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Paperback. Introducing a collection of stories, this work portrays an astrologer, a snake-charmer, a postman, a vendor of pies and chappatis - all kinds of people, drawn in full colour and domestic detail. It sheds light on the city of Malgudi, revealing the essence of India and of human experience. Num Pages: 256 pages, 1 map. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 126 x 15. Weight in Grams: 218.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Edition
- Revised
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780143039655
- ISBN
- 9780143039655
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 16.67
€ 18.99
€ 16.67
Paperback. Editor(s): Gustafson, Richard F. Translator(s): Maude, Louise Shanks; Maude, Aylmer; Duff, J. D. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 512 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYB; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 194 x 131 x 27. Weight in Grams: 352.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 512
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199555796
- ISBN
- 9780199555796
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.42
€ 13.99
€ 11.42
Paperback. How long does it take to forget the smell of someone who loved you? And when do you stop loving them? Translator(s): Evans, Catherine. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 131 x 13. Weight in Grams: 162.
- Publisher
- Gallic Books United Kingdom
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781908313485
- ISBN
- 9781908313485
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 9.77
€ 10.99
€ 9.77
Paperback. Translator(s): Reeder, Jonathan. Num Pages: 544 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 198 x 35. Weight in Grams: 436.
- Publisher
- Pushkin Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781782270713
- ISBN
- 9781782270713
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 9.69
€ 11.99
€ 9.69
Paperback. Zahra has just returned to her hometown after being divorced by her husband for being too traditional and unable to keep up with his modern way of life. Having devoted herself to the creation of independent Morocco, she had expected to share the fruits of independence with him, but instead she finds herself cast out into a strange world. Translator(s): Parmenter, Barbara McKean. Series: CMES Modern Middle East Literatures in Translation Series. Num Pages: frontispiece. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 142 x 11. Weight in Grams: 244.
- Publisher
- University of Texas Press United States
- Number of pages
- 125
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Edition
- Revised edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780292721722
- ISBN
- 9780292721722
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 18.21
€ 18.99
€ 18.21
Hardcover. Brings together an assortment of short stories inspired by romantic entanglement in its many forms: first love, infatuation, obsession, unrequited love, marriage, adultery, jealousy, and the complicated bonds of those who have spent their lives together. Series: Everyman's Library Pocket Classics. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 188 x 125 x 29. Weight in Grams: 414.
- Publisher
- Everyman United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 400
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781841596020
- ISBN
- 9781841596020
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 14.44
€ 19.99
€ 14.44
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- PULP Faction
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781899571062
- ISBN
- 9781899571062
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 9.99€ 4.32
€ 9.99
€ 4.32
Paperback. Translator(s): Kline, T. Jefferson. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: DN; FV; FYT; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 153 x 24. Weight in Grams: 478. Clean copy with minor shelf wear. Previous owner's inscription
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Publisher
- Pushkin Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- SKU
- KOC0004122
- ISBN
- 9781782270447
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. A murder investigation in post-war France becomes an exploration of the legacy of German occupation. Translator(s): Cullen, John. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 130 x 20. Weight in Grams: 194.
- Publisher
- Quercus
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781906694685
- ISBN
- 9781906694685
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.83
€ 13.99
€ 10.83
Paperback. A darkly satirical tale of the generation and gender gaps in Japanese society. Translator(s): McCarthy, Ralph. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 142 x 14. Weight in Grams: 188.
- Publisher
- Pushkin Press
- Number of pages
- 192
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- First
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781908968449
- ISBN
- 9781908968449
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.14
€ 14.99
€ 11.14
Paperback. Composed in a series of web-like sketches, this novel is narrated by a young woman writer who leaves the city to work one summer in the Maine seaport of Dunnet Landing. She writes a New England idyll rooted in friendship, weaving stories and conversations, the tang of salt air and aromatic herbs into an organic 'fiction of community'. Illustrator(s): Burke, Shirley. Num Pages: 304 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: DNF; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 13. Weight in Grams: 214.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 304
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780140434767
- ISBN
- 9780140434767
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 14.72
€ 15.99
€ 14.72
Paperback. Highly-praised new novel from the bestselling Austrian author of Measuring the World, shortlisted for the Independent Foreign Fiction Prize 2015 Translator(s): Janeway, Carol Brown. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 129 x 33. Weight in Grams: 252.
- Publisher
- Quercus Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781784296230
- ISBN
- 9781784296230
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 9.97
€ 11.99
€ 9.97
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: 376.
