My life as a rat : (Record no. 53473)
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fixed length control field | 02358nam a22002417a 4500 |
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fixed length control field | 190919b2019 ||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d |
020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
International Standard Book Number | 9780008339654 |
082 ## - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER | |
Classification number | Fiction OAT-J |
100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
Personal name | Oates, Jouce Carol |
245 ## - TITLE STATEMENT | |
Title | My life as a rat : |
Remainder of title | a novel / |
Statement of responsibility, etc. | Joyce Carol Oates |
260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) | |
Place of publication, distribution, etc. | London |
Name of publisher, distributor, etc. | Harper Collins Publishers |
Date of publication, distribution, etc. | 2019 |
300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
Extent | 402 p. |
365 ## - TRADE PRICE | |
Price type code | INR |
Price amount | 599.00 |
500 ## - GENERAL NOTE | |
General note | Violet Rue is the baby of the seven Kerrigan children and adores her big brothers. What’s more, she knows that a family protects its own. To go outside the family – to betray the family – is unforgiveable. So when she overhears a conversation not meant for her ears and discovers that her brothers have committed a heinous crime, she is torn between her loyalty to her family and her sense of justice. The decision she takes will change her life for ever.<br/><br/>Exploring racism, misogyny, community, family, loyalty, sexuality and identity, this is a dark story with a tense and propulsive atmosphere – Joyce Carol Oates at her very best.<br/><br/>Which should prevail: loyalty to family or loyalty to the truth? Is telling the truth ever a mistake and is lying for one’s family ever justified? Can one do the right thing, but bitterly regret it? <br/><br/>My Life as a Rat follows Violet Rue Kerrigan, a young woman who looks back upon her life in exile from her family following her testimony, at age twelve, concerning what she knew to be the racist murder of an African-American boy by her older brothers. In a succession of vividly recalled episodes Violet contemplates the circumstances of her life as the initially beloved youngest child of seven Kerrigan children who inadvertently “informs” on her brothers, setting into motion their arrests and convictions and her own long estrangement.<br/><br/>Arresting and poignant, My Life as a Rat traces a life of banishment from a family—banishment from parents, siblings, and the Church—that forces Violet to discover her own identity, to break the powerful spell of family, and to emerge from her long exile as a “rat” into a transformed life. |
650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
Topical term or geographic name as entry element | Fiction |
650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
Topical term or geographic name as entry element | Families |
650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
Topical term or geographic name as entry element | Murder |
650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
Topical term or geographic name as entry element | Betrayal |
650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
Topical term or geographic name as entry element | Self-realization in women |
650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
Topical term or geographic name as entry element | Reflection (Philosophy) |
650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
Topical term or geographic name as entry element | Alienation (Social psychology) |
650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
Topical term or geographic name as entry element | Life change events |
952 ## - LOCATION AND ITEM INFORMATION (KOHA) | |
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Lost status | Source of classification or shelving scheme | Damaged status | Not for loan | Collection code | Home library | Current library | Shelving location | Date acquired | Cost, normal purchase price | Total Checkouts | Full call number | Barcode | Checked out | Date last seen | Date last checked out | Price effective from | Koha item type |
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Dewey Decimal Classification | FIC | BITS Pilani Hyderabad | BITS Pilani Hyderabad | Fiction "1st Floor" | 19/09/2019 | 599.00 | 2 | Fiction OAT-J | 39208 | 11/11/2022 | 13/07/2024 | 28/10/2022 | 19/09/2019 | Books |