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on1083675423 |
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OCoLC |
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20190731142116.0 |
| 008 - FIXED-LENGTH DATA ELEMENTS--GENERAL INFORMATION |
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181227s2019 nyu 000 0aeng c |
| 010 ## - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CONTROL NUMBER |
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| LC control number |
2018059867 |
| 040 ## - CATALOGING SOURCE |
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| Original cataloging agency |
LBSOR/DLC |
| Language of cataloging |
eng |
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rda |
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DLC |
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OCLCF |
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OCLCO |
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OCLCO |
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ILC |
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DLC |
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NFG |
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1099435684 |
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1102595877 |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER |
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| International Standard Book Number |
9780735224834 |
| Qualifying information |
hardcover |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER |
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| International Standard Book Number |
0735224838 |
| Qualifying information |
hardcover |
| 035 ## - SYSTEM CONTROL NUMBER |
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| System control number |
(OCoLC)1083675423 |
| Canceled/invalid control number |
(OCoLC)1099435684 |
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(OCoLC)1102595877 |
| 042 ## - AUTHENTICATION CODE |
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| Authentication code |
pcc |
| 043 ## - GEOGRAPHIC AREA CODE |
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| Geographic area code |
e-fr--- |
| 092 ## - LOCALLY ASSIGNED DEWEY CALL NUMBER (OCLC) |
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| Classification number |
818.609 |
| Item number |
S717 |
| 049 ## - LOCAL HOLDINGS (OCLC) |
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| Holding library |
NFGA |
| 100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME |
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| Personal name |
Sothen, John von, |
| Relator term |
author. |
| 245 10 - TITLE STATEMENT |
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| Title |
Monsieur Mediocre : |
| Remainder of title |
one American learns the high art of being everyday French / |
| Statement of responsibility, etc |
John von Sothen. |
| 264 #1 - PRODUCTION, PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, MANUFACTURE STATEMENTS |
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| Place of production, publication, distribution, manufacture |
[New York] : |
| Name of producer, publisher, distributor, manufacturer |
Viking, |
| Date of production, publication, distribution, manufacture |
[2019] |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION |
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| Extent |
xvi, 270 pages ; |
| Dimensions |
24 cm |
| 336 ## - CONTENT TYPE |
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| Content Type Term |
text |
| Content Type Code |
txt |
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rdacontent |
| 337 ## - MEDIA TYPE |
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| Media Type Term |
unmediated |
| Media Type Code |
n |
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rdamedia |
| 338 ## - CARRIER TYPE |
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| Carrier Type Term |
volume |
| Carrier Type Code |
nc |
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rdacarrier |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. |
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| Summary, etc |
"Americans love to love Paris. We buy books about how the French parent, why French women don't get fat, and how to be Parisian wherever you are. While our work hours increase every year, we think longingly of the six weeks of vacation the French enjoy, imagining them at the seaside in stripes with plates of fruits de mer. John von Sothen fell in love with Paris through the stories his mother told of her year spent there as a student. After falling for and marrying the French waitress he meets in New York, von Sothen follows his mother's dream and moves to Paris. But fifteen years in, he's finally ready to admit his mother's Paris is mostly a fantasy. In this hilarious and delightful collection of essays, von Sothen walks us through real life in Paris--myth-busting our Parisian daydreams but also revealing the inimitable and too often invisible pleasures of family life abroad. Through these essays, you'll learn about what to do when you unwittingly commit yourself to two weeks of vacation with friends who ration snacks down to the gram and who mock you mercilessly for sleeping in; how to react when French men turn to you, the American, for fashion tips such as where to find a Maine trapper vest; and how to tell if you're being invited to a super-exclusive secret society of intellectuals or, alternately, a weird sex club. Relentlessly funny and full of incisive observations, Monsieur Mediocre is ultimately a love letter to France--to its absurdities, its history, its ideals--but it's a very French love letter: frank, smoky, unsentimental. It is a clear-eyed ode to a beautiful, complex, contradictory country from someone who both eagerly and grudgingly calls it home"-- |
| Assigning source |
Provided by publisher. |
| 505 0# - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE |
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| Formatted contents note |
Introduction -- The art of the unfortunate event -- She had me at bah -- The aristocrats -- Bringing up Bibi -- Six weeks of not so great time off -- Letter from the no-go zone -- Huge in France -- Voulez-vous think tank avec moi? -- Wesh we can -- Will you be my French friend? -- Years and years and years in Normandy -- The French resistant -- There's no place like chez moi. |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. |
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| Summary, etc |
Sothen fell in love with Paris through the stories his mother told of her year spent there as a student. After falling for and marrying the French waitress he meets in New York, he moved to Paris. But fifteen years in, he's finally ready to admit his mother's Paris is mostly a fantasy. Here he walks us through real life in Paris, myth-busting our Parisian daydreams but also revealing the inimitable and too often invisible pleasures of family life abroad. His book is ultimately a love letter to France-- to its absurdities, its history, its ideals-- from someone who both eagerly and grudgingly calls it home. -- adapted from jacket |
| 600 10 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME |
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| Personal name |
Sothen, John von. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
Americans |
| Geographic subdivision |
France |
| Form subdivision |
Biography. |
| 651 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--GEOGRAPHIC NAME |
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| Geographic name |
France |
| General subdivision |
Social life and customs |
| Chronological subdivision |
21st century. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
Authors, American |
| Chronological subdivision |
21st century |
| Form subdivision |
Biography. |
| 655 #7 - INDEX TERM--GENRE/FORM |
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| Genre/form data or focus term |
Autobiographies. |
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lcgft |
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NFG |
