Cargando…
The Fixed Stars : Thirty-Seven Emblems for the Perilous Season.
Juxtaposing barbarity and whimsy, Brian Conn's The Fixed Stars is a novel that has the tenor of a contemporary fable with nearly the same dreamlike logic. At the novel's heart are the John's Day celebration and the interactions of a small community dealing with a mystery disease. Rout...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
|---|---|
| Autor principal: | |
| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
| Publicado: |
Tuscaloosa :
University of Alabama Press,
2010.
|
| Temas: | |
| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
MARC
| LEADER | 00000cam a2200000Mi 4500 | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 001 | EBSCO_ocn648711528 | ||
| 003 | OCoLC | ||
| 005 | 20231017213018.0 | ||
| 006 | m o d | ||
| 007 | cr |n|---||||| | ||
| 008 | 100719s2010 alu o 000 1 eng d | ||
| 040 | |a EBLCP |b eng |e pn |c EBLCP |d E7B |d OCLCQ |d MHW |d FXR |d N$T |d REDDC |d OCLCQ |d YDXCP |d OCLCF |d OCLCQ |d OCLCO |d OCLCQ |d AGLDB |d MERUC |d OCLCQ |d VTS |d OCLCQ |d REC |d STF |d DKC |d OCLCQ |d M8D |d OCLCO |d OCLCQ |d OCLCO | ||
| 020 | |a 9781573668163 |q (electronic bk.) | ||
| 020 | |a 1573668168 |q (electronic bk.) | ||
| 029 | 1 | |a AU@ |b 000054174575 | |
| 029 | 1 | |a DEBBG |b BV043038214 | |
| 029 | 1 | |a DEBSZ |b 421466723 | |
| 035 | |a (OCoLC)648711528 | ||
| 050 | 4 | |a PS3603.O5425F59 2010 | |
| 072 | 7 | |a LIT |x 004020 |2 bisacsh | |
| 082 | 0 | 4 | |a 813.6 |
| 049 | |a UAMI | ||
| 100 | 1 | |a Conn, Brian. | |
| 245 | 1 | 4 | |a The Fixed Stars : |b Thirty-Seven Emblems for the Perilous Season. |
| 260 | |a Tuscaloosa : |b University of Alabama Press, |c 2010. | ||
| 300 | |a 1 online resource (313 pages) | ||
| 336 | |a text |b txt |2 rdacontent | ||
| 337 | |a computer |b c |2 rdamedia | ||
| 338 | |a online resource |b cr |2 rdacarrier | ||
| 505 | 0 | |a Contents; 1. The Ropemaker's Daughter; 2. Ablution in Helical Structure; 3. The Green Door; 4. John's Day; 5. The Snow Pageant; 6. Mercury. | |
| 520 | |a Juxtaposing barbarity and whimsy, Brian Conn's The Fixed Stars is a novel that has the tenor of a contemporary fable with nearly the same dreamlike logic. At the novel's heart are the John's Day celebration and the interactions of a small community dealing with a mystery disease. Routinely citizens are quarantined and then reintegrated into society in rituals marked by a haunting brutality. The infected and the healthy alike are quarantined. In a culture that has retreated from urbanism into a more pastoral society, the woman who nurtures spiders and the man who spins hemp exist alongside the. | ||
| 588 | 0 | |a Print version record. | |
| 590 | |a eBooks on EBSCOhost |b EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - Worldwide | ||
| 650 | 0 | |a Plague |v Fiction. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Social problems |v Fiction. | |
| 650 | 6 | |a Peste |v Romans, nouvelles, etc. | |
| 650 | 6 | |a Problèmes sociaux |v Romans, nouvelles, etc. | |
| 650 | 7 | |a LITERARY CRITICISM |x American |x General. |2 bisacsh | |
| 650 | 7 | |a Plague |2 fast | |
| 650 | 7 | |a Social problems |2 fast | |
| 655 | 7 | |a Fiction |2 fast | |
| 776 | 0 | 8 | |i Print version: |a Conn, Brian. |t Fixed Stars : Thirty-Seven Emblems for the Perilous Season. |d Tuscaloosa : The University of Alabama Press, ©2010 |z 9781573661539 |
| 856 | 4 | 0 | |u https://ebsco.uam.elogim.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=420351 |z Texto completo |
| 938 | |a EBL - Ebook Library |b EBLB |n EBL547638 | ||
| 938 | |a ebrary |b EBRY |n ebr10408799 | ||
| 938 | |a EBSCOhost |b EBSC |n 420351 | ||
| 938 | |a YBP Library Services |b YANK |n 3372732 | ||
| 994 | |a 92 |b IZTAP | ||