{"product_id":"the-epic-city-9781408888834","title":"The Epic City","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSHORTLISTED FOR THE ONDAATJE PRIZE\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eSHORTLISTED FOR THE STANFORD DOLMAN TRAVEL WRITING PRIZE\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e''Witty, polished, honest and insightful, \u003ci\u003eThe Epic City \u003c\/i\u003eis likely to become for Calcutta what Suketu Mehta''s classic \u003ci\u003eMaximum City \u003c\/i\u003eis for Mumbai'' William Dalrymple, \u003ci\u003eObserver\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eWhen Kushanava Choudhury arrived in New Jersey at the age of twelve, he had already migrated halfway around the world four times. After graduating from Princeton, he moved back to Calcutta, the city which his immigrant parents had abandoned. Taking a job at a newspaper, he found the streets of his childhood unchanged. Shouting hawkers still overran the footpaths, fish sellers squatted on bazaar floors; and politics still meant barricades and bus burnings. \u003ci\u003eThe Epic City\u003c\/i\u003e is a soulful, compelling and often hilarious account of this metropolis of fifteen million people that is truly a world unto itself.\u003cb\u003e''A beautifully observed and even more beautifully written new study of Calcut\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA beautifully observed and even more beautifully written new study of Calcutta. In Kushanava Choudhury, we clearly have an important new talent * Guardian *\u003cbr\u003eHe transmits the self-renewing, infinitely modern energy of the city, which seems everywhere decaying but in fact is always “just beginning” * Spectator *\u003cbr\u003eA beautifully observed and even more beautifully written new study of Calcutta. In its author, Kushanava Choudhury, we clearly have an important new talent * William Dalrymple, Guardian, Summer Reading *\u003cbr\u003eKushanava Choudhury offers a more personal account of what he regards as “the epic city” in this brilliantly eloquent memoir * Prospect *\u003cbr\u003eLike all good epics, Choudhury’s heartfelt and well-observed portrait of the city of his birth promises to stand the test of time * Literary Review *\u003cbr\u003eBeautifully observed and even more beautifully written, \u003ci\u003eThe Epic City\u003c\/i\u003e marks the arrival of a major new talent -- William Dalrymple\u003c\/b\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury Publishing PLC","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49408024576343,"sku":"9781408888834","price":13.49,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781408888834.jpg?v=1730501308","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-epic-city-9781408888834","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}