Bombay lost and found by suketu mehta and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. Kindle ebooks can be read on any device with the free kindle app. He sets out to piece together the puzzle of the city, covering everything from its ubiquitous slums to the eversoglamorous bollywood to its burgeoning underworld. His autobiographical account of his experiences in mumbai, maximum city, was published in 2004. When released in paperback, it was published by vintage, a subdivision of random house.
Sociology, description and travel, travel, nonfiction. Suketu mehta is one of our finest thinkers and writers on the subject of immigration. When suketu mehta returned to bombay, the city of his youth, he was confounded by the teeming, filthy, and yet sometimes alluringly exotic metropolis before him and captured this encounter in an arresting account, maximum city. Bombay lost and found new ed by mehta, suketu isbn. What begins as a journey that mixes just the right amount of humor, anger and bewilderment at the state of our nation, ends up with a surprising doubleshot of hope. The authors account of the downside of the post1991 free market economy and the pursuit of selfinterest above all serves as a cautionary tale, doing for delhi what suketu mehta s maximum city accomplished for mumbai. Published september 27th 2005 by vintage first published 2004. His book maximum city won the kiriyama prize and the hutch crossword award, and was a finalist for the 2005 pulitzer prize, the lettre ulysses. Suketu mehta author suketu mehta is a new yorkbased author and an associate professor of journalism at new york university. His work has been published in the new yorker, the new york times magazine, national geographic, granta, harpers, time, and gq. If suketu mehta were to publish just this one book, it would still be worth a lifetimes work. A native of bombay, suketu mehta gives us an insiders view of this s.
Candid, impassioned, funny, and heartrending, maximum city is a revelation of an ancient and everchanging world. Fiction sa shan the girl who played go nonfiction inga clendinnen. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. What dickens did for london, what joseph mitchell did for new york city, suketu mehta has done for bombay. Hitmen, dancing girls, cops, movie stars, poets, beggars and politicians suketu looked at the city through their eyes, and in looking found the city. A portrait of bombay, india, and its people chronicles the everyday life of the city and its inhabitants, from the criminal underworld of rival muslim and hindu gangs to the diverse people who come from the villages in. An impassioned defence of global immigration from the acclaimed author of maximum city. This land is our land wellington city libraries overdrive.
Urbs prima in indis reads the plaque outside the gateway of india. Bombay lost and found and is working on a book about new york. Bombay lost and found by suketu mehta in maximum city, mehta returns to mumbai, the city where he grew up as a child, only to find himself mystified by its everincreasing chaos and volatility. See more ideas about books, books to read and good books. He approaches the city from unexpected angles, taking us into the criminal underworld of rival muslim and hindu gangs. Suketu mehta, author of maximum city this remarkable debut is so deeply reported, elegantly written, and profoundly transporting that it reads like a novel you cant put down. Open library is an open, editable library catalog, building towards a web page for every book ever published. Suketu mehta is the new yorkbased author of maximum city. He approaches the city from unexpected angles, taking us into the criminal underworld of rival muslim and hindu gangs, following the life of a bar dancer raised amid poverty and abuse, opening the door into the inner sanctums of bollywood, and delving into the stories of the countless villagers who come. Pulitzer prizefinalist mehta the secret life of cities displays his. Easily the most intimate account of india that ive read, and of value to anybody that believes in love and marriage. It is a story about the wonders, the challenges, and the promise of the highly populated city of bombay, india also called mumbai. Suketu mehta books list of books by author suketu mehta.
The result is this stunning, brilliantly illuminating portrait of the megalopolis and its people a book that is as. It is also the urbs prima in mundis, at least in one area, the first test of the vitality of a city. Maximum city by suketu mehta overdrive rakuten overdrive. As he searched for evidence of kali yug, the age of darkness predicted by an ancient hindu cosmology in a final epoch of strife and corruption, dalrymple encountered. Bombay lost and found, which won the kiriyama prize and the hutch crossword award, and was a finalist for the 2005 pulitzer prize, the lettre ulysses prize, the bbc4 samuel johnson prize, and the guardian first book award.
Drawing on his familys own experience emigrating from india to britain and america, and years of reporting around the world, suketu mehta subjects the worldwide antiimmigrant backlash to withering scrutiny. Suketu has interviewed all sorts of people and transferred their accounts into this narrative. To ask other readers questions about maximum city, please sign up. He approaches the city from unexpected angles, taking us into the criminal underworld of rival muslim and hindu gangs, following the life of a bar dancer raised amid poverty and abuse, opening the door into the inner sanctums of bollywood, and delving into the stories of the countless villagers who come in. It was published in hardcover by random houses alfred a. A candid, extensive, and wholly entertaining portrait. A portrait of bombay, india, and its people chronicles the everyday life of the city and its inhabitants, from the criminal underworld of rival muslim and hindu gangs to the diverse people who come from the villages in search of a better life. Mehta is depressed by his beloved citys transformation, now swelled to 18 million and.
Bombay lost and found, which was a finalist for the pulitzer prize, and won the kiriyama prize and the hutch crossword award. Bombay lost and found is a narrative nonfiction book by suketu mehta, published in 2004, about the indian city of mumbai also known as bombay. Ebook readable online or download on pdf djvu txt doc mp3 cfm mobi and more formats for pc pda mac ipad iphone nook kindle android tablets mobile phone and more devices. He has won a guggenheim fellowship, the whiting writers award, and an o. Sign up or sign in to see availability for your saved libraries at a glance. Pulitzer finalist suketu mehta burst into bestof lists last year with his groundbreaking this land is our land. There will soon be more people living in the city of bombay than on the continent of australia. He approaches the city from unexpected angles, taking us into the criminal underworld of rival muslim and hindu gangs, following the life of a bar dancer raised amid poverty and abuse, opening the door into the inner sanctums of bollywood, and delving into the stories of the countless. In the early morning hours of december 3rd, 25 years ago, a poisonous gas leaked from a union carbide plant and crept over the city of bhopal and within hours had taken a few thousand lives.
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