In a free state : (Record no. 15531)
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| control field | GB1265 |
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| control field | IN-BhIIT |
| 005 - DATE AND TIME OF LATEST TRANSACTION | |
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| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| ISBN | 9780330462686 |
| 040 ## - CATALOGING SOURCE | |
| Original cataloging agency | IN-BhIIT |
| 041 ## - LANGUAGE CODE | |
| Language code of text | eng |
| 082 ## - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER | |
| Classification number | 823.914 |
| Book number | NAI/I |
| 100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--AUTHOR NAME | |
| Personal name | Naipaul, V.S. |
| Relator term | Author |
| 245 ## - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | In a free state : |
| Sub Title | the novel / |
| Statement of responsibility, etc | V.S. Naipaul |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) | |
| Place of publication | London : |
| Name of publisher | Picador, |
| Year of publication | 2008. |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Number of Pages | x, 181 p. : |
| Other physical details(ill.) | ill. ; |
| Dimensions(size) | 19 cm. |
| 504 ## - BIBLIOGRAPHY, ETC. NOTE | |
| Bibliography, etc | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. | |
| Summary, etc | In a Free State tells the story first of an Indian servant in Washington, who becomes an American citizen but feels he has ceased to be a part of the flow. Then of a disturbed Asian West Indian in London who, in jail for murder, has never really known where he is. Then the central novel moves to Africa, to a fictional country somewhere like Uganda or Rwanda.<br/><br/>The novel's central characters once found Africa liberating, but now it has gone sour on them. The land is no longer safe, and at a time of tribal conflict they have to make the long drive to the safety of their compound. At the end of this drive – the narrative tight, wonderfully constructed, the formal and precise language always instilled with violence and rage – we know everything about the English characters, the African country and the Idi Amin-like future awaiting it. This is one of V. S. Naipaul’s greatest novels, hard but full of pity.<br/><br/>This is a story about displacement, the yearning for the good place in someone else’s land and the attendant heartache. |
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| Koha item type | General Books |
| Withdrawn status | Lost status | Damaged status | Not for loan | Collection code | Home library | Current library | Date acquired | Full call number | Accession Number | 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 | 08/05/2026 | 823.914 NAI/I | GB1265 | 08/05/2026 | General Books |