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Number of pages
- 544
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780241955451
- ISBN
- 9780241955451
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 18.04
€ 23.99
€ 18.04
Paperback. A collection of short stories ranging from a dysfunctional safari park to a dentist's surgery, from the poverty of hope of a reservation in South Dakota to the nightmare vision of a future Scotland riven by ethnic cleansing, from friendships strong in adversity to marriages heading for the rocks. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 163 x 200 x 21. Weight in Grams: 268. New and Selected Stories. 256 pages. A collection of short stories ranging from a dysfunctional safari park to a dentist's surgery, from the poverty of hope of a reservation in South Dakota to the nightmare vision of a future Scotland riven by ethnic cleansing, from friendships strong in adversity to marriages heading for the rocks. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: FYB. Dimension: 163 x 200 x 21. Weight: 268.
- Publisher
- B&W Publishing
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845024918
- ISBN
- 9781845024918
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.45
€ 13.99
€ 10.45
Paperback. A new translation of the Guatemalan author whom Roberto Bolano called "the most rigorous writer of my generation, the most transparent..the most luminous of all." Translator(s): Andrews, Chris. Series: The Margellos World Republic of Letters. Num Pages: 112 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 8. Weight in Grams: 138.
- Publisher
- Yale University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300196092
- ISBN
- 9780300196092
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 12.41
€ 14.99
€ 12.41
Paperback. A volume of short stories collected and published by the author's widow after his death. It explores the boundaries between life and death, known and unknown, animal and human, dream and reality. Num Pages: 464 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 130 x 20. Weight in Grams: 324.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Number of pages
- 464
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141441719
- ISBN
- 9780141441719
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.71
€ 13.99
€ 10.71
Paperback. Niki Jumpei, an amateur entomologist, searches the scorching desert for beetles. As night falls he is forced to seek shelter in an eerie village, half-buried by huge sand dunes. He awakes to the terrifying realization that the villagers have imprisoned him with a young woman at the bottom of a vast sand pit. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 201 x 127 x 16. Weight in Grams: 192.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141188522
- ISBN
- 9780141188522
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.82
€ 13.99
€ 10.82
Paperback. Strange, smart and sexy short stories from one of America's most brilliant contemporary writers. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 14. Weight in Grams: 160.
- Publisher
- Granta Books
- Number of pages
- 224
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781847087294
- ISBN
- 9781847087294
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.02
€ 17.02
Paperback. A wonderfully enjoyable storehouse of ancient Chinese history and legends, which also has an important role in understanding 21st century. China 'And remember: Heaven's blessing will cease forever if there's despair and poverty in your lands.' This book deals with this topic. Translator(s): Palmer, Martin. Num Pages: 256 pages, throughout. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 131 x 15. Weight in Grams: 206.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141197463
- ISBN
- 9780141197463
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.60
€ 14.99
€ 11.60
Paperback. Translator(s): Lovell, Julia. Series: Weatherhead Books on Asia. Num Pages: 184 pages, 6 illus. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 169 x 205 x 16. Weight in Grams: 230.
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231160919
- ISBN
- 9780231160919
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 18.10
€ 23.99
€ 18.10
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780198737599
- ISBN
- 9780198737599
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.61
€ 11.99
€ 10.61
Paperback. Living nine lives to the fullest. Most cats can only experience the great outdoors through a window or so you might think. But as the amazing stories and photographs featured on Adventurecats.org attest, cats can and do venture outside - hiking, skiing, surfing, climbing, and exploring with world alongside their owners. Num Pages: 256 pages, COLOUR PHOTOS & ILLUSTRATIONS. BIC Classification: FY. .
- Publisher
- Workman Publishing Company
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780761193562
- ISBN
- 9780761193562
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 12.36
€ 15.99
€ 12.36
Paperback. Features stories which are partly autobiographical, men and women of passion live, fight, love and die in scenes of dramatic intensity. In this book, the stories range from haunting tragedy on the snow-capped peak of Kilimanjaro, to brutal America with its deceptive calm, and war-ravaged Europe. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 133 x 10. Weight in Grams: 124.
- Edition
- 01st Edition
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing
- Number of pages
- 160
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099460923
- ISBN
- 9780099460923
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.81
€ 13.99
€ 10.81
Paperback. It's New York, 1950. A young PR man working at General Electric sold his first magazine piece. By the time he'd sold his third, he decided to quit his job and make a living as a full-time writer. That young man was Kurt Vonnegut. This title collects his stories from the postwar years. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: DQ; FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 202 x 159 x 20. Weight in Grams: 238.
- Publisher
- Vintage United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099282969
- ISBN
- 9780099282969
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.83
€ 13.99
€ 10.83