WORLD MACHINE (Record no. 196548)
[ view plain ]
| 000 -LEADER | |
|---|---|
| fixed length control field | 01750nam a22002417a 4500 |
| 005 - DATE AND TIME OF LATEST TRANSACTION | |
| control field | 20251008155233.0 |
| 008 - FIXED-LENGTH DATA ELEMENTS--GENERAL INFORMATION | |
| fixed length control field | 251008b |||||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| International Standard Book Number | 9781803093765 |
| 037 ## - SOURCE OF ACQUISITION | |
| Terms of availability | Purchased |
| Note | Prism Books, Kadavanthra |
| 041 ## - LANGUAGE CODE | |
| Language code of text/sound track or separate title | English |
| 082 ## - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER | |
| Classification number | F |
| Item number | VOL/WO |
| 100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Volponi, Paolo |
| 245 ## - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | WORLD MACHINE |
| Remainder of title | (The Italian List) |
| 250 ## - EDITION STATEMENT | |
| Edition statement | 1 |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) | |
| Place of publication, distribution, etc. | Calcutta |
| Name of publisher, distributor, etc. | Seagull Books |
| Date of publication, distribution, etc. | 2024 |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Size of unit | 236 |
| 500 ## - GENERAL NOTE | |
| General note | Translated from Italian by Richard Dixon. <br/><br/><br/><br/>A vivid and unforgettable novelistic portrait of rural Italy, exploring the nature of reality and the human condition.<br/><br/>A small-time farmer living in central Italy in the 1960s is the keeper of a great truth: that people are machines built by other beings who are machines themselves. Our true destiny is to build ever better machines so that society can become a techno-utopia in which friendship can be established among all people on earth. These ideas bring him into conflict with everyone, especially his wife, against whom he is accused of ill-treatment. His quest takes him to Rome, where he presents his truth, hoping it will bring him worldwide recognition. Behind his poetical reveries and unfathomable scientific notions lies the disturbing fragility of a lone, paranoid and deluded man in conflict with everyone, including himself.<br/><br/>Paolo Volponi’s unique novel The World Machine examines the relationship between rural life and the modern city, as well as the subversive idealism of a society still firmly anchored in the past, dominated by the Church and unable to grasp the need for change.<br/> |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | Italian fiction |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | Novel |
| 700 ## - ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Richard Dixon (tr.) |
| 942 ## - ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA) | |
| Koha item type | Lending |
| 942 ## - ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA) | |
| Source of classification or shelving scheme | Dewey Decimal Classification |
| Withdrawn status | Lost status | Source of classification or shelving scheme | Damaged status | Not for loan | Collection code | Home library | Current library | Shelving location | Date acquired | Source of acquisition | Cost, normal purchase price | Inventory number | Total Checkouts | Full call number | Barcode | Date last seen | Price effective from | Koha item type |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dewey Decimal Classification | Fiction | Ernakulam Public Library | Ernakulam Public Library | Fiction | 2025-10-07 | Purchased | 699.00 | KC-25-CRB-3590,2025/09/30 | F VOL/WO | E1102026 | 2025-10-08 | 2025-10-07 | Lending |