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What it means when a man falls from the sky / (Record no. 200963)

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008 - FIXED-LENGTH DATA ELEMENTS--GENERAL INFORMATION
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010 ## - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CONTROL NUMBER
LC control number 2016036303
020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
International Standard Book Number 9781472239631
040 ## - CATALOGING SOURCE
Original cataloging agency DLC
Language of cataloging eng
Transcribing agency DLC
Description conventions rda
Modifying agency DLC
042 ## - AUTHENTICATION CODE
Authentication code pcc
050 00 - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CALL NUMBER
Classification number PS3601.R542
Item number A6 2017
084 ## - OTHER CLASSIFICATION NUMBER
Classification number FIC051000
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Source of number bisacsh
100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
Personal name Arimah, Lesley Nneka,
Relator term author.
240 10 - UNIFORM TITLE
Uniform title <a href="Short stories.">Short stories.</a>
Form subheading Selections
245 10 - TITLE STATEMENT
Title What it means when a man falls from the sky /
Statement of responsibility, etc Lesley Nneka Arimah.
260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT)
Place of publication, distribution, etc London
Name of publisher, distributor, etc Headline publishing group
Date of publication, distribution, etc 2017
300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Extent 230 pages ;
Dimensions 22 cm
505 0# - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE
Formatted contents note The Future Looks Good -- War Stories -- Wild -- Second Chances -- Windfalls -- Who Will Greet You at Home -- Buchi's Girls -- What It Means When a Man Falls from the Sky -- Glory -- What Is a Volcano? -- Redemption.
520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC.
Summary, etc "A dazzlingly accomplished debut collection explores the ties that bind parents and children, husbands and wives, lovers and friends to one another and to the places they call home. In "Who Will Greet You at Home," a National Magazine Award finalist for The New Yorker, A woman desperate for a child weaves one out of hair, with unsettling results. In "Wild," a disastrous night out shifts a teenager and her Nigerian cousin onto uneasy common ground. In "The Future Looks Good," three generations of women are haunted by the ghosts of war, while in "Light," a father struggles to protect and empower the daughter he loves. And in the title story, in a world ravaged by flood and riven by class, experts have discovered how to "fix the equation of a person" - with rippling, unforeseen repercussions. Evocative, playful, subversive, and incredibly human, What It Means When a Man Falls from the Sky heralds the arrival of a prodigious talent with a remarkable career ahead of her"--
650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name as entry element Interpersonal relations
Form subdivision Fiction.
650 #7 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name as entry element FICTION / Cultural Heritage.
Source of heading or term bisacsh
650 #7 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name as entry element FICTION / Literary.
Source of heading or term bisacsh
655 #0 - INDEX TERM--GENRE/FORM
Genre/form data or focus term Domestic fiction.
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Source of classification or shelving scheme Library of Congress Classification
Koha item type Book
Holdings
Withdrawn status Lost status Not for loan Home library Current library Shelving location Date acquired Total Checkouts Full call number Barcode Date last seen Price effective from Koha item type Public note
      TAMCAS Library TAMCAS Library Open Shelf 29/08/2022   PS3601.R542 A6 2017 80498 12/05/2022 12/05/2022 Book AFCO

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