{"product_id":"9780857860040-capital","title":"Capital","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe Eruption of Delhi\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe transformation of Delhi into a twenty-first century metropolis is an intoxicating, at times terrifying story - \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003ethat has repercussions for the future not only in India but everywhere\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'A terrific portrait of Delhi right now' SALMAN RUSHDIE\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'An astonishing tour de force by a major writer at the peak of his powers' WILLIAM DALRYMPLE\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWINNER OF THE WINDHAM-CAMPBELL PRIZE 2025\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWINNER OF THE PRIX ÉMILE GUIMET DE LITTÉRATURE ASIATIQUE 2017\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWINNER OF THE RYSZARD KAPUSCINSKI AWARD 2017\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSHORTLISTED FOR THE ORWELL PRIZE 2015\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSHORTLISTED FOR THE ROYAL SOCIETY OF LITERATURE ONDAATJE PRIZE 2015\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSHORTLISTED FOR THE PRIX DU MEILLEUR LIVRE ÉTRANGER 2016\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhen Rana Dasgupta arrived in Delhi at the turn of the twenty-first century, he had no intention of staying for long, but the city beguiled him - he 'fell in love and in hate with it' - and fifteen years later, Delhi is still his home.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOver these fifteen years, he has watched as the tumult of destruction and creation which accompanies India's economic boom transformed the face of the city. In \u003ci\u003eCapital\u003c\/i\u003e, he explores the life-changing consequences for Delhi's people, meeting with billionaires and bureaucrats, drug dealers and metal traders, slum dwellers and psychoanalysts. These encounters, interwoven with over a century of history, plunge us into Delhi's intoxicating, sometimes terrifying, story of capitalist transformation - one that has repercussions not only for India, but for everybody's future.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40943961276513,"sku":"9780857860040","price":11.62,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/orig_33674986.jpg?v=1744336839","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9780857860040-capital","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}