Swallowing clouds / (Record no. 25030)
| 010 ## - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CONTROL NUMBER | |
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| LC control number | 90038670 |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| International Standard Book Number | 0671646656 : |
| 022 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD SERIAL NUMBER | |
| International Standard Serial Number | 9780671646653 |
| 043 ## - GEOGRAPHIC AREA CODE | |
| Geographic area code | a-cc--- |
| 049 ## - LOCAL HOLDINGS (OCLC) | |
| Holding library | AJMA |
| 050 00 - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CALL NUMBER | |
| Classification number | DS736 |
| Item number | .Z44 1990 |
| 082 00 - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER | |
| Classification number | 951 Zee |
| Item number | 15 |
| 092 ## - LOCALLY ASSIGNED DEWEY CALL NUMBER (OCLC) | |
| Classification number | 951 Zee |
| 100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Zee, A. |
| 245 10 - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | Swallowing clouds / |
| Statement of responsibility, etc | A. Zee. |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) | |
| Place of publication, distribution, etc | New York : |
| Name of publisher, distributor, etc | Simon and Schuster, |
| Date of publication, distribution, etc | c1990. |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Extent | 378 p. : |
| Other physical details | ill., map ; |
| Dimensions | 25 cm. |
| 504 ## - BIBLIOGRAPHY, ETC. NOTE | |
| Bibliography, etc | Includes bibliographical references (p. 359-364). |
| 505 ## - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE | |
| Formatted contents note | Beijing men built a fire -- Slicing through water -- Interlude 1: phonetics, or why some characters look horribly complicated -- Sleep of the truly inebriated -- Swallowing clouds -- Chinese pigs stand -- Interlude 2: the appalling ignorance of some scribes -- A delicacy for aging men -- No contest between fish and a bear with eight legs -- Courtesans do not eat crabs -- Interlude 3: to all you carnivores -- The sweet fragrance of crops ripening -- How to avoid being vulgar -- The pockmarked woman and the pearly empress -- Interlude 4: words are like our children -- Buddha jumping over walls -- Act without acting, taste without tasting -- Interlude 5: like eating potato chips -- The sublime faith in illusions -- Pieces of her heart -- Elixirs and the food of health -- From banquets to voyages of discovery -- Epilogue: all banquets must come to an end. |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. | |
| Summary, etc | Physics professor Zee writes about how to understand the menus in Chinese restaurants, explaining the characters, what they mean, and the colorful stories behind the names of various dishes. Anne Tyler (in the Washington Post) called Swallowing Clouds "a study of the very nature of Chinese culture. Zee has a quirky, personal style that draws the reader in." |
| 590 ## - LOCAL NOTE (RLIN) | |
| Local note | 68181 |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Source of heading or term | Social life and customs. |
| Geographic subdivision | China |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Source of heading or term | Food habits |
| Geographic subdivision | China |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Source of heading or term | Manners and customs |
| Geographic subdivision | China |
| 651 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--GEOGRAPHIC NAME | |
| Geographic name | China |
| General subdivision | Anecdotes |
| 942 ## - ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA) | |
| Source of classification or shelving scheme | |
| Koha item type | 900 - 999 |
| Lost status | Source of classification or shelving scheme | Permanent Location | Current Location | Cost, normal purchase price | Full call number | Barcode | Date last seen | Public note |
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| Arthur Johnson Memorial Library | Arthur Johnson Memorial Library | 24.95 | 951 Zee | 68181 | 2007-07-31 | In Memory of : Dirk Brink |