City of Djinns City of Djinns

City of Djinns

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Publisher Description

This is William Dalrymple’s captivating memoir of a year spent in Delhi, a city watched over and protected by the mischievous invisible djinns. Lodging with the beady-eyed Mrs Puri and encountering an extraordinary array of characters – from elusive eunuchs to the last remnants of the Raj – William Dalrymple comes to know the bewildering city intimately.

He pursues Delhi’s interlacing layers of history along narrow alleys and broad boulevards, brilliantly conveying its intoxicating mix of mysticism and mayhem.

‘City of Djinns’ is an astonishing and sensitive portrait of a city, and confirms William Dalrymple as one of the most compelling explorers of India’s past and present.

GENRE
Travel & Adventure
RELEASED
2011
April 14
LANGUAGE
EN
English
LENGTH
352
Pages
PUBLISHER
HarperPress
SELLER
HARPERCOLLINS PUBLISHERS
SIZE
1.2
MB

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