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LEADER: 01375cam a2200337 a 4500
001 2009020669
003 DLC
005 20100907142612.0
008 090519t20102009nyu 000 1 eng
010 $a 2009020669
020 $a9780307378774
020 $a0307378772
035 $a(OCoLC)ocn326509262
040 $aDLC$cDLC$dIG#$dYDXCP$dFHP$dBWX$dDLC
043 $ae-gr---
050 00 $aPR9619.3.M265$bR36 2010
082 00 $a823/.914$222
100 1 $aMalouf, David,$d1934-
245 10 $aRansom /$cDavid Malouf.
250 $a1st U.S. ed.
260 $aNew York :$bPantheon Books,$c[2010], c2009.
300 $a224 p. ;$c20 cm.
500 $a"A novel"--Jacket.
520 $aA tale of suffering, sorrow, and redemption, "Ransom" is a retelling of one of the most famous stories in all of literature--Achilles's slaughter and desecration of Hector, and Priam's attempt to ransom his son's body in Homer's "The Iliad."
650 0 $aAchilles (Greek mythology)$vFiction.
650 0 $aPriam (Greek mythology)$vFiction.
650 0 $aLoss (Psychology)$vFiction.
651 0 $aGreece$xHistory$yTo 146 B.C.$vFiction.
655 7 $aHistorical fiction.$2gsafd
856 42 $3Contributor biographical information$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1012/2009020669-b.html
856 42 $3Publisher description$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1012/2009020669-d.html