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02846cam a2200421 i 4500 |
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on1333921284 |
| 003 - CONTROL NUMBER IDENTIFIER |
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OCoLC |
| 005 - DATE AND TIME OF LATEST TRANSACTION |
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20230329143856.0 |
| 008 - FIXED-LENGTH DATA ELEMENTS--GENERAL INFORMATION |
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220725s2023 nyu e 000 f eng |
| 010 ## - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CONTROL NUMBER |
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| LC control number |
2022021818 |
| 040 ## - CATALOGING SOURCE |
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| Original cataloging agency |
DLC |
| Language of cataloging |
eng |
| Description conventions |
rda |
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DLC |
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OCLCF |
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LJW |
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INR |
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JVK |
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GL4 |
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IMT |
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YDX |
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NFG |
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1372192774 |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER |
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| International Standard Book Number |
9780385549677 |
| Qualifying information |
hardcover |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER |
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| International Standard Book Number |
0385549679 |
| Qualifying information |
hardcover |
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| International Standard Book Number |
9780593470145 |
| Qualifying information |
paperback |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER |
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| International Standard Book Number |
0593470141 |
| Qualifying information |
paperback |
| 035 ## - SYSTEM CONTROL NUMBER |
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| System control number |
(OCoLC)1333921284 |
| Canceled/invalid control number |
(OCoLC)1372192774 |
| 042 ## - AUTHENTICATION CODE |
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| Authentication code |
pcc |
| 043 ## - GEOGRAPHIC AREA CODE |
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| Geographic area code |
n-us-ca |
| 092 ## - LOCALLY ASSIGNED DEWEY CALL NUMBER (OCLC) |
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| Classification number |
LANGBEIN |
| Item number |
JULIA |
| 049 ## - LOCAL HOLDINGS (OCLC) |
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| Holding library |
NFGA |
| 100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME |
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| Personal name |
Langbein, Julia |
| Titles and other words associated with a name |
(Art historian), |
| Relator term |
author. |
| 245 10 - TITLE STATEMENT |
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| Title |
American mermaid : |
| Remainder of title |
a novel / |
| Statement of responsibility, etc |
Julia Langbein. |
| 250 ## - EDITION STATEMENT |
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| Edition statement |
First edition. |
| 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 |
Doubleday, |
| Date of production, publication, distribution, manufacture |
[2023] |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION |
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| Extent |
329 pages ; |
| Dimensions |
25 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 |
"A brilliantly funny and razor-tongued debut which follows a writer lured to Los Angeles to adapt her feminist mermaid novel into a big-budget action film, who believes her heroine has come to life to take revenge for Hollywood's violations. Penelope Schleeman, a consistently broke Connecticut high school teacher, is as surprised as anyone when her sensitive debut novel, "American Mermaid"--the story of a wheelchair-bound scientist named Sylvia who discovers that her withered legs are the vestiges of a powerful tail--becomes a bestseller. Penelope soon finds herself lured to LA by promises of easy money to co-write the "American Mermaid" screenplay for a major studio with a pair of male hacks. As the studio pressures Penelope to change "American Mermaid" from the story of a fierce, androgynous eco-warrior to a teen sex object in a clam bra, strange things start to happen. Threats appear in the screenplay draft; siren calls lure people into danger. When Penelope's screenwriting partners try to kill Sylvia off entirely in a bitterly false but cinematic end, matters off the page escalate. Is Penelope losing her mind, or is Sylvia among us? American Mermaid follows a young woman braving a world of casual smiles and ruthless calculation, where she discovers a beating heart in her own fiction--a creature she'll do anything to protect. By turns both a comic and fabulously insightful tale of two female characters in search of truth, love, and self-acceptance as they move between worlds without giving up their voices"-- |
| Assigning source |
Provided by publisher. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
Mermaids |
| Form subdivision |
Fiction. |
| 9 (RLIN) |
64812 |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
Women |
| Form subdivision |
Fiction. |
| 9 (RLIN) |
48213 |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
Screenwriters |
| Form subdivision |
Fiction. |
| 9 (RLIN) |
47850 |
| 651 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--GEOGRAPHIC NAME |
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| Geographic name |
Los Angeles (Calif.) |
| Form subdivision |
Fiction. |
| 9 (RLIN) |
10936 |
| 655 #7 - INDEX TERM--GENRE/FORM |
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| Genre/form data or focus term |
Humorous fiction. |
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lcgft |
| 9 (RLIN) |
326 |
| 655 #7 - INDEX TERM--GENRE/FORM |
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| Genre/form data or focus term |
Novels. |
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lcgft |
| 9 (RLIN) |
2408 |
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