The Resource The luminaries : a novel, Eleanor Catton
The luminaries : a novel, Eleanor Catton
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The item The luminaries : a novel, Eleanor Catton represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Waubonsee Community College.
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- Summary
- This novel is a murder mystery set in a remote gold-mining frontier town in 19th-century New Zealand. Arriving in New Zealand in 1866 a weary Englishman, Walter Moody, lands in a gold-mining frontier town on the coast of New Zealand to make his fortune and forever leave behind his family's shame. On arrival, he stumbles across a tense gathering of twelve local men who have met in secret to investigate what links three crimes that occurred on a single day, events in which each man finds himself implicated in some way. Moody finds himself drawn into a series of unsolved crimes and complex mysteries
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- First United States edition.
- Extent
- 834 pages
- Note
- "Originally published in Great Britain by Granta Books, August 2013"--Title page verso
- Contents
-
- A sphere within a sphere
- Auguries
- The house of self-undoing
- Paenga-wha-wha
- Weight and lucre
- The widow and the weeds
- Domicile
- The truth about Aurora
- Mutable Earth
- Matters of succession
- Orion sets when Scorpio rises
- The old moon in the young moon's arms
- Isbn
- 9780316074315
- Label
- The luminaries : a novel
- Title
- The luminaries
- Title remainder
- a novel
- Statement of responsibility
- Eleanor Catton
- Subject
-
- Criminal investigation
- Criminal investigation -- Fiction
- Criminal investigation -- New Zealand -- Fiction
- Cuentos policiacos y de misterio
- Fiction
- Gold mines and mining
- Historical fiction
- Historical fiction
- Historical fiction
- History
- Immigrants
- Immigrants -- New Zealand -- Fiction
- Immigrants -- New Zealand -- Fiction
- Inmigrantes -- Nueva Zelanda -- Novela
- Mystery fiction
- New Zealand
- New Zealand -- Fiction
- New Zealand -- Gold discoveries
- New Zealand -- Gold discoveries -- Fiction
- New Zealand -- History -- 1853-1876
- New Zealand -- History -- 1853-1876 -- Fiction
- Nueva Zelanda -- Descubrimiento de oro -- Novela
- Nueva Zelanda -- Historia -- 1853-1876 -- Novela
- Prostitutes
- Prostitutes -- Fiction
- Secrets -- Fiction
- Trials (Murder)
- Trials (Murder) -- New Zealand -- Fiction
- 1853 - 1876
- City and town life -- Fiction
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- This novel is a murder mystery set in a remote gold-mining frontier town in 19th-century New Zealand. Arriving in New Zealand in 1866 a weary Englishman, Walter Moody, lands in a gold-mining frontier town on the coast of New Zealand to make his fortune and forever leave behind his family's shame. On arrival, he stumbles across a tense gathering of twelve local men who have met in secret to investigate what links three crimes that occurred on a single day, events in which each man finds himself implicated in some way. Moody finds himself drawn into a series of unsolved crimes and complex mysteries
- Awards note
-
- Governor General's Award, 2013.
- Man Booker Prize, 2013
- Cataloging source
- YDXCP
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1985-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Catton, Eleanor
- Dewey number
- 823/.92
- Illustrations
- illustrations
- Index
- no index present
- LC call number
- PR9639.4.C39
- LC item number
- L86 2013
- Literary form
- novels
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
-
- Immigrants
- Criminal investigation
- New Zealand
- New Zealand
- Prostitutes
- Trials (Murder)
- Prostitutes
- Criminal investigation
- Gold mines and mining
- Immigrants
- Trials (Murder)
- New Zealand
- Immigrants
- New Zealand
- New Zealand
- Inmigrantes
- Nueva Zelanda
- Nueva Zelanda
- Criminal investigation
- New Zealand
- City and town life
- Secrets
- Label
- The luminaries : a novel, Eleanor Catton
- Note
- "Originally published in Great Britain by Granta Books, August 2013"--Title page verso
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- A sphere within a sphere -- Auguries -- The house of self-undoing -- Paenga-wha-wha -- Weight and lucre -- The widow and the weeds -- Domicile -- The truth about Aurora -- Mutable Earth -- Matters of succession -- Orion sets when Scorpio rises -- The old moon in the young moon's arms
- Control code
- ocn827082565
- Dimensions
- 25 cm
- Edition
- First United States edition.
- Extent
- 834 pages
- Isbn
- 9780316074315
- Lccn
- 2013941814
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- System control number
-
- (Sirsi) i9780316074315
- (OCoLC)827082565
- Label
- The luminaries : a novel, Eleanor Catton
- Note
- "Originally published in Great Britain by Granta Books, August 2013"--Title page verso
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- A sphere within a sphere -- Auguries -- The house of self-undoing -- Paenga-wha-wha -- Weight and lucre -- The widow and the weeds -- Domicile -- The truth about Aurora -- Mutable Earth -- Matters of succession -- Orion sets when Scorpio rises -- The old moon in the young moon's arms
- Control code
- ocn827082565
- Dimensions
- 25 cm
- Edition
- First United States edition.
- Extent
- 834 pages
- Isbn
- 9780316074315
- Lccn
- 2013941814
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- System control number
-
- (Sirsi) i9780316074315
- (OCoLC)827082565
Subject
- Criminal investigation
- Criminal investigation -- Fiction
- Criminal investigation -- New Zealand -- Fiction
- Cuentos policiacos y de misterio
- Fiction
- Gold mines and mining
- Historical fiction
- Historical fiction
- Historical fiction
- History
- Immigrants
- Immigrants -- New Zealand -- Fiction
- Immigrants -- New Zealand -- Fiction
- Inmigrantes -- Nueva Zelanda -- Novela
- Mystery fiction
- New Zealand
- New Zealand -- Fiction
- New Zealand -- Gold discoveries
- New Zealand -- Gold discoveries -- Fiction
- New Zealand -- History -- 1853-1876
- New Zealand -- History -- 1853-1876 -- Fiction
- Nueva Zelanda -- Descubrimiento de oro -- Novela
- Nueva Zelanda -- Historia -- 1853-1876 -- Novela
- Prostitutes
- Prostitutes -- Fiction
- Secrets -- Fiction
- Trials (Murder)
- Trials (Murder) -- New Zealand -- Fiction
- 1853 - 1876
- City and town life -- Fiction
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