{"product_id":"maya-nagari-bombay-mumbai-a-city-in-stories-bombay-mumbai-a-city-in-stories-paperback","title":"Maya Nagari: Bombay- Mumbai A City in Stories: Bombay- Mumbai A city in stories - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJerry Pinto\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eShanta Gokhale\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'You cannot catch a city in words. You cannot catch a city at all, ' write the editors\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eof this anthology. So how do you get the spirit of India's great metropolis, the\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMaya Nagari, the city of dreams, between the covers of a book? Shanta Gokhale\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eand Jerry Pinto decide to bring together their favourite short stories about the\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ecity they call home, and hope that a narrative will emerge. And it does-a rich, \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003evaried, vibrant portrait of the republic that goes by many names-Bombay, \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMumbai, Momoi, Bambai and many others.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the twenty-one stories of this collection, there is the city that labours in the\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003emills and streets, and the city that sips and nibbles in five-star lounges; the city\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eof Ganapati and Haji Malang and the Virgin Mary; the city that is a sea of people\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eand speaks at least a dozen languages. There are stories translated from Marathi, \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eUrdu, Gujarati, Tamil, Hindi, Kannada, Malayalam, and stories written originally\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ein English. Among the writers are legends and new voices-Baburao Bagul, \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIsmat Chughtai, Pu La Deshpande, Urmila Pawar, Mohan Rakesh, \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSaadat Hasan Manto, Ambai, Jayant Kaikini, Bhupen Khakhar, Cyrus\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMistry, Vilas Sarang, Tejaswini Apte-Rahm and Anuradha Kumar.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMaya Nagari is a majestic book on a majestic city. It will be read and cherished for\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eyears.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 422\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.94 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 20, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48709341479161,"sku":"9789354475245","price":46.08,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/tqa0oK1ad99789354475245.webp?v=1784923670","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/maya-nagari-bombay-mumbai-a-city-in-stories-bombay-mumbai-a-city-in-stories-paperback","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}