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William Dalrymple - City of Djinns, Häftad

Häftad, Engelska, 1994

City of Djinns

Av William Dalrymple

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‘Could you show me a djinn?’ I asked. ‘Certainly,’ replied the Sufi. ‘But you would run away.’From the author of the Samuel Johnson prize shortlisted ‘The Return of a King’, this is William Dalrymple’s captivating memoir of a year spent in Delhi, a city watched over and protected by the mischievous invisible djinns. Lodging with the beady-eyed Mrs Puri and encountering an extraordinary array of characters – from elusive eunuchs to the last remnants of the Raj – William Dalrymple comes to know the bewildering city intimately.He pursues Delhi’s interlacing layers of history along narrow alleys and broad boulevards, brilliantly conveying its intoxicating mix of mysticism and mayhem.‘City of Djinns’ is an astonishing and sensitive portrait of a city, and confirms William Dalrymple as one of the most compelling explorers of India’s past and present.
Produktinformation
  • Utgivningsdatum: 1994-04-11
  • Mått: 135 x 200 x 20 mm
  • Vikt: 250 g
  • Format: Häftad
  • Språk: Engelska
  • Antal sidor: 352
  • Förlag: HarperCollins Publishers
  • Illustratör: Olivia Fraser
  • ISBN: 9780006375951
  • Miljömärkning: Produced using independently certified paper to ensure responsible forestry management. (Certification is by FSC, PEFC or SFI.) Produced in the UK using 100% renewable electricity.
  • Utmärkelser: Winner of Thomas Cook Travel Book Award 1994
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William Dalrymple’s first book, ‘In Xanadu’, won the Yorkshire Post Best First Work Award and the Scottish Arts Council Spring Book Award. His third, ‘From the Holy Mountain’, won the Scottish Arts Council Autumn Book Award and was shortlisted for the 1998 Thomas Cook Award. His fourth, ‘The Age of Kali’, was published in November 1998. He is the youngest Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature, and has written and presented a six-part series on the buildings of the Raj for Channel 4.

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‘Delightful … Surely one of the funniest books about India’ Times Literary Supplement

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1 recensioner, genomsnitt 4/5

  1. 4/5 Daniel N

    Dalrymple är en mycket god berättare och gör Delhis många ansikten genom tusen år levande och spännande. Jag har läst boken två gånger.

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