An edition of Calcutta (2013)

Calcutta

two years in the city

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An edition of Calcutta (2013)

Calcutta

two years in the city

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  • 4 Want to read
  • 1 Have read

Calcutta: Two Years in the City is an exceptionally written and extremely insightful personal history of one of the least known but greatest cities of our time by one of our leading novelists. Having been born in Calcutta but brought up in Bombay and England, Amit Chaudhuri moves back to the city as an adult with his wife and daughter.

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Publisher
Union
Language
English
Pages
307

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Calcutta: two years in the city
2013, Penguin Books India
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Cover of: Calcutta
Calcutta: two years in the city
2013, Union
in English
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Calcutta: two years in the city
2013, Alfred A. Knopf
in English - First American edition.

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Table of Contents

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Chandan Hotel
Names
New old guard
Universal suffrage
High tea
Italians abroard
Study leave
Visit.

Edition Notes

Published in
London

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
954.1470532092
Library of Congress
PR9499.3.C4678 Z46 2013

The Physical Object

Pagination
307 pages
Number of pages
307

Edition Identifiers

Open Library
OL31935163M
ISBN 10
1908526173, 1908526181
ISBN 13
9781908526175, 9781908526182
OCLC/WorldCat
816167536

Work Identifiers

Work ID
OL17903045W

Work Description

An account of the author's two years in Calcutta depicts the city's vibrant architecture, diverse classes, and evolving politics while exploring its self-renewing culture and resilience against globalization.

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