Zahir (Record no. 221215)

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005 - DATE AND TIME OF LATEST TRANSACTION
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020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
International Standard Book Number 9788172236298
040 ## - CATALOGING SOURCE
Transcribing agency AL
041 ## - LANGUAGE CODE
Language code of text/sound track or separate title eng
082 ## - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER
Edition number 23
Classification number 823.914
Item number COEZ
100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
Personal name Paulo Coelho
9 (RLIN) 13455
245 ## - TITLE STATEMENT
Title Zahir
260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC.
Place of publication, distribution, etc. New York
Name of publisher, distributor, etc. HarperCollins
Date of publication, distribution, etc. 2005
300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Extent 342p.
Other physical details PB
Dimensions 19.3X12.6cm.
365 ## - TRADE PRICE
Source of price type code General
Price type code 4477
Price amount ₹273.00
Currency code ₹
Unit of pricing ₹350.00
Price note 22%
Price effective from 18-12-2021
520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC.
Summary, etc. The Zahir: A Novel of Obsession is a novel by the world famous Brazilian novelist Paulo Coelho. The novel was originally written in the author's native language, Portuguese. The book is about a pilgrimage. It deals with the themes of love, obsession and loss. This book is considered to be a follow-on to the author's earlier book The Alchemist.The meaning of the title, The Zahir, is "the obvious. " The story is narrated from a first-person perspective. A bestselling novelist lost his wife Esther. Although he enjoys the luxury brought to him by money and fame, he is unsatisfied due to his missing wife and goes on a search for her. Meanwhile, the police suspects his hand in the disappearance of his wife.Amidst the chaos, the narrator looks back at his own life to examine what went wrong that made his wife disappear. During a book launch, he encounters Esther's friend Mikhail. From him, the narrator learns that Esther left him in search of peace as she could not find one with him.Knowing that his wife left him in search of finding peace, the narrator realises that in order to find his wife and get back to her, he must search for his own self. So, the narrator starts his pilgrimage on the quest of finding himself. The Zahir: A Novel of Obsession was published by Harper as a new edition in the year 2005. It is available in paperback.
650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Source of heading or term Fiction
Topical term or geographic name entry element English Fiction
9 (RLIN) 13456
700 ## - ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
Personal name Costa,Margaret Jull,Tr.
9 (RLIN) 13457
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Source of classification or shelving scheme Dewey Decimal Classification
Koha item type Book
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    Dewey Decimal Classification     General St Aloysius PG Library St Aloysius PG Library 12/30/2021 Biblios Book Point 273.00 12 2 823.914 COEZ PG023550 07/17/2025 07/07/2025 350.00 01/17/2022 Book