My life as a rat : (Record no. 53473)

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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.
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Topical term or geographic name as entry element Fiction
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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
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Topical term or geographic name as entry element Reflection (Philosophy)
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Topical term or geographic name as entry element Alienation (Social psychology)
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Topical term or geographic name as entry element Life change events
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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
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