{"product_id":"9781837263592-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\u003e\u003ci\u003eCapital\u003c\/i\u003e is Rana Dasgupta's Orwell Prize-shortlisted non-fiction debut: an unsparing, lyrical portrait of class and wealth disparity in Delhi \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\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\u003cbr\u003eWINNER OF THE RYSZARD KAPUSCINSKI AWARD 2017\u003cbr\u003eSHORTLISTED FOR THE ORWELL PRIZE 2015\u003cbr\u003eSHORTLISTED FOR THE ROYAL SOCIETY OF LITERATURE ONDAATJE PRIZE 2015\u003cbr\u003eSHORTLISTED FOR THE PRIX DU MEILLEUR LIVRE ÉTRANGER 2016\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eCapital\u003c\/i\u003e, Rana Dasgupta reveals the red-hot city which erupted from Delhi's economic boom in the 1990s and 2000s. Slums were bulldozed, luxury shopping malls erected in their place. The outer transformation, stern and abrupt, reached beyond mortar and into minds. Hundreds of thousands streamed in from rural hinterlands, and the city brimmed with possibility.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn this prescient account of the exultation and disparity that would emerge from India's globalisation, Rana Dasgupta shows us a city's rebirth - for better and worse - through the eyes of its people. \u003ci\u003eCapital\u003c\/i\u003e is a history, a warning and a looking glass. It is book for our times.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55351113449846,"sku":"9781837263592","price":9.76,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/orig_38825974.jpg?v=1770191953","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781837263592-capital","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}