{"product_id":"wpjqetasg7v3","title":"The Only City : Bombay In Eighteen Stories by Anindita Ghose [Hardcover]","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFinancial capital, cradle of Bollywood, home to India's largest slum—Bombay is a megalopolis with many associations. But the one that's especially significant is this: it is a place of stories. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Only City\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is a collection of eighteen new pieces of short fiction that captures the pulse of this always-morphing urban centre.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFeaturing some of the best names in Indian fiction—both emerging and established—this extraordinary anthology frames the city through a range of vantage points. From the urchin lurking by Grant Road's railway overbridge to the screenwriter prowling the dance bars in Andheri; from the gay man cruising in a Dadar local to the artist hovering by a studio across the Danda shore; from immigrant nurses and couples in love to runaway teenagers—every character carries a critical Bombay fragment. Bombay is the only city that can grant them dimension.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eLike the megalopolis, this book of stories is sometimes coloured by romance and sometimes dark and dystopic; it can be whimsical, but it is always voracious. Put together by novelist and editor Anindita Ghose, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Only City\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is perhaps the finest mirror yet to the sole corner in India that has captivated resident and tourist, actor and stockbroker-but especially, the writer.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c!----\u003e","brand":"Fourth Estate","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48329552888058,"sku":"WPJQETASG7V3","price":510.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0704\/0473\/5226\/files\/WPJQETASG7V3-1.jpg?v=1763314424","url":"https:\/\/versoz.co.in\/products\/wpjqetasg7v3","provider":"VERSOZ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}