Delhi: a novel
"Vast, erotic, irreverant magnum opus on the city of Delhi. The principal narrator of the saga, which extends over six hundred years, is a bawdy, ageing [sic] reprobate who loves Delhi as much as he does the hijda whore Bhagmati--half man, half woman with the 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 …
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- Full title :Delhi : a novel / Khushwant Singh.
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"Vast, erotic, irreverant magnum opus on the city of Delhi. The principal narrator of the saga, which extends over six hundred years, is a bawdy, ageing [sic] reprobate who loves Delhi as much as he does the hijda whore Bhagmati--half man, half woman with the 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 participated in (and been witness to) the major historical forces that have shaped and endowed Delhi with its very special mystique."--Page 4 of cover.
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- Publication Date:1990.
Publication Statements
- Publisher(s):Penguin Books
- Place of Publication:New Delhi, India
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:1990.
The Physical Object
- Description:391 pages ; : 20 cm
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:0140126198, 9780140126198
- oclc:ocm30402040
- LC Classification:PR9499.3.S53
- Dewey Decimal:823
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