Maximum city Bombay lost and found
Maximum City: Bombay Lost and Found by Suketu Mehta, published by Penguin Books India in 2006, presents a detailed exploration of Bombay through the eyes of the author, who returned to the city after 21 years. This edition spans 581 pages and is written in English, offering readers an illuminating portrait of the megalopolis and its diverse inhabitants. The book captures the complexities of Bombay, reflecting both its vibrant life and its challenges.
Readers will find a rich tapestry of experiences, incidents, and sensations that characterize the city. Mehta’s narrative blends elements of memoir, journalism, and travel writing, delving into the depths and heights of Bombay’s urban landscape. The work addresses themes of travel and general reference, making it a significant contribution to the understanding of this dynamic city. Through vivid storytelling, Maximum City invites readers to engage with the multifaceted nature of Bombay and its people.
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Winner Of The 2005 Kiriyama Prize For Non-Fiction
Suketu Mehta Left Bombay At The Age Of 14. Twenty-One Years Later He Returned To Rediscover The City. The Result Is This Stunning, Brilliantly Illuminating Portrait Of The Megalopolis And Its People-A Book, Seven Years In The Making, That Is As Vast, As Diverse, As Rich In Experience, Incident And Sensation As The City Itself.
Extraordinary . . . The Best Book Yet Written About That Great, Ruined Metropolis -Salman Rushdie
Like One Of Bombay S Teeming Chawls, Maximum City Is Part Nightmare And Part Millennial Hallucination, Filled With Detail, Drama And A Richly Varied Cast Of Characters. In His Quest To Plumb Both The Grimy Depths And Radiant Heights Of The Continent That Is Bombay, Suketu Mehta Has Taken Travel Writing To An Entirely New Level. This Is A Gripping, Compellingly Readable Account Of A Love Affair With A City: I Couldn T Put It Down -Amitav Ghosh
Bombay Gets Its Boswell, His Chronicle As Sprawling And Enchanting As His Subject’-India Today
A Seething, Rumbling, Deeply Compassionate Break-Dance Of A Book -Hindu
Narrative Reporting At Its Finest, Probably The Best Work Of Nonfiction To Come Out Of India In Recent Years . . . Mehta Succeeds So Brilliantly In Taking The Pulse Of This Riotous Urban Jungle -New York Times Book Review
Mehta S Tales, Pounding Along In The Present Tense, Read Like A Modern Arabian Nights, Only Crueller, More Poignant, More Real. . .Part Memoir, Part Journalism, Part Travelogue, Maximum City Is A Tour De Force -The Times
The Mother Of All Mumbai Books . . . Stunningly Written -Time Out Mumbai
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