000 -LEADER |
fixed length control field |
02004nam a22002657a 4500 |
003 - CONTROL NUMBER IDENTIFIER |
control field |
APU |
005 - DATE AND TIME OF LATEST TRANSACTION |
control field |
20150817155520.0 |
008 - FIXED-LENGTH DATA ELEMENTS--GENERAL INFORMATION |
fixed length control field |
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020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER |
International Standard Book Number |
000723211X (pbk.) |
020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER |
International Standard Book Number |
9780007232116 (pbk.) |
040 ## - CATALOGING SOURCE |
Original cataloging agency |
APU |
Language of cataloging |
eng |
Transcribing agency |
APU |
Modifying agency |
SUE |
050 04 - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CALL NUMBER |
Classification number |
PS3570.A48 |
Item number |
S28 2006 |
082 04 - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER |
Edition number |
22 |
Classification number |
813.54 |
Item number |
TAN 2006 |
100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME |
Personal name |
Tan, Amy. |
9 (RLIN) |
21883 |
245 10 - TITLE STATEMENT |
Title |
Saving fish from drowning / |
Statement of responsibility, etc |
Amy Tan. |
250 ## - EDITION STATEMENT |
Edition statement |
Special overseas ed. |
260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) |
Place of publication, distribution, etc |
London : |
Name of publisher, distributor, etc |
Harper Perennial, |
Date of publication, distribution, etc |
2006. |
300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION |
Extent |
xv, 474 p. ; |
Dimensions |
18 cm. |
520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. |
Summary, etc |
"Twelve American tourists join an art expedition that begins in the Himalayan foothills of China - dubbed the true Shangri-La - and heads south into the jungles of Burma. But after the mysterious death of their tour leaders, the carefully laid plans fall apart, and disharmony breaks out among the pleasure-seekers as they come to discover that the Burma Road is paved with less-than-honorable intentions, questionable food, and tribal curses." "And then, on Christmas morning, eleven of the travelers boat across a misty lake for a sunrise cruise - and disappear.".<br/>"Drawing from the current political reality in Burma and woven with pure confabulation, Amy Tan's picaresque novel poses the question: How can we discern what is real and what is fiction, in everything we see? How do we know what to believe? Saving Fish from Drowning finds sly truth in the absurd: a reality TV show called Darwin's Fittest, a repressive regime known as SLORC, two cheroot-smoking twin children hailed as divinities, and a ragtag tribe hiding in the jungle - where the sprites of disaster known as Nats lurk, as do the specters of the fabled Younger White Brother and a British illusionist who was not who he was worshipped to be."--BOOK JACKET. |
650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
Americans |
Geographic subdivision |
Burma |
Form subdivision |
Fiction. |
9 (RLIN) |
21884 |
650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
Missing persons |
Form subdivision |
Fiction. |
9 (RLIN) |
21885 |
650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
Tourists |
Form subdivision |
Fiction. |
9 (RLIN) |
21886 |
651 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--GEOGRAPHIC NAME |
Geographic name |
Burma |
Form subdivision |
Fiction. |
9 (RLIN) |
21887 |
942 ## - ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA) |
Source of classification or shelving scheme |
|
Koha item type |
Book |
Koha issues (borrowed), all copies |
3 |