Proud beggars / (Record no. 175560)
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| fixed length control field | 02523namaa2200337 i 4500 |
| 003 - CONTROL NUMBER IDENTIFIER | |
| control field | EG-GICUC |
| 005 - DATE AND TIME OF LATEST TRANSACTION | |
| control field | 20251105140611.0 |
| 008 - FIXED-LENGTH DATA ELEMENTS--GENERAL INFORMATION | |
| fixed length control field | 251105s2011 nyu||||gr|||| 000 1 eng d |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| International Standard Book Number | 9781590174425 |
| 040 ## - CATALOGING SOURCE | |
| Original cataloging agency | EG-GiCUC |
| Language of cataloging | eng |
| Transcribing agency | EG-GiCUC |
| Modifying agency | EG-GiCUC |
| Description conventions | rda |
| 041 ## - LANGUAGE CODE | |
| Language code of text/sound track or separate title | eng |
| Language code of original | fre |
| 082 04 - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER | |
| Edition number | 21 |
| Classification number | 843.912 |
| Item number | C836 |
| 092 04 - LOCALLY ASSIGNED DEWEY CALL NUMBER (OCLC) | |
| Edition number | 21 |
| Classification number | 843.912 |
| Item number | C836 |
| 099 ## - LOCAL FREE-TEXT CALL NUMBER (OCLC) | |
| Classification number | 843.912 C836 |
| 100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Cossery, Albert, |
| Dates associated with a name | 1913-2008 |
| Relator term | Author. |
| 245 10 - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | Proud beggars / |
| Statement of responsibility, etc. | Albert Cossery ; introduction by Alyson Waters ; translated from the French by Thomas W. Cushing with revisions by Alyson Waters. |
| 264 ## - PRODUCTION, PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, MANUFACTURE, AND COPYRIGHT NOTICE | |
| Place of production, publication, distribution, manufacture | New York : |
| Name of producer, publisher, distributor, manufacturer | New York Review Books, |
| Date of production, publication, distribution, manufacture, or copyright notice | [2011]. |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Extent | xv, 171 pages ; |
| Dimensions | 21 cm. |
| 336 ## - CONTENT TYPE | |
| Source | rdacontent |
| Content type term | text |
| 337 ## - MEDIA TYPE | |
| Source | rdamedia |
| Media type term | Unmediated |
| 338 ## - CARRIER TYPE | |
| Source | rdacarrier |
| Carrier type term | volume |
| 490 ## - SERIES STATEMENT | |
| Series statement | New York Review Books classics |
| 504 ## - BIBLIOGRAPHY, ETC. NOTE | |
| Bibliography, etc. note | Bibliography: pages 200-250. 240-220 ببليوجرافيا: صفحات. |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. | |
| Summary, etc. | "Early in Proud Beggars, a brutal and motiveless murder is committed in a Cairo brothel. But the real mystery at the heart of Albert Cossery's wry black comedy is not the cause of this death, but the paradoxical richness to be found in even the most materially impoverished life. Chief among Cossery's characteristically proud beggars is Gohar, a former professor turned beggar, whorehouse accountant, hashish aficionado, and street philosopher. Such is his native charm that he has accumulated a small coterie that includes Yeghen, a rhapsodic poet and drug dealer and El Kordi, an ineffectual clerk and would-be revolutionary who dreams of rescuing a consumptive prostitute from her miserable life. The police investigator Nour El Din, harboring a dark secret of his own, suspects all three of the brothel murder, but finds himself captivated by their warm good humor. He is drawn to these men. How is it that they live surrounded by degrading poverty, yet possess a joie de vivre that even the most assiduous forces of state cannot suppress? Do they, despite their rejection of social norms and all ambition, hold the secret of earthly contentment? And so this short novel, considered one of Cossery's masterpieces, is at once biting social commentary, police procedural, and a mischievous delight in its own right"-- $c Provided by publisher. |
| 541 ## - IMMEDIATE SOURCE OF ACQUISITION NOTE | |
| Source of acquisition | Dr. Jabir Usfour ; |
| Address | Cairo ; |
| Method of acquisition | Gift ; |
| Date of acquisition | 2024. |
| 650 1# - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name entry element | FICTION / Literary. |
| Source of heading or term | qrmak |
| 651 1# - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--GEOGRAPHIC NAME | |
| Source of heading or term | qrmak |
| 700 1# - ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Cushing, Thomas W. |
| 9 (RLIN) | 9526 |
| Relator term | Translator. |
| 905 ## - Cataloger and Reviser Names | |
| Cataloger Name | Asmaa |
| 942 ## - ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA) | |
| Source of classification or shelving scheme | Dewey Decimal Classification |
| Koha item type | Books |
| Edition | 21 |
| Suppress in OPAC | No |
| Withdrawn status | Lost status | Source of classification or shelving scheme | Damaged status | Not for loan | Home library | Current library | Date acquired | Inventory number | Total checkouts | Full call number | Barcode | Date last seen | Price effective from | Koha item type |
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| Dewey Decimal Classification | Not for loan | المكتبة المركزبة الجديدة - جامعة القاهرة | قاعة المكتبات المهداة - الدور الرابع | 05.11.2025 | 206738 | 843.912 C836 J.U. | 01000110206738000 | 05.11.2025 | 05.11.2025 | Books |