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16978765 |
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20160211162452.0 |
| 008 - FIXED-LENGTH DATA ELEMENTS--GENERAL INFORMATION |
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110927r20121985nyu b 000 0 eng |
| 010 ## - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CONTROL NUMBER |
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| LC control number |
2011037978 |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER |
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| International Standard Book Number |
9781847493576 (pbk.) |
| 040 ## - CATALOGING SOURCE |
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| Original cataloging agency |
DLC |
| Transcribing agency |
DLC |
| Modifying agency |
DLC |
| 041 1# - LANGUAGE CODE |
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| Language code of text/sound track or separate title |
eng |
| Language code of original and/or intermediate translations of text |
rus |
| 042 ## - AUTHENTICATION CODE |
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| Authentication code |
pcc |
| 043 ## - GEOGRAPHIC AREA CODE |
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| Geographic area code |
e-ur--- |
| 050 00 - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CALL NUMBER |
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| Classification number |
PG3479.6.O85 |
| Item number |
Z3913 2012 |
| 082 00 - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER |
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| Edition number |
23 |
| Classification number |
891.7344 |
| Item number |
DOV |
| 084 ## - OTHER CLASSIFICATION NUMBER |
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| Classification number |
FIC019000 |
| Source of number |
bisacsh |
| 100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME |
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| Personal name |
Dovlatov, Sergeĭ. |
| 240 10 - UNIFORM TITLE |
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| Uniform title |
<a href="Zona.">Zona.</a> |
| Language of a work |
English |
| 245 14 - TITLE STATEMENT |
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| Title |
The zone : |
| Remainder of title |
a prison camp guard's story / |
| Statement of responsibility, etc |
Sergei Dovlatov ; translated by Anne Frydman. |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) |
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| Place of publication, distribution, etc |
London: |
| Name of publisher, distributor, etc |
Alma Classics |
| Date of publication, distribution, etc |
2013. |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION |
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| Extent |
188 p. ; |
| Dimensions |
21 cm. |
| 500 ## - GENERAL NOTE |
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| General note |
Translation of: Zona. |
| 504 ## - BIBLIOGRAPHY, ETC. NOTE |
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| Bibliography, etc |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 183-188). |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. |
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| Summary, etc |
"Written in Sergei Dovlatov's unique voice and unmatched style, The Zone is a satirical novelization of Dovlatov's time as a prison guard for the Soviet Army in the early 1960s. Snapshots of the prison are juxtaposed with the narrator's letters to Igor Markovich of Hermitage Press in which he urges Igor to publish the very book we're reading. As Igor receives portions of the prison camp manuscript, so too does the reader. Arguably Dovlatov's most significant work, The Zone illuminates the twisted absurdity of the life of a prison guard: "Almost any prisoner would have been suited to the role of a guard. Almost any guard deserved a prison term." Full of Dovlatov's trademark dark humor and dry wit, The Zone's narrator is an extension of his author, and the book fittingly begins with the following disclaimer: "The names, events, and dates given here are all real. I invented only those details that were not essential. Therefore, any resemblance between the characters in this book and living people is intentional and malicious. And all fictionalizing was unexpected and accidental." What follows is a complex novel that captures two sides of Dovlatov: the writer and the man"-- |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
Political prisoners |
| Form subdivision |
Fiction. |
| 650 #7 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
FICTION / Literary. |
| Source of heading or term |
bisacsh |
| 651 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--GEOGRAPHIC NAME |
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| Geographic name |
Soviet Union |
| Form subdivision |
Fiction. |
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| Item type |
[BK] |