Maximum City is an eye-opening read, taking readers on a journey through the hidden corners and diverse neighborhoods of Bombay. Mehta's unique perspective as a local who has lived abroad for many years adds a fascinating layer of insight into the city's complex web of politics, commerce, and culture. The book is a must-read for anyone interested in urban sociology, Indian culture, or simply looking to be swept up in a fast-paced and thought-provoking narrative.
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Synopsis:
A brilliantly illuminating portrait of Bombay and its people a book as vast, diverse, and rich in experience, incident, and sensation as the city itself from an award-winning Indian-American fiction writer and journalist.A native of Bombay, Suketu Mehta gives us a true insider s view of this stunning city, bringing to his account a rare level of insight, detail, and intimacy. He approaches the city from unexpected angles taking us into the criminal underworld of rival Muslim and Hindu gangs who wrest control of the city s byzantine political and commercial systems . . . following the life of a bar dancer who chose the only life available to her after a childhood of poverty and abuse . . . opening the doors onto the fantastic, hierarchical inner sanctums of Bollywood . . . delving into the stories of the countless people who come from the villages in search of a better life and end up living on the sidewalks the essential saga of a great city endlessly played out.Through it all as each individual story unfolds we hear Mehta s own story: of the mixture of love, frustration, fascination, and intense identification he feels for and with Bombay, as he tries to find home again after twenty-one years abroad. And he makes clear that Bombay the world s largest city is a harbinger of the vast megalopolises that will redefine the very idea of the city in the near future.Candid, impassioned, funny, and heartrending, Maximum City is a revelation of an ancient and ever-changing world.
About the Author:
Suketu Mehta is a fiction writer and journalist based in New York. He has won the Whiting Writers Award, the O. Henry Prize, and a New York Foundation for the Arts Fellowship for his fiction. Mehta s other work has been published in the New York Times Magazine, Granta, Harper s magazine, Time, Condé Nast Traveler, and The Village Voice, and has been featured on National Public Radio s All Things Considered. Mehta also cowrote Mission Kashmir, a Bollywood movie.
Author: Suketu Mehta
Format: Paperback
Number of Pages: 600
Publisher: Penguin Random House India
Publication Date: 01 Sep 2017
Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.
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Maximum City is an eye-opening read, taking readers on a journey through the hidden corners and diverse neighborhoods of Bombay. Mehta's unique perspective as a local who has lived abroad for many years adds a fascinating layer of insight into the city's complex web of politics, commerce, and culture. The book is a must-read for anyone interested in urban sociology, Indian culture, or simply looking to be swept up in a fast-paced and thought-provoking narrative.
Riley is your virtual thrift companion, and here to help you find your next favourite read. You can also find in-stock similar reads linked by topic and genre here!
Synopsis:
A brilliantly illuminating portrait of Bombay and its people a book as vast, diverse, and rich in experience, incident, and sensation as the city itself from an award-winning Indian-American fiction writer and journalist.A native of Bombay, Suketu Mehta gives us a true insider s view of this stunning city, bringing to his account a rare level of insight, detail, and intimacy. He approaches the city from unexpected angles taking us into the criminal underworld of rival Muslim and Hindu gangs who wrest control of the city s byzantine political and commercial systems . . . following the life of a bar dancer who chose the only life available to her after a childhood of poverty and abuse . . . opening the doors onto the fantastic, hierarchical inner sanctums of Bollywood . . . delving into the stories of the countless people who come from the villages in search of a better life and end up living on the sidewalks the essential saga of a great city endlessly played out.Through it all as each individual story unfolds we hear Mehta s own story: of the mixture of love, frustration, fascination, and intense identification he feels for and with Bombay, as he tries to find home again after twenty-one years abroad. And he makes clear that Bombay the world s largest city is a harbinger of the vast megalopolises that will redefine the very idea of the city in the near future.Candid, impassioned, funny, and heartrending, Maximum City is a revelation of an ancient and ever-changing world.
About the Author:
Suketu Mehta is a fiction writer and journalist based in New York. He has won the Whiting Writers Award, the O. Henry Prize, and a New York Foundation for the Arts Fellowship for his fiction. Mehta s other work has been published in the New York Times Magazine, Granta, Harper s magazine, Time, Condé Nast Traveler, and The Village Voice, and has been featured on National Public Radio s All Things Considered. Mehta also cowrote Mission Kashmir, a Bollywood movie.
Author: Suketu Mehta
Format: Paperback
Number of Pages: 600
Publisher: Penguin Random House India
Publication Date: 01 Sep 2017
Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.
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