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| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER |
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| International Standard Book Number |
9780571230587 |
| 040 ## - CATALOGING SOURCE |
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| Transcribing agency |
AEF |
| 041 ## - LANGUAGE CODE |
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| Language code of text/sound track or separate title |
English |
| 082 ## - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER |
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| Edition number |
23rd. ed. |
| Classification number |
813.54 |
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MIS |
| 100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME |
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| Personal name |
Mistry, Rohinton |
| 9 (RLIN) |
4494 |
| 245 10 - TITLE STATEMENT |
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| Title |
A Fine balance |
| 250 ## - EDITION STATEMENT |
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| Edition statement |
1st ed. |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. |
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| Place of publication, distribution, etc. |
London: |
| Name of publisher, distributor, etc. |
Faber and Faber, |
| Date of publication, distribution, etc. |
1996 |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION |
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| Extent |
614 p.: |
| Dimensions |
16 cm |
| 500 ## - GENERAL NOTE |
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| General note |
India, 1975. As a State of Emergency is declared, the lives of four unlikely strangers collide forever. This Booker-shortlisted modern classic is a ‘towering masterpiece by a writer of genius’ (Independent). <br/><br/><br/>‘A towering masterpiece by a writer of genius.’ Independent<br/><br/>India, 1975. An unnamed city by the sea. The government has just declared a State of Emergency. Amidst a backdrop of wild political turmoil, the lives of four unlikely strangers collide forever.<br/><br/>An epic panorama of modern India in all its corruption, violence, and heroism, A Fine Balance is Rohinton Mistry’s prize-winning masterpiece: a Dickensian modern classic brimming with compassion, humour, and insight – and a hymn to the human spirit in an inhuman state.<br/><br/>‘A masterpiece of illumination and grace. Like all great fiction, it transforms our understanding of life.’ Guardian<br/>‘Magical.’ New York Times<br/>‘Monumental.’ Time<br/>‘Astonishing.’ Wall Street Journal<br/><br/>What readers are saying:<br/><br/>‘One of the most layered and beautifully executed books I’ve ever read … Easily one of my all time favourite books!’<br/><br/>‘Many say that the mark of a good book is that it stays with you; well, I read this several years ago and I still find myself thinking of the characters … Beautiful.’<br/><br/>‘What a storyteller, what a wide canvas he covers of India … Wonderful.’<br/><br/>‘One of the best and most entertaining books I have ever read … I can’t recommend it highly enough.’<br/><br/>‘Often heartbreaking, always evocative … A book to savour rather than to gallop through.’<br/><br/>‘One of the best books I’ve read … Not a book for the faint-hearted, but it is a book with a big heart.’<br/> |
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1082 |
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English |
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Book |
