Delhi
Adventures in a Megacity
$45.34
- Paperback
304 pages
- Release Date
1 September 2010
Summary
An extraordinary portrait of one of the world’s largest cities and India’s baffling, bustling capital.
In an extraordinary portrayal of one of the world’s fastest growing cities, Sam Miller sets out to discover the real Delhi. Following a spiral course through the city, he visits its less celebrated destinations; the unexpected, the ignored and the eccentric.
Through his encounters with Delhi’s people - from a professor of astrophysics to a crematorium attendant, from ragpicke…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780099526742 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0099526743 |
| Author: | Sam Miller |
| Publisher: | Vintage Publishing |
| Imprint: | Vintage |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 304 |
| Release Date: | 1 September 2010 |
| Weight: | 283g |
| Dimensions: | 198mm x 129mm x 22mm |
| Series: | Vintage Books |
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Critics Review
A wild, spiralling wonder of a book… the sharpest reflection of the capital since William Dalrymple’s City of Djinns… Read this book and laugh, grow and gaze in gob-smacked wonder at India’s whirling dreamtown – Rory Maclean * Guardian *
The liveliest of city travelogues, a beguiling introduction to the Indian capital and an irresistible read for even the faintly curious * Literary Review *
A chronicle that rivals its subject matter in energy and scope… His talent is dizzying and his narrative a rich accomplishment. I walked miles in Delhi - without moving an inch * The Times *
A dizzying, droll travelogue… Miller’s multitudinous city snapshots elucidate the paradoxes of gloablisation without judgement, and his tales of urban wandering form a valuable archive of a rapidly transforming city. Miller’s forays into city slums are poignant, humanising evocations of Delhi’s underside – Hirsh Sawnhey * Guardian *
A thoroughly entertaining book - even down to the countless footnotes - about a fascinating city * Financial Times *
A quirky and affectionate account – Siddhartha Deb * Times Literary Supplement *
Teems with strange stories and bizarre quiddities, rich discoveries and unexpected diversions….both a quest and a love letter, and one which is as pleasingly eccentric and anarchic as its subject – William Dalrymple * Scotsman *
An erudite, comical portrait-of-a-city…an entertaining and thoughtful book * Evening Standard *
For all its entertaining eccentricities Delhi is careful to maintain a strong sense of the city’s sad heritage of religious factionalism, pollution, rioting, poverty and crime. * New Statesman *
A uniquely revealing travelogue, closer in spirit to WG Sebald and Ian Sinclair than the usual nostalgia-fest or trend-hunting of Britons’ books about India. * Independent *
About The Author
Sam Miller
Sam Miller was born and brought up in London, but has spent much of his adult life in India. He is a former BBC journalist and is the author of Delhi- Adventures in a Megacity (2009), Blue Guide- India (2012) and A Strange Kind of Paradise- India Through Foreign Eyes (2014). He is also the translator of The Marvellous (But Authentic) Adventures of Captain Corcoran (2016) by Alfred Assollant.
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