Screen LibraryThe epic city : the world on the streets of Calcutta /
The author describes how, after moving to New Jersey at the age of twelve, he returned to Calcutta to work for an English language newspaper, where he encountered a chaotic, living city unchanged by time.
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| Published: |
Bloomsbury USA,
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| Publisher Address: | New York, NY : |
| Publication Dates: |
2018. ©2017 |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
| Edition: | First U.S. edition. |
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| Summary: |
The author describes how, after moving to New Jersey at the age of twelve, he returned to Calcutta to work for an English language newspaper, where he encountered a chaotic, living city unchanged by time. |
| Item Description: | "First published in Great Britain 2017"--Title page verso. |
| Carrier Form: | xxvii, 238 pages ; 22 cm |
| ISBN: |
9781635571561 1635571561 |
| Index Number: | DS486 |
| CLC: | K893.51 |
| Call Number: | K893.51/C552 |
| Contents: | Midlife crisis -- Umbrella Park -- Flat hunt -- Nimtala -- Flyover -- College Street -- Victoria -- The epic city -- Crossing the canal -- After the factory -- Chitpur nights -- Sealdah -- Russian dolls -- This little corner -- The fortress of triumph. |