Khushwant Singh 
City Improbable [EPUB ebook] 
Writings on Delhi

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City Improbable is an anthology that brings together writings on Delhi by residents, refugees, travellers and invaders who have engaged with the city at various moments in itslong history. Amir Khusrau, Ibn Battura, Samsam-ud-Daula and Niccolao Manuccirecord the glories and follies of prominent kings and emperors, from Anangpal Tomar to Shah Jahan. Timur Lane tells the story of his own bloody invasion ofthe city, Khushwant Singh of an untouchable in the time of Aurangzeb, William Dalrymple of the first intrepid Englishmen in Delhi, and Ghalib and Hodson ofthe war of 1857. There are also vignettes of everyday life – a Jat household inthe nineteenth century; vendors and housewives in Ballimaran during the Second World War; lovers and joggers in Lodi Garden; happy parties at the discos. Thecontemporary pieces, most of them specially commissioned for the collection, constitute a bitter-sweet ode to modern Delhi. The book is acollection as varied and lively – sometimes serious, sometimes richly humorous -as Delhi itself.

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语言 英语 ● 格式 EPUB ● 网页 337 ● ISBN 9788184758542 ● 编辑 Khushwant Singh ● 出版者 Penguin Books Ltd ● 发布时间 2004 ● 下载 6 时 ● 货币 EUR ● ID 2539068 ● 复制保护 Adobe DRM
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