The Epic City: The World on the Streets of Calcutta
Author: Choudhury, Kushanava
Brand: Bloomsbury
Color: Blue
Binding: Paperback
Number Of Pages: 272
Release Date: 18-04-2019
Part Number: 10750
Details: Witty, polished, honest and insightful, The Epic City is likely to become for Calcutta what Suketu Mehta's classic Maximum City is for Mumbai' William Dalrymple, ObserverWhen Kushanava Choudhury arrived in New Jersey at the age of twelve, he had already migrated halfway around the world four times. After graduating from Princeton, he moved back to Calcutta, the city which his immigrant parents had abandoned. Taking a job at a newspaper, he found the streets of his childhood unchanged. Shouting hawkers still overran the footpaths, fish sellers squatted on bazaar floors; and politics still meant barricades and bus burnings. The Epic City is a soulful, compelling and often hilarious account of this metropolis of fifteen million people that is truly a world unto itself.
EAN: 9789387863934
Package Dimensions: 7.9 x 5.1 x 0.8 inches
Languages: English
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The Epic City: The World on the Streets of Calcutta
The Epic City: The World on the Streets of Calcutta
Author: Choudhury, Kushanava
Brand: Bloomsbury
Color: Blue
Binding: Paperback
Number Of Pages: 272
Release Date: 18-04-2019
Part Number: 10750
Details: Witty, polished, honest and insightful, The Epic City is likely to become for Calcutta what Suketu Mehta's classic Maximum City is for Mumbai' William Dalrymple, ObserverWhen Kushanava Choudhury arrived in New Jersey at the age of twelve, he had already migrated halfway around the world four times. After graduating from Princeton, he moved back to Calcutta, the city which his immigrant parents had abandoned. Taking a job at a newspaper, he found the streets of his childhood unchanged. Shouting hawkers still overran the footpaths, fish sellers squatted on bazaar floors; and politics still meant barricades and bus burnings. The Epic City is a soulful, compelling and often hilarious account of this metropolis of fifteen million people that is truly a world unto itself.
EAN: 9789387863934
Package Dimensions: 7.9 x 5.1 x 0.8 inches
Languages: English
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Author: Choudhury, Kushanava
Brand: Bloomsbury
Color: Blue
Binding: Paperback
Number Of Pages: 272
Release Date: 18-04-2019
Part Number: 10750
Details: Witty, polished, honest and insightful, The Epic City is likely to become for Calcutta what Suketu Mehta's classic Maximum City is for Mumbai' William Dalrymple, ObserverWhen Kushanava Choudhury arrived in New Jersey at the age of twelve, he had already migrated halfway around the world four times. After graduating from Princeton, he moved back to Calcutta, the city which his immigrant parents had abandoned. Taking a job at a newspaper, he found the streets of his childhood unchanged. Shouting hawkers still overran the footpaths, fish sellers squatted on bazaar floors; and politics still meant barricades and bus burnings. The Epic City is a soulful, compelling and often hilarious account of this metropolis of fifteen million people that is truly a world unto itself.
EAN: 9789387863934
Package Dimensions: 7.9 x 5.1 x 0.8 inches
Languages: English
