Hating perfection : (Record no. 381)
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| 005 - DATE AND TIME OF LATEST TRANSACTION | |
| control field | 20180128191448.0 |
| 008 - FIXED-LENGTH DATA ELEMENTS--GENERAL INFORMATION | |
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| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| International Standard Book Number | 978-1-61614-875-1 |
| 040 ## - CATALOGING SOURCE | |
| Transcribing agency | SAUT Mbeya Library |
| 082 ## - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER | |
| Edition number | 22nd |
| Classification number | 128 WIL |
| 100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| 9 (RLIN) | 713 |
| Personal name | WILLIAMS, John F. |
| 245 ## - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | Hating perfection : |
| Remainder of title | a subtle search for the best possible world / |
| Statement of responsibility, etc. | John F. Williams |
| 250 ## - EDITION STATEMENT | |
| Edition statement | Revised ed. |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. | |
| Place of publication, distribution, etc. | New York : |
| Name of publisher, distributor, etc. | Humanity Books, |
| Date of publication, distribution, etc. | 2013. |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Other physical details | 373P. : 21. [some col.] ; |
| Dimensions | 23cm. |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. | |
| Summary, etc. | The best heaven and the worst hell are the same place. Travel with author John F. Williams into the jungles of Laos and into a new understanding of existence. In lively short stories, Hating Perfection shows the everyday world as uncanny, equally strange as the imaginary worlds of Borges or Kafka. This engrossing, strikingly original book invites you to experience your life in a new way. Hating Perfection weaves its stories together with an elegant logic. Our hateful world'painful, unjust, ruthless, fatal'stands revealed as the best of all possible worlds, flooded everywhere by a perfection both alien and addicting. What we want is different from what we get. But the reason why has a divine splendor. In this revised edition, Mr. Williams has added a postscript that addresses the well-known philosopher's paradox of the Chinese room. The author explains for the first time how we know that such a room as usually described would not have consciousness. Stand beside Mr. Williams for a time, and look in the direction he is looking. Your troubles may still be your troubles, but the world will be more than it was |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term following geographic name entry element | Life, Philosophy, Ontology. |
| 942 ## - ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA) | |
| Source of classification or shelving scheme | Dewey Decimal Classification |
| Koha item type | Books |
| Withdrawn status | Lost status | Source of classification or shelving scheme | Damaged status | Not for loan | Collection code | Home library | Current library | Shelving location | Date acquired | Total Checkouts | Full call number | Barcode | Date last seen | Price effective from | Koha item type |
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| Dewey Decimal Classification | Philosophy/Psychology/Ethics | CUoM Library | CUoM Library | General Stacks | 01/29/2018 | 128 WIL | 00005124 | 01/29/2018 | 01/29/2018 | Books |