paperback. The characters in this collection by the author of "Trainspotting" are often - on the surface - depraved, vicious, cowardly and manipulative, but their essential humanity is never undermined. Stereotypes are at once celebrated and destroyed, as the protagonists find themselves on unfamiliar ground. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 130 x 19. Weight in Grams: 252.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- W. W. Norton & Company
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099435013
- ISBN
- 9780099435013
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.69
€ 13.99
€ 10.69
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- John Hunt Publishing
- Number of pages
- 314
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781782791898
- ISBN
- 9781782791898
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 14.94
€ 15.99
€ 14.94
Paperback. For readers of Melissa Bank or Jhumpa Lahiri: witty, seductive stories of expatriate women, their loves and losses. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 150. Weight in Grams: 318. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KKD0002932
- ISBN
- 9780007135042
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 17.95
€ 17.95
Paperback. Comprise fifty-two chapters that provide insights into the existence of this nebulous man named Crab, his absence from the pages of history, his birth in prison, and his never having been born at all. This book parodies literary conventions, deconstructs narrative and meaning, and combines absurdity and hopelessness with irony and humor. Translator(s): Stump, Jordan; Hardin, Eleanor. Num Pages: 128 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5487 x 3226 x 7. Weight in Grams: 171.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Number of pages
- 128
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803263703
- ISBN
- 9780803263703
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 16.94
€ 16.99
€ 16.94
Hardback. Three classic Saadawi novels in one volume, tackling religion, love and women's emancipation. Translator(s): Hetata, Sherif; Eber, Shirley. Num Pages: 504 pages. BIC Classification: FW; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 138 x 206 x 44. Weight in Grams: 650.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 504
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9781783605972
- ISBN
- 9781783605972
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 84.98€ 75.20
€ 84.98
€ 75.20
Paperback. Tells the tales of women overcoming violence and repression. This collection takes you into a world where spirits converse with humans and where unsuspecting people are drawn into forces greater than themselves. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 127 x 10. Weight in Grams: 136.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Zubaan India
- Number of pages
- 160
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789383074921
- ISBN
- 9789383074921
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 16.35
€ 18.99
€ 16.35
Paperback. Num Pages: 300 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130. Weight in Grams: 190.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2018
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- KEX0302551
- ISBN
- 9780007517367
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 4.99
€ 4.99