Publish and Perish (Record no. 225011)

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000 -Encabezamiento
fixed length control field 02165n a2200181 a 4500
001 - Número de Control
control field 004320
005 - Fecha de Ultima Modificación
control field 20231009192032.0
008 - Elementos de Fongitud Fija--Información General
fixed length control field 070413t19971997--------------000-u-eng-u
020 ## - ISBN
ISBN 9780312186968
082 0# - Número de Clasificación Decimal Dewey
No. de Clasificación FIC HYN
100 1# - Entrada Principal - Nombre Personal
Nombre Personal Hynes, James
245 10 - TÍTULO
Título del material Publish and Perish
Resto del Título : Three Tales of Tenure and Terror
Mención de responsabilidad / James Hynes
260 ## - Publicación, Distribución, etc. (Pie de Imprenta)
Lugar de Publicación, Distribución, etc. New York
Nombre de la editorial, distribuidor, etc. : Picador
Fecha de Publicación, Distribución, etc. , c1997.
300 ## - Descripción Física
Extensión 338 p.
Dimensiones ; 21 cm.
520 ## - Resumen, etc.
Nota de resumen, etc. The strange, treacherous landscape of academia serves as the milieu for the cleverly barbed novellas that comprise Hyne's second book. The characters here are mostly junior faculty and students, scholars lost in their research or holed up at their computers, faithfully tapping out sentence after sentence of dissertations they hope will win them jobs and, eventually, tenure. The irony is that although these would-be stars of university life base their careers and notions of self on their ability to explain things, they are flummoxed by forces beyond their control--love, lust and jealousy--and, because these pieces hinge on the supernatural, by forces beyond their comprehension as well. In "Queen of the Jungle," a cat acts up in response to her master's adulterous relationship with a grad student, demonstrating gender solidarity with her mistress. "99" finds an American anthropologist, in England to research a Druidic ritual, being drawn far deeper into occult rites than he'd intended. "Casting the Runes" plays upon the fear of would-be profs that someone in a higher position will steal their ideas; and this time the thief has powers beyond those of mere rank. The novella form doesn't suit all the pieces ("99" in particular feels like a short story without brakes), but the strength of these tales lies less in their plotting, which is smart enough, than in their artful prose and their ability to puncture pomposity and ambition in order to expose the human frailties that hide behind them. Hynes's tales are laced with references to Poe, M.R. James, and other masters of the macabre, but in this engaging collection he puts his own deft, blackly humorous spin on the genre.
655 #7 - Término Indizado - Género/Forma
Genero/Forma Short stories
942 ## - TIPO DE MATERIAL
Tipo de Material Libro - Monografía
Holdings
Material oculto del Opac Material perdido Material dañado Material No para préstamo Colección Sede donde se ingresó el material Sede a donde pertenece el ejemplar/Copia Estantería donde se ubica Fecha de Adquisición o compra Préstamos Koha (veces que fue prestado) Clasificación Número de inventario (Código de barras) Última vez visto (Koha) Fecha del precio de reemplazo Tipo de Material
Expurgado/No disponible       General Biblioteca Pública de San Miguel de Allende, A.C. Biblioteca Pública de San Miguel de Allende, A.C. Sala Ingles 09/10/2023   FIC HYN 004320 09/10/2023 09/10/2023 Fiction / Ficción

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