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02414nam a2200265 a 4500 |
001 - Número de Control |
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008369 |
005 - Fecha de Ultima Modificación |
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20231009192111.0 |
008 - Elementos de Fongitud Fija--Información General |
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120420s2011 mau 000 1 eng |
010 ## - Número de Control de Biblioteca del Congreso USA |
Número de la Bibliografía nacional |
2011028560 |
020 ## - ISBN |
ISBN |
9780547577456 |
042 ## - AUTHENTICATION CODE |
Authentication code |
pcc |
050 00 - Número de Clasificación de la Biblioteca del Congreso de (USA-LC) |
No. de Clasificación |
PR9499.3.D465 |
No. del ítem |
A88 2011 |
082 00 - Número de Clasificación Decimal Dewey |
No. de Clasificación |
FIC DES |
100 1# - Entrada Principal - Nombre Personal |
Nombre Personal |
Desai, Anita |
Fechas asociadas con el nombre |
, 1937- |
245 14 - TÍTULO |
Título del material |
The artist of disappearance |
Resto del Título |
: three novellas |
Mención de responsabilidad |
/ Anita Desai |
250 ## - Mención de Edición |
Mención de Edición |
1st U.S. ed. |
260 ## - Publicación, Distribución, etc. (Pie de Imprenta) |
Lugar de Publicación, Distribución, etc. |
Boston |
Nombre de la editorial, distribuidor, etc. |
: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt |
Fecha de Publicación, Distribución, etc. |
, c2011. |
300 ## - Descripción Física |
Extensión |
156 p. |
Dimensiones |
; 22 cm. |
500 ## - Nota General |
Nota General |
"Located in Gloria Grant Room - special collection of San Miguel de Allende authors" |
505 0# - Nota de Contenido |
Nota de contenido formateada |
The museum of final journeys -- Translator translated -- The artist of disappearance. |
520 ## - Resumen, etc. |
Nota de resumen, etc. |
Written late in Anita Desai's illustrious career, these three novellas ruminate on art and memory, illusion and disillusion, and the sharp divide between life's expectations and dreams and its realities. Set in India in the not too distant past, the stories' diverse surroundings and dramas frame universal themes, which illuminate the ways in which various aspects of the Indian culture can nourish or suffocate. All are served up with Desai's characteristic perspicuity, subtle humor and quiet, sensitive writing. Overwhelmed by their own lack of purpose, the men and women who populate these tales set out on unexpected journeys that present them with a fresh sense hope and opportunity. In "The Museum of Final Journeys," a bored and officious junior civil servant imagines he's about to discover a museum filled with priceless treasures; in "Translation," a middle-aged woman has the chance to translate an unknown writer and in the process, impress the woman she most admires; in "The Artist of Disappearance," a documentary film crew, looking to expose the ecological havoc of illegal mining and logging, stumbles upon an artistic creation of unspeakable beauty, hidden from the world by its creator, a local recluse. But these are not heroic characters, and when confronted with defining moments, they struggle against their circumstances, their passivity and the disappointments of their daily lives, like so many flies in a spider's web. An impeccable craftsman, Desai remains evenhanded, elegantly setting the stage for all attendant human frailties to play out. |
651 #4 - Entradas Secundarias - Nombre Geográficos |
Nombre Geográfico |
India |
Subdivisión de forma |
--Fiction |
655 #7 - Término Indizado - Género/Forma |
Genero/Forma |
Short stories |
942 ## - TIPO DE MATERIAL |
Tipo de Material |
Libro - Monografía |