Thinnai / (Record no. 79050)
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| fixed length control field | 01488nam a22001577a 4500 |
| 008 - FIXED-LENGTH DATA ELEMENTS--GENERAL INFORMATION | |
| fixed length control field | 220420b2021 |||||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| International Standard Book Number | 9789389253474 |
| 082 ## - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER | |
| Classification number | Fiction GAU-A |
| 100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Gautier, Ari |
| 245 ## - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | Thinnai / |
| Statement of responsibility, etc. | Ari Gautier |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) | |
| Place of publication, distribution, etc. | India |
| Name of publisher, distributor, etc. | Hachette India |
| Date of publication, distribution, etc. | 2021 |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Extent | 188p. |
| 365 ## - TRADE PRICE | |
| Price type code | INR |
| Price amount | 399.00 |
| 500 ## - GENERAL NOTE | |
| General note | If there was anything our neighbours envied us, it was our thinners. 'The working-class district of Kurusukuppam is not the Pondicherry of tourist brochures. Here, French soldiers, Tamil activists, Creoles, and communists live in boisterous and comical equanimity. But life in Kurusukuppam is upturned by the arrival of a curious tramp, Gilbert Thaata, a wizened Frenchman who has seen hard times. Settling down on the narrator's verandah, his thinner, Gilbert Thaata, begins to earn his keep by recounting the tale of the rise and fall of his family's fortunes as the custodians of a mysterious diamond, the Stone of Sita. The fanciful story that unfolds stretches across centuries and encompasses the history of France's colonial legacy in India. His entranced listeners cannot help but ask: who is this older man, and how did he fall on such misfortune? Masterfully translated from the French original by Blake Smith, Ari Gautier's The Thinnai offers a panoramic view of Pondicherry's past and the whimsical eccentricities of its present and shines a light on the quirks of history that have come to define us. |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | Fiction |
| 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 | Date last seen | Price effective from | Koha item type |
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| Dewey Decimal Classification | FIC | BITS Pilani Hyderabad | BITS Pilani Hyderabad | Fiction "1st Floor" | 20/04/2022 | 399.00 | Fiction GAU-A | 45087 | 13/07/2024 | 20/04/2022 | Books |