A fine balance: (Record no. 15171)
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| fixed length control field | 01368 a2200217 4500 |
| 001 - CONTROL NUMBER | |
| control field | 11330 |
| 003 - CONTROL NUMBER IDENTIFIER | |
| control field | IN-BhIIT |
| 005 - DATE AND TIME OF LATEST TRANSACTION | |
| control field | 20260505100013.0 |
| 008 - FIXED-LENGTH DATA ELEMENTS--GENERAL INFORMATION | |
| fixed length control field | 251215b |||||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| ISBN | 9780571230587 (pbk.) |
| 040 ## - CATALOGING SOURCE | |
| Original cataloging agency | IN-BhIIT |
| 041 ## - LANGUAGE CODE | |
| Language code of text | eng |
| 082 ## - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER | |
| Classification number | 823 |
| Book number | MIS/F |
| 100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--AUTHOR NAME | |
| Personal name | Mistry, Rohinton |
| Relator term | Author |
| 245 ## - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | A fine balance: |
| Sub Title | The epic modern classic / |
| Statement of responsibility, etc | by Rohinton Mistry |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) | |
| Place of publication | London : |
| Name of publisher | Faber & Faber, |
| Year of publication | 2006. |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Number of Pages | 614p. : |
| Other physical details(ill.) | ill. ; |
| Dimensions(size) | 24 cm. |
| 504 ## - BIBLIOGRAPHY, ETC. NOTE | |
| Bibliography, etc | Includes bibliographies and index. |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. | |
| Summary, etc | Fiction. Literature. Historical Fiction. With a compassionate realism and narrative sweep that recall the work of Charles Dickens, this magnificent novel captures all the cruelty and corruption, dignity and heroism, of India. The time is 1975. The place is an unnamed city by the sea. The government has just declared a State of Emergency, in whose upheavals four strangers�a spirited widow, a young student uprooted from his idyllic hill station, and two tailors who have fled the caste violence of their native villagewill be thrust together, forced to share one cramped apartment and an uncertain future.<br/>As the characters move from distrust to friendship and from friendship to love, A Fine Balance creates an enduring panorama of the human spirit in an inhuman state |
| 942 ## - ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA) | |
| Koha item type | General Books |
| Koha issues (borrowed), all copies | 1 |
| Withdrawn status | Lost status | Damaged status | Not for loan | Collection code | Home library | Current library | Date acquired | Source of acquisition | Cost, normal purchase price | Accession Number | Cost, replacement price | Price effective from | Koha item type |
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| Not withdrawn | Not Lost | not damaged | GEN | Central Library, IIT Bhubaneswar | Central Library, IIT Bhubaneswar | 14/10/2025 | 53 | 599.25 | 11330 | 799.00 | 14/10/2025 | General Books |