A masterful and entirely fresh portrait of great hopes and dashed dreams in a mythical city from a major new literary voice
Kushanava Choudhury grew up in Calcutta and New Jersey. After graduating from Princeton University he worked as a reporter at the Statesman in Calcutta. He went on to receive a PhD in Political Theory from Yale University before returning to Calcutta to write a book about the city. The Epic City is his first book.
Like all good epics, Choudhury’s heartfelt and well-observed
portrait of the city of his birth promises to stand the test of
time
*Oliver Balch, Literary Review*
A beautifully observed and even more beautifully written new study
of Calcutta. In its author, Kushanava Choudhury, we clearly have an
important new talent
*Guardian, Summer Reading*
Beautifully observed and even more beautifully written, The Epic
City marks the arrival of a major new talent
*William Dalrymple*
A wonderful, beautifully written and even more beautifully observed
love letter to Calcutta’s greatness ... The Epic City clearly marks
the arrival of a new star. Witty, polished, honest and
insightful
*Observer*
A moving meditation on memory
*Financial Times*
I loved The Epic City by Kushanava Choudhury, a beautifully written
and even more beautifully observed love letter to Calcutta’s
greatness: to its high culture, its music and film, its festivals,
its people, its cuisine, its urban rhythms and above all to its
rooted Bengaliness
*‘Books of the Year’, Spectator*
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