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003			OCoLC
005			20190613113506.0
008			180112t20192019nyu 000 1 eng d
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020			_a9781617756641 _q(paperback)
020			_a1617756644 _q(paperback)
020			_z9781617756634 _q(hardcover)
020			_z1617756636 _q(hardcover)
035			_a(OCoLC)1088412708
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092			_aRevoyr, _bNina
049			_aNFGA
100	1		_aRevoyr, Nina, _d1969- _eauthor. _9403460
245	1	2	_aA student of history : _ba novel / _cNina Revoyr.
264		1	_aBrooklyn, New York : _bAkashic Books, _c[2019]
264		4	_c©2019
300			_a238 pages ; _c21 cm
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_aunmediated _bn _2rdamedia
338			_avolume _bnc _2rdacarrier
520			_aRick Nagano is a graduate student in the history department at USC, struggling to make rent on his South Los Angeles apartment near the neighborhood where his family once lived. When he lands a job as a research assistant for the elderly Mrs. W--, the heir to an oil fortune, he sees it first simply as a source of extra cash. But as he grows closer to the iconoclastic, charming, and feisty Mrs. W--, he gets drawn into a world of privilege and wealth far different from his racially mixed, blue-collar beginnings. Putting aside his half-finished dissertation, Rick sets up office in Mrs. W--'s grand Bel Air mansion and begins to transcribe her journals - which document an old Los Angeles not described in his history books. He also accompanies Mrs. W-- to venues frequented by the descendants of the land and oil barons who built the city. One evening, at an event, he meets Fiona Morgan - the elegant scion of an old steel family - who takes an interest in his studies. Irresistibly drawn to Fiona, he agrees to help her with a project of questionable merit in the hopes he'll win her favor. A Student of History explores both the beginnings of Los Angeles and the present-day dynamics of race and class. It offers a window into the usually hidden world of high society, and the influence of historic families on current events. Like Great Expectations and The Great Gatsby, it features, in Rick Nagano, a young man of modest means who is navigating a world where he doesn't belong.
520			_aA graduate student in the history department at USC, Rick Nagano struggles to make rent on his apartment. When he lands a job as a research assistant for the elderly Mrs. W--, the heir to an oil fortune, he first sees it as a source of extra cash, but grows closer to the iconoclastic woman. Putting aside his half-finished dissertation Rick begins to transcribe her journals, which document an old Los Angeles not described in his history books. He accompanies Mrs. W-- to an event where he meets Fiona Morgan, who takes an interest in his studies. Drawn to Fiona, he agrees to help her with a project of questionable merit in the hopes he'll win her favor. -- adapted from jacket.
650		0	_aGraduate students _vFiction. _963007
650		0	_aAristocracy (Social class) _zCalifornia _vFiction. _9403447
650		0	_aSocial classes _zCalifornia _vFiction. _9403448
651		0	_aLos Angeles (Calif.) _vFiction. _910936
655		7	_aDomestic fiction. _2lcgft _93574
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