The letter opener (Record no. 24238)
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| 000 -LEADER | |
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| fixed length control field | 01773nam a22002417a 4500 |
| 003 - CONTROL NUMBER IDENTIFIER | |
| control field | OSt |
| 005 - DATE AND TIME OF LATEST TRANSACTION | |
| control field | 20241015155215.0 |
| 008 - FIXED-LENGTH DATA ELEMENTS--GENERAL INFORMATION | |
| fixed length control field | 240927s2008 onca 000 1 eng d |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| International Standard Book Number | 9780002008945 |
| 040 ## - CATALOGING SOURCE | |
| Transcribing agency | QCPL |
| Description conventions | rda |
| 082 ## - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER | |
| Classification number | 823 |
| 100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Maclear, Kyo |
| Relator term | author |
| 245 14 - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | The letter opener |
| Statement of responsibility, etc. | / Kyo Maclear |
| 250 ## - EDITION STATEMENT | |
| Edition statement | HarperPerennial edition |
| 264 #1 - PRODUCTION, PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, MANUFACTURE, AND COPYRIGHT NOTICE | |
| Place of production, publication, distribution, manufacture | Toronto : |
| Name of producer, publisher, distributor, manufacturer | Harper Perennial, |
| Date of production, publication, distribution, manufacture, or copyright notice | 2008 |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Extent | 312, 35 pages : |
| Other physical details | illustrations |
| 336 ## - Content Type | |
| Source | rdacontent |
| Content type term | text |
| 337 ## - MEDIA TYPE | |
| Source | rdamedia |
| Media type term | unmediated |
| 338 ## - Carrier Type | |
| Source | rdacarrier |
| Carrier type term | volume |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. | |
| Summary, etc. | It is 1989 and Naiko is working in the Undeliverable Mail Office, a cavernous space that resembles a giant, congested pawnshop. Immersed in things lost and missing, she searches for clues to match undeliverable mail with addresses, a job that allows her to achieve a semblance of order in a disorderly world. It is a shock, then, when Naiko's co-worker Andrei, a nenigmatic Romanian refugee who has become the unlikely object of Naiko's fascination, suddenly vanishes. As the novel reveals itself in exquisitely wrought layers that drift through time from the Second World War to the fall of communism, Andrei's story of his past life in communist Romania becomes an opaque reflection of Naiko's own existence, and objects--from the pens hoarded by Naiko's mother in her retirement home to the personal effects of Jewish women that Andrei's grandmother sorts through at Birkenau--become touchstones for memories and meaning, loss and love. A luminous debut novel from a rising talent of the new generation of Canadian writers, The Letter Opener is a compelling work of literary fiction that glows with truth. |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | Japanese Canadian women |
| Chronological subdivision | Canada |
| Form subdivision | Fiction |
| 942 ## - ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA) | |
| Source of classification or shelving scheme | Dewey Decimal Classification |
| Koha item type | Book |
| Lost status | Library use only | Collection code | Permanent Location | Current Location | Shelving location | Date acquired | Source of acquisition | Full call number | Barcode | Koha item type |
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| Women’s Collection | Cubao Branch | Cubao Branch | Reference Section | 09/18/2024 | Donation | WC 823 M163l 2008 | 132550d | Book |