William Dalrymple

City of Djinns

A Year in Delhi
Illustrator: Fraser, Olivia

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

â Could you show me a djinn?â I asked. â Certainly,â replied the Sufi. â But you would run away.â

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Flamingo / HarperCollins UK
• Artikelnr. des Verlages: 011131
• 1994.
• Seitenzahl: 350
• Erscheinungstermin: 11. April 1994
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 200mm x 130mm x 25mm
• Gewicht: 250g
• ISBN-13: 9780006375951
• ISBN-10: 0006375952
• Artikelnr.: 21152712

Autorenporträt

William Dalrymple¿s first book, `In Xanadü, won the Yorkshire Post Best First Work Award and the Scottish Arts Council Spring Book Award. His third, `From the Holy Mountain¿, won the Scottish Arts Council Autumn Book Award and was shortlisted for the 1998 Thomas Cook Award. His fourth, `The Age of Kali¿, was published in November 1998. He is the youngest Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature, and has written and presented a six-part series on the buildings of the Raj for Channel 4.

Rezensionen

'Delightful ... Surely one of the funniest books about India' Times Literary Supplement

'Scholarly and marvellously entertaining ... a considerable feat' Dervla Murphy, Spectator

'Dalrymple has pulled it off again' Jan Morris, Independent