Great wager and other poems (Record no. 360433)
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| fixed length control field | 01571nam a22001697a 4500 |
| 003 - CONTROL NUMBER IDENTIFIER | |
| control field | 0 |
| 005 - DATE AND TIME OF LATEST TRANSACTION | |
| control field | 20260206171730.0 |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| ISBN | 9798885304405 |
| 082 ## - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER | |
| Classification number | 821 RAO |
| 100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--AUTHOR NAME | |
| Personal name | Rao, Uppada Appa |
| 245 ## - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | Great wager and other poems |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) | |
| Place of publication | Chennai |
| Name of publisher | Notionpress |
| Year of publication | 2022 |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Number of Pages | 89 |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. | |
| Summary, etc | The book ‘The Great Wager and Other Poems’ is a collection of poems written by Uppada Appa Rao, who was in the teaching profession for 24 years. This anthology of 30 poems depicts the author’s creative process and spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings over a wide variety of areas from the beauty of nature, mythology, to the human quest for the wonders of the firmament.<br/><br/>The narration of Harichandra’s two cantos - The Great Wager and Festival of Gifts – an epic poem with a rich vocabulary of the author is extremely exciting and beautiful. Within another epic poem, Rama's reply to Bharata, the author vividly describes the ever-relevant response on good governance.<br/><br/>All of these poems were written by the author between 1958 and the 1960s. With this edition, these poems are being published in the form of a book for the first time.<br/><br/>The author was inspired by the deep love for nature, provoked by his imagination with thoughts, feelings, and experiences, and immortalized them in his poems:<br/><br/>The Heavenly Banner on Earth Unfurled, The Sparrow in My Room, The Sun, To Yuri Gagarin and other poems are soothing and melodious and will touch the heart of the reader |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical Term | Collection of poems |
| 9 (RLIN) | 17369 |
| 942 ## - ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA) | |
| Koha item type | Donated Books |
| Lost status | Home library | Current library | Date acquired | Cost, normal purchase price | Full call number | Accession Number | Koha item type | Public Note |
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| Gandhi Smriti Library | Gandhi Smriti Library | 2026-02-06 | 150.00 | 821 RAO | 173358 | Donated Books | 150.00 | |
| Gandhi Smriti Library | Gandhi Smriti Library | 2026-02-06 | 150.00 | 821 RAO | 173359 | Donated Books | 150.00 |