The Age of Kali: Travels and Encounters in India

ISBN-13: 9780006547754 / Angielski / Miękka / 1999 / 416 str.

William Dalrymple

Opis

Featured in the pages of The Age of Kali are flashy Bombay drinks parties and violent village blood feuds as well as a group of vegetarian terrorists intent on destroying India's first Kentucky Fried Chicken outlet.

Recenzje

'Dalrymple is probably the best travel writer of his generation' Daily Mail

'The future of travel writing lies in the hands of gifted authors like Dalrymple' Sara Wheeler, Independent

O autorze

William Dalrymple is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature and of the Royal Asiatic Society, and in 2002 was awarded the Mungo Park Medal by the Royal Scottish Geographical Society for his 'outstanding contribution to travel literature'. He wrote and presented the TV series 'Stones of the Raj' and 'Indian Journeys', which won BAFTA's 2002 Grierson Award for Best Documentary Series. He and his wife, artist Olivia Fraser, have three children, and divide their time between London and Delhi.