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Conventional fiction

 Subject
Subject Source: Sackner Database

Found in 1170 Collections and/or Records:

Pangen Subway Ritual: into his face. No.i / Greg Evason., 1989

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Identifier: CC-30685-32127
Scope and Contents

The collaged element on the cover page is a newspaper clipping of a television program schedule. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1989

Paragraph. No.3 / Rose D ; Saleh D., 2002

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Identifier: CC-38960-40896
Scope and Contents

Dan Rose aka Jabonera Porte-Savon contributes a paragraph under his nom de plume and describes how he came to select it. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 2002

Paris Review, The. No.105/Win / Kosuth J., 1987

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Identifier: CC-04757-4846
Scope and Contents

Joseph Kosuth's work "Modus Operandi" is shown on pp. 121-131. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1987

People of the Book / Brooks, Geraldine., 2008

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Identifier: CC-48297-69322
Scope and Contents Brooks has written a fictionalized version of the story of the Sarajevo Haggadah. It traces the illuminated Hebrew manuscsript created in 15th century Spain to Venice in 1690 to Bosnia during WW II through the life of a contemporary Australian book conservationist. The author illuminates the essential historic details of the book with the fascinating fictional characters involved in the plot.Publishers Weekly: "Reading Geraldine Brooks's remarkable debut novel, Year of Wonders, or more recently March, which won the Pulitzer Prize, it would be easy to forget that she grew up in Australia and worked as a journalist. Now in her dazzling new novel, People of the Book, Brooks allows both her native land and current events to play a larger role while still continuing to mine the historical material that speaks so ardently to her imagination. Late one night in the city of Sydney, Hanna Heath, a rare book conservator, gets a phone call. The Sarajevo Haggadah, which disappeared during the...
Dates: 2008

Philosophical Egg, The. No.5/Aug., 1983

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Identifier: CC-04240-4319
Scope and Contents

Edited by Ludwig Zeller and Susana Wald. This issue features contemporary, Scandinavian poets and artists. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1983

Pilzer und Pelzer / Wolf, Ror., 1988

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Identifier: CC-52701-73837
Scope and Contents

The book includes several surrealistic collage illustrations. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1988