Delhi: A Novel - Softcover

Singh Khushwant

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0140126198 ISBN 13: 9780140126198

Publisher: Penguin, 1990

Synopsis

I return to Delhi as I return to my mistress Bhagmati when I have had my fill of whoring in foreign lands-' Thus begins Khushwant Singh's vast, erotic, irrelevant magnum opus on the city of Delhi. The principal narrator of the saga, which extends over six hundred years, is a bawdy, ageing reprobate who loves Delhi as much as he does the hijda whore Bhagmati"half man, half woman with sexual inventiveness and energy of both the sexes. Travelling through time, space and history to -discover' his beloved city, the narrator meets a myriad of people"poets and princes, saints and sultans, temptresses and traitors, emperors and eunuchs"who have shaped and endowed Delhi with its very special mystique- And as we accompany the narrator on his epic journey we find the city of emperors transformed and immortalized in our minds for ever

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Review:

The most wonderful element of Khushwantsinghs writing is it cannotr be compered to any other writers writing and Delhi takes you for a ride down the lane but still keeps you very much to the present. once you start reading you are afraid it would end. faboulous piece of work to the last page. Dr.Hemant Bonde Patil --Dr.Hemant Bonde poatil Sep 2, 2011

this is a Must Buy for everyone who loves Delhi !! The city of Sultans and Mughals, poets and courtesans comes alive in the pages of Khushwant Singh's magnum opus. Ignore it at your own peril --Supradeep Mukherjee Feb 24, 2014

This Khushwant Singh book is truly a magnum opus...he has weaved almost eight centuries into 400-odd pages and is a complete entertainment, both in terms of general reading and for people who want to know about the city's past...hats off...!!! --Arnab Pal Oct 21, 2013

About the Author:

Khushwant Singh is Indias best known writer and columnist. He has been founder editor of Yojana and editor of the Illustrated Weekly of India, the National Herald and the Hindustan Times. He is the author of classics such as Train to Pakistan, I Shall Not Hear the Nightingale and Delhi. His latest novel, The Sunset Club, written when he was 95, was published by Penguin Books in 2010. His nonfiction includes the classic two volume A History of the Sikhs, a number of translations and works on Sikh religion and culture, Delhi, nature, current affairs and Urdu poetry. His autobiography, Truth, Love and a Little Malice, was published by Penguin Books in 2002.

About this edition

• Publisher: Penguin
• Publication date: 1990
• ISBN 10: 0140126198
• ISBN 13: 9780140126198
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 400