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Capital: The Eruption of Delhi
Rana Dasgupta
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Description for Capital: The Eruption of Delhi
Paperback. The transformation of Delhi into a twenty-first century metropolis is an intoxicating, at times terrifying story - that has repercussions for the future not only in India but everywhere Num Pages: 480 pages. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 3JM; JHB; JHMC; KCM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 200 x 129 x 34. Weight in Grams: 320.
'A terrific portrait of Delhi right now' SALMAN RUSHDIE 'An astonishing tour de force by a major writer at the peak of his powers' WILLIAM DALRYMPLE WINNER OF THE PRIX EMILE GUIMET DE LITTERATURE ASIATIQUE 2017 WINNER OF THE RYSZARD KAPUSCINSKI AWARD 2017 SHORTLISTED FOR THE ORWELL PRIZE 2015 SHORTLISTED FOR THE ROYAL SOCIETY OF LITERATURE ONDAATJE PRIZE 2015 SHORTLISTED FOR THE PRIX DU MEILLEUR LIVRE ETRANGER 2016 When Rana Dasgupta arrived in Delhi at the turn of the twenty-first century, he had no intention of staying ... Read more
'A terrific portrait of Delhi right now' SALMAN RUSHDIE 'An astonishing tour de force by a major writer at the peak of his powers' WILLIAM DALRYMPLE WINNER OF THE PRIX EMILE GUIMET DE LITTERATURE ASIATIQUE 2017 WINNER OF THE RYSZARD KAPUSCINSKI AWARD 2017 SHORTLISTED FOR THE ORWELL PRIZE 2015 SHORTLISTED FOR THE ROYAL SOCIETY OF LITERATURE ONDAATJE PRIZE 2015 SHORTLISTED FOR THE PRIX DU MEILLEUR LIVRE ETRANGER 2016 When Rana Dasgupta arrived in Delhi at the turn of the twenty-first century, he had no intention of staying ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Canongate Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
Number of Pages
480
Place of Publication
Edinburgh, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780857860040
SKU
V9780857860040
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Ref
99-40
About Rana Dasgupta
Rana Dasgupta won the 2010 Commonwealth Writers' Prize for Best Book for his debut novel Solo. He is also the author of a collection of urban folktales, Tokyo Cancelled, which was shortlisted for the 2005 John Llewellyn Rhys Prize. Capital, his first work of non-fiction, has been shortlisted for The Orwell Prize 2015. Born in Canterbury in 1971, he now ... Read more
Reviews for Capital: The Eruption of Delhi
A beautifully written portrait of a corrupt, violent and traumatised city growing so fast it is almost unrecognisable to its own inhabitants. An astonishing tour de force by a major writer at the peak of his powers
WILLIAM DALRYMPLE A terrific portrait of Delhi right now and hits a lot of nails on the head
SALMAN RUSHDIE ... Read more
WILLIAM DALRYMPLE A terrific portrait of Delhi right now and hits a lot of nails on the head
SALMAN RUSHDIE ... Read more