Fortune smiles : (Record no. 194256)

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005 - DATE AND TIME OF LATEST TRANSACTION
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008 - FIXED-LENGTH DATA ELEMENTS--GENERAL INFORMATION
fixed length control field 150619s2015 nyu 000 1 eng
010 ## - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CONTROL NUMBER
LC control number 2015023455
019 ## -
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020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
International Standard Book Number 0812997476 (hardcover : acidfree paper)
020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
International Standard Book Number 9780812997477 (hardcover : acid-free paper)
035 ## - SYSTEM CONTROL NUMBER
System control number (OCoLC)911255046
Canceled/invalid control number (OCoLC)898228198
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-- (OCoLC)919588275
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Original cataloging agency DLC
Language of cataloging eng
Description conventions rda
Transcribing agency DLC
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042 ## - AUTHENTICATION CODE
Authentication code pcc
049 ## - LOCAL HOLDINGS (OCLC)
Holding library NFGB
099 ## - LOCAL FREE-TEXT CALL NUMBER (OCLC)
Classification number Johnson
-- Adam
100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
Personal name Johnson, Adam,
Dates associated with a name 1967-
9 (RLIN) 198998
240 10 - UNIFORM TITLE
Uniform title <a href="Short stories.">Short stories.</a>
Form subheading Selections
245 10 - TITLE STATEMENT
Title Fortune smiles :
Remainder of title stories /
Statement of responsibility, etc Adam Johnson.
250 ## - EDITION STATEMENT
Edition statement First edition.
264 #1 - PRODUCTION, PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, MANUFACTURE STATEMENTS
Place of production, publication, distribution, manufacture New York :
Name of producer, publisher, distributor, manufacturer Random House,
Date of production, publication, distribution, manufacture [2015]
300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Extent 304 pages ;
Dimensions 22 cm
336 ## - CONTENT TYPE
Content Type Term text
Source rdacontent
337 ## - MEDIA TYPE
Media Type Term unmediated
Source rdamedia
338 ## - CARRIER TYPE
Carrier Type Term volume
Source rdacarrier
505 00 - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE
Title Nirvana --
-- Hurricanes anonymous --
-- Interesting facts --
-- George Orwell was a friend of mine --
-- Dark meadow --
-- Fortune smiles.
520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC.
Summary, etc "Winner of the Pulitzer Prize for his acclaimed and bestselling novel The Orphan Master's Son, Adam Johnson is one of America's most provocative and powerful authors. In Fortune Smiles--his first book since Orphan Master--he continues to give voice to characters rarely heard from, while offering something we all seek from fiction: a new way of looking at our world. In six masterly stories, Johnson delves deep into love and loss, natural disasters, the influence of technology, and how the political shapes the personal. "George Orwell Was a Friend of Mine" follows a former warden of a Stasi prison in East Germany who vehemently denies his past, even as pieces of it are delivered in packages to his door. "Nirvana," which won the prestigious Sunday Times short story prize, portrays a programmer whose wife has a rare disease finding solace in a digital simulacrum of the president of the United States. In "Hurricanes Anonymous"--first included in the Best American Short Stories anthology--a young man searches for the mother of his son in a Louisiana devastated by Hurricanes Katrina and Rita. And in the unforgettable title story, Johnson returns to his signature subject, North Korea, depicting two defectors from Pyongyang who are trying to adapt to their new lives in Seoul, while one cannot forget the woman he left behind. Unnerving, riveting, and written with a timeless quality, these stories confirm Johnson as one of America's greatest writers and an indispensable guide to our new century. Advance praise for Fortune Smiles "A half-dozen sometimes Carver-esque yarns that find more-or-less ordinary people facing extraordinary challenges and somehow holding up. Safe houses, hospices, hospitals: these are the theaters where many of the stories take place, all enshrouded in a certain incomprehension--but, to Johnson's great credit, seldom in hopelessness, for his characters are inclined to endure against the odds: 'You turn the ignition and drop the van in gear, and you know this is no ordinary event.' Bittersweet, elegant, full of hard-won wisdom: this is no ordinary book, either."--Kirkus Reviews (starred review) Praise for Adam Johnson's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, The Orphan Master's Son"Harrowing and deeply affecting. In making his hero, and the nightmare he lives through, come so thoroughly alive, Mr. Johnson has written a daring and remarkable novel."--Michiko Kakutani, The New York Times"Remarkable. a work of high adventure, surreal coincidences and terrible violence, seeming to straddle the line between cinematic fantasy and brutal actuality. the single best work of fiction published [this year]."--The Wall Street Journal"A great novel can take implausible fact and turn it into entirely believable fiction. That's the genius of The Orphan Master's Son. Imagine Charles Dickens paying a visit to Pyongyang, and you see the canvas on which Johnson is painting here."--The Washington Post"Adam Johnson has pulled off literary alchemy, first by setting his novel in North Korea, a country that few of us can imagine, then by producing such compelling characters, whose lives unfold at breakneck speed."--Abraham Verghese"An epic feat of storytelling."--Zadie Smith"A triumph of imagination. [Grade:] A."--Entertainment Weekly"--
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520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC.
Summary, etc "With the 2012 publication of The Orphan Master's Son, Adam Johnson became recognized as a leading American writer: a New York Times bestseller, Orphan Master was named one of the best books of the year by more than a dozen major publications, chosen as a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award, and in addition to the Pulitzer, won a host of other prizes, including the Dayton Literary Peace Prize. Now Johnson turns his remarkable talent to a collection of stories that delve deeply into love, loss, the decisions we make for ourselves, and the decisions we make for others. In post-Katrina Louisiana, a young man and his new girlfriend search for the mother of his son. In Palo Alto, a programmer whose wife has a rare disease finds solace in a digital simulacrum of the recently assassinated President. In contemporary Berlin a former Stasi agent ponders his past. A woman with cancer rages against the idea of her family without her. And in the unforgettable title story. Johnson returns to his signature subject of North Korea, depicting two defectors from Pyongyang trying to adapt to their new lives in Seoul, while one cannot forget the woman he left behind. Hugely inventive and endlessly energetic, this is a funny, heart wrenching, surprising collection of stories and characters that will leave readers exhilarated and will show Johnson writing at the top of his form"--
Assigning source Provided by publisher.
650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name as entry element Short stories, American
Chronological subdivision 21st century.
9 (RLIN) 73294
655 #7 - INDEX TERM--GENRE/FORM
Genre/form data or focus term Short stories.
Source of term lcgft
9 (RLIN) 1945
942 ## - ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA)
Koha item type Adult Book
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-- NFG
997 ## -
-- Johnson Adam
998 ## - LOCAL CONTROL INFORMATION (RLIN)
-- 007745066
Holdings
Withdrawn status Lost status Damaged status Not for loan Collection code Home library Current library Date acquired Total Checkouts Total Renewals Full call number Barcode Date last seen Date checked out Cost, replacement price Price effective from Koha item type
        Fiction Main Library Main Library 07/13/2015 6 3 Johnson Adam 33111008043651 05/02/2023 02/27/2023 27.00 11/13/2015 Adult Book

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