Twilight in Delhi by Ahmed Ali
Category:Ā Historical Fiction
Rating: 4.4/5
Pages: 304
About Book:
Set in nineteenth-century India between two revolutionary moments of change,Ā Twilight in DelhiĀ brings history alive, depicting most movingly the loss of an entire culture and way of life. As Bonamy Dobree said, "It releases us into a different and quite complete world. Mr. Ahmed Ali makes us hear and smell Delhi...hear the flutter of pigeonsā wings, the cries of itinerant vendors, the calls to prayer, the howls of mourners, the chants of qawwals, smell jasmine and sewage, frying ghee and burning wood." The detail, as E.M. Forster said, is "new and fascinating," poetic and brutal, delightful and callous. First published by the Hogarth Press in 1940.Ā Twilight in DelhiĀ was widely acclaimed by critics and hailed in India as a major literary event. Long since considered a landmark novel, it is now available in the U.S. as a New Directions Classic.Ā Twilight in DelhiĀ has also been translated into French, German, Portuguese, Spanish, and Urdu.
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Category:Ā Historical Fiction
Rating: 4.4/5
Pages: 304
About Book:
Set in nineteenth-century India between two revolutionary moments of change,Ā Twilight in DelhiĀ brings history alive, depicting most movingly the loss of an entire culture and way of life. As Bonamy Dobree said, "It releases us into a different and quite complete world. Mr. Ahmed Ali makes us hear and smell Delhi...hear the flutter of pigeonsā wings, the cries of itinerant vendors, the calls to prayer, the howls of mourners, the chants of qawwals, smell jasmine and sewage, frying ghee and burning wood." The detail, as E.M. Forster said, is "new and fascinating," poetic and brutal, delightful and callous. First published by the Hogarth Press in 1940.Ā Twilight in DelhiĀ was widely acclaimed by critics and hailed in India as a major literary event. Long since considered a landmark novel, it is now available in the U.S. as a New Directions Classic.Ā Twilight in DelhiĀ has also been translated into French, German, Portuguese, Spanish, and Urdu.
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