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A matter of rats : a short biography of Patna / Amitava Kumar.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Kumar, Amitava, 1963-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Kumar, Amitava, 1963-.
- Kumar, Amitava.
- Patna City (India)--Description and travel.
- Patna City (India).
- Patna City (India)--Biography.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (139 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Durham : Duke University Press, 2014.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- It is not only the past that lies in ruins in Patna, it is also the present. But that is not the only truth about the city that Amitava Kumar explores in this vivid, entertaining account of his home town. We accompany him through many Patnas, the myriad cities locked within the city-the shabby reality of the present-day capital of Bihar; Pataliputra, the storied city of emperors; the dreamlike embodiment of the city in the minds and hearts of those who have escaped contemporary Patna's confines. Full of fascinating observations and impressions, A Matter of Rats reveals a challenging and enduri
- Contents:
- Introduction: The place of place
- The rat's guide
- Pataliputra
- Patna in the hole
- Leftover Patna
- Other Patnas
- Emperor of this world
- Emotional Atyachaar
- Epilogue: Place of birth/place of death.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 9780822376453
- 0822376458
- OCLC:
- 1142308254
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