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Questa narrazione si muove in lungo e in largo per le strade di Bombay, e ritrae la città attraverso le mille storie dei suoi abitanti, dai più famosi (compresi gangster e attori) alla gente comune. Metha ricerca nella brutale Bombay di oggi quella che ha abbandonato vent'anni prima e la ritrova moltiplicata e smembrata. E a poco a poco mette a nudo i fili tesi tra gli attici scintillanti affacciati sull'oceano e il mare di baracche dove milioni di persone vivono una vita durissima.
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- Pagine: 540
- Data di uscita: 17-06-2008
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Maximum City: In A Theatre Near You A native of Bombay, Suketu Mehta gives us an insider’s view of this stunning metropolis. - The cover boasts, without blushing. Assume that you don’t know Mumbai. You have never lived in Mumbai. You might have bought ‘Maximum City’ thinking you would get a comprehens Leggi tutto
It is considered a great book by many on Bombay – now Mumbai. The writer shows us what makes this city unique and different from other big cities in India. He goes on to give very detailed information on how the city operates. It is the mafia, slums, Bollywood, corruption that makes the city a 'Maxi Leggi tutto
As someone who grew up in the 90s in Mumbai, I lived in my middle class bubble, broken only by the riots and the rampant street sexual harassment. I watched the city take a rebirth with a new name, just one of a re-naming spree around the country. But though I knew that there were things going on, t Leggi tutto
This is one of the toughest books I've ploughed through. That's because every page I turned just ended up increasing my irritation with Suketu Mehta. Let me say this upfront: this the most hypocritical, sanctimonious, pretentious purported writer I have *ever* come across, and Mehta's voice througho Leggi tutto
In spite of this book being lavished with positive reviews both in the press and here on Goodreads, I found it incredibly boring. I leap-frogged my way through it, skipping chunky tracts as I skimmed its 600 or so pages. The bits that interested me discussed the infrastructure and practical problems Leggi tutto
I'm fascinated by the hype over Mehta's travelogue. This book portrays women as objects, poor people as criminals, and the Bollywood elite as deserving the resentment of a bitter New York based writer who can't quite find a place in the city of his youth. So I'm struggling to understand what all the Leggi tutto
Mumbai is a fascinating city. i can not say that i ever liked it. too big, too chaotic but i felt drawn to understand it. Mehta give a lovely view of the interesting and intriguing stories of the city.
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