{"publishers": ["Oxford University Press", "Oxford University Press, USA"], "number_of_pages": 64, "key": "/books/OL18362983M", "publish_places": ["Oxford"], "pagination": "64 p. ;", "source_records": ["bwb:9780199110834", "promise:bwb_daily_pallets_2023-02-02:P8-BEA-886", "ia:lionjewel0000soyi", "marc:marc_columbia/Columbia-extract-20221130-007.mrc:298635014:850"], "title": "The lion and the jewel", "notes": "\"A Three crowns book.\"", "identifiers": {"goodreads": ["2570"], "librarything": ["68910"], "amazon": ["0199110832"], "storygraph": ["b92bca49-5a8c-4a49-b570-b78dd9bb2059"]}, "publish_date": "1990", "publish_country": "enk", "by_statement": "Wole Soyinka.", "works": [{"key": "/works/OL15125380W"}], "type": {"key": "/type/edition"}, "local_id": ["urn:bwbsku:P8-BEA-886"], "covers": [14837408, 14319795], "ocaid": "lionjewel0000soyi", "isbn_10": ["0199110832"], "oclc_numbers": ["42958054"], "isbn_13": ["9780199110834"], "lc_classifications": ["PR6069 O9 L5", "PR6069 .O9 .L5"], "dewey_decimal_class": ["780"], "languages": [{"key": "/languages/eng"}], "description": {"type": "/type/text", "value": "It is set in the Yoruba village of Ilunjinle. The main characters are Sidi (the Jewel), 'a true village belle' and Baroka (the Lion), the crafty and powerful Bale of the village, Lakunle, the young teacher, influenced by western ways, and Sadiku, the eldest of Baroka's wives. How the Lion hunts the Jewel is the theme of this ribald comedy."}, "physical_format": "Paperback", "latest_revision": 11, "revision": 11, "created": {"type": "/type/datetime", "value": "2008-10-16T09:35:05.461066"}, "last_modified": {"type": "/type/datetime", "value": "2026-05-30T17:28:05.825748"}}