City of Djinns : A Year in Delhi
by William Dalrymple
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Near Fine
- ISBN 10
- 000215725X
- ISBN 13
- 9780002157254
- Seller
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About This Item
Harper Collins, UK, 1993. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Illustrator: Olivia Fraser. Hardcover. 352 pages. *** PUBLISHING DETAILS: Harper Collins, UK, 1993. First Edition. *** CONDITION: The book itself is in near fine condition and comes in near fine dust jacket. More specifically: Boards have no wear, rubbing or soiling. Edges of dust jacket have light bumping. Dust jacket is unclipped. Pages are lightly tanned. *** ABOUT THIS BOOK: City of Djinns is the portrait of a city as has never been attempted before. Meeting an extraordinary array of characters, from the city's elusive eunuchs to the embattled descendants of the great Moghuls, from the nouveauriche Punjabis to the last witnesses of the British Raj, and investigating the resonances of these people and their ways with the India of the past, this is a unique and dazzling feat of research and adventure by one of the finest writers of his generation. Watched over and protected by the mischievous djinns - spirits invisible to the naked eye, 'like us in all things, but fashioned from fire' - Delhi has been saved many times over the centuries. From the desolate, run-down graveyards in which partridge-fighting has drawn crowds for hundreds of years to the exquisite palaces of the old city which now lie empty and crumbling, Dalrymple comes to know this bewildering place intimately. He conveys the magical nature of this city at the meeting point of all the great cultures of South Asia, a city that has been destroyed and rebuilt, forever being reborn under the care of its guardian djinns. *** Illustrator: Olivia Fraser. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Travel & Places; India; ISBN: 000215725X. ISBN/EAN: 9780002157254. Inventory No: 24020076.. 9780002157254
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- Bookseller
- Manyhills Books (AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 24020076
- Title
- City of Djinns : A Year in Delhi
- Author
- William Dalrymple
- Illustrator
- Olivia Fraser
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 000215725X
- ISBN 13
- 9780002157254
- Publisher
- Harper Collins
- Place of Publication
- UK
- Date Published
- 1993
- Keywords
- BZDB5 Travel & Places; City of Djinns : A Year in Delhi
- Bookseller catalogs
- Travel & Places;
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