Fasting Feasting (Record no. 24569)
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| fixed length control field | 01568nam a2200265Ia 4500 |
| 001 - CONTROL NUMBER | |
| control field | CU10056 |
| 008 - FIXED-LENGTH DATA ELEMENTS--GENERAL INFORMATION | |
| fixed length control field | 250306s9999 xx 000 0 und d |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| International Standard Book Number | 9788184000580 |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| Terms of availability | 291.27 |
| 082 ## - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER | |
| Classification number | 823.3 DES |
| 100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Anita Desai |
| 245 #0 - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | Fasting Feasting |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. | |
| Place of publication, distribution, etc. | Haryana |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. | |
| Name of publisher, distributor, etc. | Penguin Random House |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. | |
| Date of publication, distribution, etc. | 2008 |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Extent | xi, 231p. |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. | |
| Summary, etc. | Plain, unmarriageable Uma has failed to outgrow her childhood home, with its bittersweet treats of puri-alu and barfi. Overprotected and starved for a life, she is smothered by her overbearing parents, successful sister Aruna and Arun, the family's disappointment of a son. Across the world in Massachusetts, where Arun has gone as a student, family life in an American suburb is bewilderingly different. The Pattons, who he lives with, appear strange and terrible. The women don’t appear to cook at all, though they stuff their shopping carts, the men barbecue huge chunks of meat, their daughter binges on innumerable candy bars. Increasingly, Mrs Patton is desperate to be a vegetarian, like Arun. But what Arun wants most is to be invisible. Moving from a traditional Indian household to an American one, Fasting, Feasting is a powerful exploration of hunger and plenty and one of Anita Desai's most socially acute novels. |
| 546 ## - LANGUAGE NOTE | |
| Language note | English |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name entry element | English Literature |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name entry element | Fasting Feasting |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name entry element | Literature |
| 942 ## - ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA) | |
| Koha item type | |
| Withdrawn status | Lost status | Damaged status | Not for loan | Home library | Current library | Date acquired | Source of acquisition | Cost, normal purchase price | Total checkouts | Full call number | Barcode | Date last seen | Cost, replacement price | Price effective from | Koha item type |
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| Chanakya University Knowledge Centre | Chanakya University Knowledge Centre | 24/03/2025 | Sri Book World | 291.27 | 823.3 DES | CU10056 | 24/03/2025 | 399.00 | 24/03/2025 | General Book |