ODD BOOK OF BABY NAMES : NOvel (Record no. 185487)
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| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| International Standard Book Number | 9780670095971 |
| 037 ## - SOURCE OF ACQUISITION | |
| Terms of availability | Purchased |
| Note | Mathrubhumi Books |
| 041 ## - LANGUAGE CODE | |
| Language code of text/sound track or separate title | English |
| 082 ## - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER | |
| Classification number | F |
| Item number | ANE/OD |
| 100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Anees Salim |
| 245 ## - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | ODD BOOK OF BABY NAMES : NOvel |
| 250 ## - EDITION STATEMENT | |
| Edition statement | 1 |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) | |
| Place of publication, distribution, etc. | Penguin Random House |
| Name of publisher, distributor, etc. | Hamish Hamilton |
| Date of publication, distribution, etc. | 2021/11/15 |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Size of unit | 207 |
| 500 ## - GENERAL NOTE | |
| General note | As a thin ribbon of smoke rose from the edge something stirred in me and I slapped the book against the railing until small specks of fire fell to the floor and died down. It was not just a book of baby names. It was an unusual memoir my father was leaving behind, memories condensed into names; memories of many kisses, lovemaking, panting and feeling spent.<br/>Can a life be like a jigsaw puzzle, pieces waiting to be conjoined? Like a game of hide-and-seek? Like playing statues? Can memories have colour? Can the sins of the father survive his descendants?<br/>In a family - is it a family if they don't know it? - that does not rely on the weakness of memory runs a strange register of names. The odd book of baby names has been custom-made on palace stationery for the patriarch, an eccentric king, one of the last kings of India, who dutifully records in it the name of his every offspring. As he bitterly draws his final breaths, eight of his one hundred rumoured children trace the savage lies of their father and reckon with the burdens of their lineage.<br/>Layered with multiple perspectives and cadences, each tale recounted in sharp, tantalizing vignettes, this is a rich tapestry of narratives and a kaleidoscopic journey into the dysfunctional heart of the Indian family. Written with the lightness of comedy and the seriousness of tragedy, the playfulness of an inventive riddle and the intellectual heft of a philosophical undertaking, The Odd Book of Baby Names is Salim's most ambitious novel yet. |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | Fiction |
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| Koha item type | Lending |
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| Dewey Decimal Classification | Fiction | Ernakulam Public Library | Ernakulam Public Library | Fiction | 2021-11-20 | Purchased | 599.00 | 1981,2021/11/19 | 15 | 14 | F ANE/OD | E196607 | 2024-06-29 | 2024-06-19 | 2021-11-20 | Lending |