Flights (Record no. 10148)
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| 003 - CONTROL NUMBER IDENTIFIER | |
| control field | OSt |
| 005 - DATE AND TIME OF LATEST TRANSACTION | |
| control field | 20251217105323.0 |
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| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| International Standard Book Number | 9781910695821 |
| 040 ## - CATALOGING SOURCE | |
| Transcribing agency | SoET Library |
| 082 ## - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER | |
| Classification number | 891.8538 TOK |
| 100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Tokarczuk, Olga |
| 9 (RLIN) | 3012 |
| 245 ## - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | Flights |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. | |
| Place of publication, distribution, etc. | London, Great Britain : |
| Name of publisher, distributor, etc. | Fitzcarraldo Editions, |
| Date of publication, distribution, etc. | 2007. |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Extent | vi, 404 p. : ill. |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. | |
| Summary, etc. | Flights, a novel about travel in the twenty-first century and human anatomy, is Olga Tokarczuk's most ambitious to date. It interweaves travel narratives and reflections on travel with an in-depth exploration of the human body, broaching life, death, motion, and migration. From the seventeenth century, we have the story of the Dutch anatomist Philip Verheyen, who dissected and drew pictures of his own amputated leg. From the eighteenth century, we have the story of a North African-born slave turned Austrian courtier stuffed and put on display after his death. In the nineteenth century, we follow Chopin's heart as it makes the covert journey from Paris to Warsaw. In the present we have the trials of a wife accompanying her much older husband as he teaches a course on a cruise ship in the Greek islands, and the harrowing story of a young husband whose wife and child mysteriously vanish on a holiday on a Croatian island. With her signature grace and insight, Olga Tokarczuk guides the reader beyond the surface layer of modernity and towards the core of the very nature of humankind.<br/> |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name entry element | Travel Fiction. |
| 9 (RLIN) | 3013 |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name entry element | Human body Fiction. |
| 9 (RLIN) | 3014 |
| 700 ## - ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Croft, Jennifer (Translator) |
| 9 (RLIN) | 3015 |
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| Source of classification or shelving scheme | Dewey Decimal Classification |
| Koha item type | Books |
| Date last seen | Total Checkouts | Full call number | Barcode | Bill date | Price effective from | Koha item type | Lost status | Source of classification or shelving scheme | Damaged status | Not for loan | Withdrawn status | Home library | Current library | Date acquired | Source of acquisition | Cost, normal purchase price | BillNo |
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| 2025-12-17 | 891.8538 TOK | 008746 | 07/12/2025 | 2025-12-17 | Books | Dewey Decimal Classification | School of Engineering and Technology | School of Engineering and Technology | 2025-12-17 | Educational Supplies | 850.00 | 61189 |