An edition of Delhi (1983)

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An edition of Delhi (1983)

Delhi

a novel

by

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  • 6 Currently reading
  • 4 Have read

"Vast, erotic, irreverant magnum opus on the city of Delhi. The principal narrator of the saga, which extends over six hundred years, is a bawdy, ageing [sic] reprobate who loves Delhi as much as he does the hijda whore Bhagmati--half man, half woman with the sexual inventiveness and energy of both the sexes. Travelling through time, space and history to 'discover' his beloved city, the narrator meets a myriad of people--poets and princes, saints and sultans, temptresses and traitors, emperors and eunuchs--who have participated in (and been witness to) the major historical forces that have shaped and endowed Delhi with its very special mystique."--Page 4 of cover.

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Publisher
Penguin Books
Language
English
Pages
391

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Subjects

Description and travel Pictorial works Fiction, general Intersex people Intersex people--fiction Pr9499.3.s53 d45 1990 823 Fiction

Places

Delhi (India) Agra (India) Jaipur (India)
Edition Availability
Cover of: Delhi
Delhi: A Novel
2010, Penguin Books
Paperback
Cover of: Delhi
Delhi: A Novel
February 5, 2000, Penguin (Non-Classics)
Paperback in English - Open Market Ed edition
Cover of: Delhi
Delhi: A Novel
February 5, 2000, Penguin (Non-Classics)
in English
Cover of: Delhi
Delhi
1990, Himalayan Books, Distributed by English Books Store
in English
Cover of: Delhi
Delhi: a novel
1990, Penguin Books
in English
Cover of: Delhi.
Delhi.
1990, Penguin
in English
Cover of: Delhi
Delhi
1989, Viking
in English
Cover of: Delhi
Delhi: a portrait
1983, Delhi Tourism Development Corp., Oxford
in English

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Edition Notes

Published in
New Delhi, India

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
823
Library of Congress
PR9499.3.S53 D45 1990, PR9499.3.S53D45 2008

The Physical Object

Pagination
391 p. ;
Number of pages
391

Edition Identifiers

Open Library
OL1613616M
Internet Archive
delhinovel00khus
ISBN 10
0140126198
LCCN
91154182
OCLC/WorldCat
30402040
LibraryThing
1142364
Goodreads
109198

Work Identifiers

Work ID
OL318476W

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Work Description

'I return to Delhi as I return to my mistress Bhagmati when I have had my fill of whoring in foreign lands...' Thus begins Khushwant Singh's vast, erotic, irrelevant magnum opus on the city of Delhi. The principal narrator of the saga, which extends over six hundred years, is a bawdy, ageing reprobate who loves Delhi as much as he does the hijda whore Bhagmati-half man, half woman with sexual inventiveness and energy of both the sexes. Travelling through time, space and history to 'discover' his beloved city, the narrator meets a myriad of people-poets and princes, saints and sultans, temptresses and traitors, emperors and eunuchs-who have shaped and endowed Delhi with its very special mystique... And as we accompany the narrator on his epic journey we find the city of emperors transformed and immortalized in our minds for ever.

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