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The Somme : (Record no. 98432)
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| fixed length control field | 01761nam a2200193Ia 4500 |
| 008 - FIXED-LENGTH DATA ELEMENTS--GENERAL INFORMATION | |
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| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| International Standard Book Number | 9781612003801 |
| Qualifying information | pbk. |
| 041 ## - LANGUAGE CODE | |
| Language code of text/sound track or separate title | eng |
| 082 ## - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER | |
| Classification number | 823.912 |
| Item number | GRI |
| 100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--AUTHOR NAME | |
| Author name | Gristwood, A. D. |
| 245 #4 - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | The Somme : |
| Remainder of title | also including the coward / |
| Statement of responsibility, etc. | A. D. Gristwood. |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) | |
| Name of publisher, distributor, etc. | Casemate, |
| Date of publication, distribution, etc. | 2016. |
| Place of publication, distribution, etc. | London : |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Number of Pages | 169 p. ; |
| Dimensions | 15 cm. |
| 500 ## - GENERAL NOTE | |
| General note | Two World War I classics: The story of a British soldier enduring the battle in France and a novella starring a man who takes drastic steps to escape the Great War. In The Somme and its companion The Coward, first published in 1927, the heroics of war and noble self-sacrifice are completely absent; replaced by the gritty realism of life in WWI for the ordinary soldier, and the unflinching portrayal of the horrors of war. Written under the guidance of the master storyteller H. G. Wells, they are classics of the genre. The Somme revolves around a futile attack in 1916 during the Somme campaign. Everitt, the central protagonist, is wounded and moved back through a series of dressing stations to the General Hospital at Rouen. Both in and out of the line he behaves selfishly and unheroically, but in a manner with which it is hard for the reader not to identify. Based on A. D. Gristwood's own wartime experiences, critics have said that few other accounts of the war give such an accurate picture of trench life. The Coward concerns a man who shoots himself in the hand to escape the war, during the March 1918 retreat - an offense punishable by death. He gets away with it, but is haunted by fear of discovery and self-loathing. |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name entry element | Casemate Classic War Fiction. |
| Topical term or geographic name entry element | English literature. |
| 942 ## - ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA) | |
| Koha item type | English Books |
| Koha item type | Home library | Current library | Shelving location | Date acquired | Cost, normal purchase price | Bill Number | Accession Number | Full call number | Withdrawn status | Lost status | Not for loan | Collection | Date last checked out |
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| English Books | Kalaignar Centenary Library Madurai | Kalaignar Centenary Library Madurai | நான்காம் தளம் / Fourth floor | 15/06/2023 | 795.00 | MB/2310/2023-24 | 273965 | 823.912 GRI | ENGLISH - LENDING BOOKS | ||||
| English Books | Kalaignar Centenary Library Madurai | Kalaignar Centenary Library Madurai | மூன்றாம் தளம் / Third floor | 15/06/2023 | 795.00 | MB/2310/2023-24 | 273966 | 940.414 GRI | ENGLISH - LENDING BOOKS | 21/12/2024 | |||
| Reference | Kalaignar Centenary Library Madurai | Kalaignar Centenary Library Madurai | நான்காம் தளம் / Fourth floor | 09/06/2023 | 795.00 | MB/2310/2023-24 | 273967 | 940.414 GRI | ENGLISH-REFERENCE BOOKS |