LEADER 00000cam a2200529Mi 4500 001 ocn648711528 003 OCoLC 005 20160527040857.7 006 m o d 007 cr |n|---||||| 008 100719s2010 alu o 000 1 eng d 020 9781573668163|q(electronic book) 020 1573668168|q(electronic book) 035 (OCoLC)648711528 040 EBLCP|beng|epn|cEBLCP|dE7B|dOCLCQ|dMHW|dFXR|dN$T|dREDDC |dOCLCQ|dYDXCP|dOCLCF|dOCLCQ|dOCLCO|dOCLCQ 049 RIDW 050 4 PS3603.O5425F59 2010 072 7 LIT|x004020|2bisacsh 082 04 813.6 090 PS3603.O5425F59 2010 100 1 Conn, Brian,|d1976-|0https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/ n2009064276 245 14 The Fixed Stars :|bThirty-Seven Emblems for the Perilous Season. 264 1 Tuscaloosa :|bUniversity of Alabama Press,|c2010. 300 1 online resource (313 pages) 336 text|btxt|2rdacontent 337 computer|bc|2rdamedia 338 online resource|bcr|2rdacarrier 347 text file|2rdaft 505 0 Contents; 1. The Ropemaker's Daughter; 2. Ablution in Helical Structure; 3. The Green Door; 4. John's Day; 5. The Snow Pageant; 6. Mercury. 520 Juxtaposing barbarity and whimsy, Brian Conn's The Fixed Stars is a novel that has the tenor of a contemporary fable with nearly the same dreamlike logic. At the novel's heart are the John's Day celebration and the interactions of a small community dealing with a mystery disease. Routinely citizens are quarantined and then reintegrated into society in rituals marked by a haunting brutality. The infected and the healthy alike are quarantined. In a culture that has retreated from urbanism into a more pastoral society, the woman who nurtures spiders and the man who spins hemp exist alongside the. 588 0 Print version record. 590 eBooks on EBSCOhost|bEBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America 650 0 Plague|vFiction.|0https://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/ sh2008109306 650 0 Social problems|vFiction.|0https://id.loc.gov/authorities/ subjects/sh2008111804 650 7 Plague.|2fast|0https://id.worldcat.org/fast/1065045 650 7 Social problems.|2fast|0https://id.worldcat.org/fast/ 1122778 655 4 Electronic books. 655 7 Fiction.|2fast|0https://id.worldcat.org/fast/1423787 655 7 Fiction.|2lcgft|0https://id.loc.gov/authorities/genreForms /gf2014026339 776 08 |iPrint version:|aConn, Brian.|tFixed Stars : Thirty-Seven Emblems for the Perilous Season.|dTuscaloosa : The University of Alabama Press, ©2010|z9781573661539 856 40 |uhttps://rider.idm.oclc.org/login?url=http:// search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site& db=nlebk&AN=420351|zOnline eBook. Access restricted to current Rider University students, faculty, and staff. 856 42 |3Instructions for reading/downloading this eBook|uhttp:// guides.rider.edu/ebooks/ebsco 901 MARCIVE 20231220 948 |d20160616|cEBSCO|tebscoebooksacademic|lridw 994 92|bRID