Calcutta
Subtitle: two years in the city
By: Amit Chaudhuri
Publisher: Union
Published: 2013
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 307
ISBN-13: 9781908526175; 9781908526182
Subjects: Homes and haunts; Description and travel; History; Homes; Travel
Description: Calcutta: Two Years in the City is an exceptionally written and extremely insightful personal history of one of the least known but greatest cities of our time by one of our leading novelists. Having been born in Calcutta but brought up in Bombay and England, Amit Chaudhuri moves back to the city as an adult with his wife and daughter.
Table of contents: title: Purchase; title: Chandan Hotel; title: Names; title: New old guard; title: Universal suffrage; title: High tea; title: Italians abroard; title: Study leave; title: Visit.