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Capital: The Eruption of Delhi

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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

''A terrific portrait of Delhi right now'' SALMAN RUSHDIE

''An aston...

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Product ID:9780857860040
Product Form:Paperback / softback
Country of Manufacture:GB
Title:Capital
Subtitle:The Eruption of Delhi
Authors:Author: Rana Dasgupta
Page Count:480
Subjects:Social and cultural anthropology, Social & cultural anthropology, ethnography
Description:Select Guide Rating
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

''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 ÉMILE GUIMET DE LITTÉRATURE 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 ÉTRANGER 2016

When Rana Dasgupta arrived in Delhi at the turn of the twenty-first century, he had no intention of staying for long, but the city beguiled him - he ''fell in love and in hate with it'' - and fifteen years later, Delhi is still his home.

Over these fifteen years, he has watched as the tumult of destruction and creation which accompanies India''s economic boom transformed the face of the city. In Capital, he explores the life-changing consequences for Delhi''s people, meeting with billionaires and bureaucrats, drug dealers and metal traders, slum dwellers and psychoanalysts. These encounters, interwoven with over a century of history, plunge us into Delhi''s intoxicating, sometimes terrifying, story of capitalist transformation - one that has repercussions not only for India, but for everybody''s future.


Imprint Name:Canongate Books
Publisher Name:Canongate Books
Country of Publication:GB
Publishing Date:2015-03-19