Cant: A Novel (Record no. 49738)
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| fixed length control field | 01382 a2200181 4500 |
| 005 - DATE AND TIME OF LATEST TRANSACTION | |
| control field | 20250310121903.0 |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| International Standard Book Number | 9789354476600 |
| 082 ## - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER | |
| Classification number | 823 ANT |
| 100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Antony, Shinie |
| 245 ## - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | Cant: A Novel |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) | |
| Place of publication, distribution, etc | New Delhi |
| Name of publisher, distributor, etc | Speaking Tiger Books LLP |
| Date of publication, distribution, etc | 2024 |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Extent | 159 |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. | |
| Summary, etc | In an unnamed town lives Nena—surely one of the worlds greatest eccentrics. Water burns her skin, to the extent that she can neither drink it nor bathe in it; she survives on 'water capsules and does her ablutions with a mix of herbs and plants. She speaks several languages and still grieves about the books that were her childhood companions—that her heartless brother had thrown into the river. And she exults in telling stories about her late husbands affairs—with a laughter that precludes sympathy.<br/><br/>Then, in her seventies, she embarks on a journey to track down all her husbands lovers. The narrator, a boy of seventeen, whom she calls Tata (though that is not his real name) accompanies her on this mission. By journeys end, he has learnt the most startling truth about her—what it is that she cant do—and what it led her to do.<br/><br/>Laced with humour and a raw wisdom about life, Shinie Antonys lyrical prose turns this strangely compelling story into a believable fantasy... |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | Novel |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | Fiction |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | Stories |
| 942 ## - ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA) | |
| Koha item type | Book |
| Source of classification or shelving scheme | Dewey Decimal Classification |
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