| 000 -LEADER |
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| fixed length control field |
01450 am a2200361 a 4500 |
| CONTROL NUMBER |
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| control field |
003810957 |
| DATE AND TIME OF LATEST TRANSACTION |
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| control field |
20120615171500.0 |
| FIXED-LENGTH DATA ELEMENTS--GENERAL INFORMATION |
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| fixed length control field |
110610s2012 onc 000 1 eng |
| NATIONAL BIBLIOGRAPHIC AGENCY CONTROL NUMBER |
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| Record control number |
20119040611 |
| INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER |
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| International Standard Book Number |
9780307359704 (Cloth) |
| CATALOGING SOURCE |
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| Original cataloging agency |
CaOONL |
| Language of cataloging |
eng |
| Transcribing agency |
CaOONL |
| Modifying agency |
NNfCLS |
| LANGUAGE CODE |
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| Language code of text/sound track or separate title |
eng |
| Language code of original and/or intermediate translations of text |
fre |
| CLASSIFICATION NUMBERS ASSIGNED IN CANADA |
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| Classification number |
PS8639* |
| CLASSIFICATION NUMBERS ASSIGNED IN CANADA |
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| Classification number |
PS8639 H89 |
| Item number |
R813 2012 |
| CLASSIFICATION NUMBERS ASSIGNED IN CANADA |
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| Classification number |
PS8639 H89 |
| Item number |
R813 2012 |
| DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER |
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| Classification number |
C848/.603 |
| Edition number |
23 |
| AUTHOR NAME |
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| AUTHOR NAME |
Thúy, Kim. |
| TITLE STATEMENT |
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| Title |
Ru / |
| Statement of responsibility, etc |
Kim Thúy ; translated from the French by Sheila Fischman. |
| PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) |
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| Place of publication, distribution, etc |
Toronto : |
| Name of publisher, distributor, etc |
Random House Canada, |
| Date of publication, distribution, etc |
c2012. |
| PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION |
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| Extent |
141 p. ; |
| Dimensions |
24 cm. |
| GENERAL NOTE |
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| General note |
"A novel"--Cover. |
| SUMMARY, ETC. |
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| Summary, etc |
Kim Thuy's Governor General's Literary Award-winning Ru is a lullaby for Vietnam and a love letter to a new homeland. In vignettes of exquisite clarity, sharp observation and sly wit, we are carried along on an unforgettable journey from a palatial residence in Saigon to a crowded and muddy Malaysian refugee camp, and onward to a new life in Quebec. |
| SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
Immigrants |
| SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
Canadian fiction. |
| ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME |
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| Personal name |
Fischman, Sheila. |
| ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA) |
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| Koha item type |
02. English Fiction |
| LOCAL PROCESSING INFORMATION (OCLC) |
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| d |
F THU |
| c |
310 |
