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| fixed length control field |
01731cam a2200217 i 4500 |
| 008 - FIXED-LENGTH DATA ELEMENTS--GENERAL INFORMATION |
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190626s2019 nyu 000 1 eng |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER |
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| International Standard Book Number |
9781250757937 |
| 035 ## - SYSTEM CONTROL NUMBER |
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14884 |
| 040 ## - CATALOGING SOURCE |
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| Transcribing agency |
AE-ShKH |
| 050 14 - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CALL NUMBER |
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| Classification number |
PR9499.3.G536 |
| Item number |
G86 2019 |
| 100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME |
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| Personal name |
Ghosh, Amitav, |
| Dates associated with a name |
1956- |
| Relator term |
author. |
| 9 (RLIN) |
6150 |
| 245 10 - TITLE STATEMENT |
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| Title |
Gun island : |
| Remainder of title |
a novel / |
| Statement of responsibility, etc. |
Amitav Ghosh. |
| 250 ## - EDITION STATEMENT |
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| Edition statement |
First American edition. |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. |
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| Place of publication, distribution, etc. |
New York : |
| Name of publisher, distributor, etc. |
Farrar, Straus and Giroux, |
| Date of publication, distribution, etc. |
2019. |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION |
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| Extent |
313 pages ; |
| Dimensions |
24 cm |
| 500 ## - GENERAL NOTE |
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| General note |
Originally published in Great Britain by John Murray (Publishers) in 2019. |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. |
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| Summary, etc. |
"It is in his hometown of Kolkata where Dr. Deen Datta meets, by chance, a distant relative who upends his world with the mention of a figure that has long haunted Deen's imagination--Bonduki Sadagar, the mysterious Gun Merchant of Bengali legend. A Brooklyn-based dealer in rare books, Deen, on the cusp of retirement, suddenly finds himself propelled into the depts of the snake-infested Sundarbans, in search of a shrine to the Merchant. Thus begins an unforgettable journey both inward and outward, and moving across continents. As Deen's journey progresses, he confronts a changing world and encounters a cast of characters who will unsettle everything he thought he kenw about himself. There is Piya, a fellow Bengali American who helps launch his journey; Tipu, an entrepreneurial young man who shows Deen the realities of growing up in today's world; Rafi, desperate to help those in need; and Cinta, an old friend who provides the missing link in the story that binds them all."--Dust jacket front flap. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical term or geographic name entry element |
Emigration and immigration |
| Form subdivision |
Fiction. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical term or geographic name entry element |
Climatic changes |
| Form subdivision |
Fiction. |
| 9 (RLIN) |
4606 |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical term or geographic name entry element |
Hindu mythology |
| Form subdivision |
Fiction. |
