Waiting for the barbarians (Record no. 37961)
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| fixed length control field | 01380nam a22002417a 4500 |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| ISBN | 9780099465935 |
| 082 ## - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER | |
| Classification number | 823 |
| Item number | COE/W |
| 100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--AUTHOR NAME | |
| Personal name | Coetze, J.M. |
| 245 ## - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | Waiting for the barbarians |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) | |
| Place of publication | London |
| Name of publisher | Vintage Books |
| Year of publication | 2000 |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Number of Pages | 170p. |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. | |
| Summary, etc | The modern classic from double Booker Prize winner J.M. Coetzee – soon to be a major film starring Mark Rylance, Robert Pattinson and Johnny Depp For decades the Magistrate has run the affairs of a tiny frontier settlement, ignoring the impending war between the barbarians and the Empire, whose servant he is. But when the interrogation experts arrive, he is jolted into sympathy with the victims and into a quixotic act of rebellion which lands him in prison, branded as an enemy of the state. Waiting for the Barbarians is an allegory of oppressor and oppressed. Not just a man living through a crisis of conscience in an obscure place in remote times, the Magistrate is an analogue of all men living in complicity with regimes that ignore justice and decency. |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical Term | Colonial administrators |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical Term | Political persecution |
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| Topical Term | South Africa |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical Term | Prisoners of war |
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| Topical Term | Oppression (Psychology)--Political aspects |
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| Topical Term | Race relations |
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| Topical Term | Social justice |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical Term | Prisoners of war--Abuse of |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical Term | Allegory |
| 942 ## - ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA) | |
| Koha item type | BK |
| 952 ## - LOCATION AND ITEM INFORMATION (KOHA) | |
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| Collection code | Home library | Current library | Shelving location | Date acquired | Cost, normal purchase price | Full call number | Accession Number | Koha item type |
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| Stack | Kannur University Central Library | Kannur University Central Library | Stack | 28/01/2016 | 399.00 | 823 COE/W | 37040 | BK |
| Stack | Kannur University Central Library | Kannur University Central Library | Stack | 19/04/2016 | 399.00 | 896.3 COE/W | 40367 | BK |