The promise (Record no. 12407)
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| 000 -LEADER | |
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| fixed length control field | 01135nam a22001457a 4500 |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| ISBN | 9781784744076 |
| 082 ## - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER | |
| Classification number | 823 |
| Item number | GAL/PR |
| 100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--AUTHOR NAME | |
| Author name | Galgut, Damon |
| 245 ## - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | The promise |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) | |
| Place of publication | United Kingdom |
| Name of publisher | Penguin Books |
| Date of publication | 2021 |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Number of Pages | 293p. |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. | |
| Summary, etc | WINNER OF THE 2021 BOOKER PRIZEThere is nothing unusual or remarkable about the Swart family, oh no, they resemble the family from the next farm and the one beyond that, just an ordinary bunch of white South Africans, and if you don’t believe it then listen to us speak ... The many voices of The Promise tell a story in four snapshots, each one centered on a family funeral, each one happening in a different decade. In the background, a different president is in power, and a different spirit hangs over the country, while in the foreground the family fights over what they call their farm, on a worthless piece of land outside Pretoria. Over large jumps in time, people get older, faces and laws and lives all change, while a brother and sister circle around a promise made long ago, and never kept ... |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Subject term | Funeral rites and ceremonies |
| 942 ## - ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA) | |
| Koha item type | Books |
| Withdrawn status | Lost status | Home library | Current library | Date acquired | Cost, normal purchase price | Full call number | Accession Number | Koha item type |
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| CDST Pookode | CDST Pookode | 07/11/2023 | 699.00 | 823 GAL/PR | DST495 | Books |