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| fixed length control field |
02350 am a2200361 i 4500 |
| CONTROL NUMBER IDENTIFIER |
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OCoLC |
| DATE AND TIME OF LATEST TRANSACTION |
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20140820054909.0 |
| FIXED-LENGTH DATA ELEMENTS--GENERAL INFORMATION |
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| fixed length control field |
140502s2014 onc 000 f eng |
| NATIONAL BIBLIOGRAPHIC AGENCY CONTROL NUMBER |
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| Record control number |
20149031262 |
| NATIONAL BIBLIOGRAPHIC AGENCY CONTROL NUMBER |
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| Record control number |
20149031254 |
| INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER |
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| International Standard Book Number |
9780385663168 (bound) |
| INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER |
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| International Standard Book Number |
0385663161 (bound) |
| CATALOGING SOURCE |
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| Original cataloging agency |
NLC |
| Language of cataloging |
eng |
| Description conventions |
rda |
| Transcribing agency |
NLC |
| Modifying agency |
CNCAR |
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CNFSP |
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CaBVa |
| LOCAL HOLDINGS (OCLC) |
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| Holding library |
VP@A |
| CLASSIFICATION NUMBERS ASSIGNED IN CANADA |
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| Classification number |
PS8555 R84 |
| Item number |
S94 2014 |
| DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER |
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| Classification number |
C813/.54 |
| Edition number |
23 |
| AUTHOR NAME |
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| AUTHOR NAME |
Crummey, Michael, |
| TITLE STATEMENT |
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| Title |
Sweetland : |
| Remainder of title |
a novel / |
| Statement of responsibility, etc |
Michael Crummey. |
| PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION |
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| Extent |
322 pages ; |
| Dimensions |
24 cm |
| SUMMARY, ETC. |
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| Summary, etc |
For twelve generations, when the fish were plentiful and when they all-but disappeared, the inhabitants of this remote island in Newfoundland have lived and died together. Now, in the second decade of the 21st century, they are facing resettlement, and each has been offered a generous compensation package to leave. But the money is offered with a proviso: everyone has to go; the government won't be responsible for one crazy coot who chooses to stay alone on an island. That coot is Moses Sweetland. Motivated in part by a sense of history and belonging, haunted by memories of the short and lonely time he spent away from his home as a younger man, and concerned that his somewhat eccentric great-nephew will wilt on the mainland, Moses refuses to leave. But in the face of determined, sometimes violent, opposition from his family and his friends, Sweetland is eventually swayed to sign on to the government's plan. Then a tragic accident prompts him to fake his own death and stay on the deserted island. As he manages a desperately diminishing food supply, and battles against the ravages of weather, Sweetland finds himself in the company of the vibrant ghosts of the former islanders, whose porch lights still seem to turn on at night. |
| SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
Islands |
| SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
Relocation (Housing) |
| ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA) |
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| Koha item type |
02. English Fiction |
| LOCAL PROCESSING INFORMATION (OCLC) |
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| d |
F CRU |
| c |
410 |
